Research Interests

  • Kelp forest ecology
  • Kelp forest community response to climatic stressors
  • Economic value of kelp forest ecosystem
  • Natural history of Giant Sea Bass
  • Fish ecology and biogeography

Degrees

  • MSc. Coastal Oceanography at UABC (Ensenada) Mexico
  • BSc. Marine Ecology at UAGro (Acapulco) Mexico

Bio

Arturo is a recipient of a UC-Mexus CONACYT fellowship to pursue his Ph.D. in Marine Biology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Arturo’s expertise is mainly in fish ecology, with a focus on kelp forest and rocky intertidal ecosystems, but he also has a broad interest in marine ecology, biogeography, and marine conservation. An important part of his work is to determine the ecological importance and economic value of the kelp forests in the Southern California Bight, based on their contribution to economies in the USA and Mexico. This includes commercial and recreational fisheries, recreational activities, coastal protection, and susceptibilities to climate change and human-induced degradation. Arturo’s current work aims to better understand the kelp forests of Baja California to estimate the ecosystem's net worth as well as the costs of protection versus continued open-access use.

Lab website

http://aburtolab.ucsd.edu/index.html

Physical Address

MESOM, Office 267
8880 Biological Grade
La Jolla, CA 92037
P: +1 (858) 534-1154

Projects

  • The Economic value of the giant kelp forest ecosystems across California (USA) and Baja California (Mexico). Fund by UC-Mexus Collaborative Grant (2017)
  • Natural history of the Giant Sea Bass (Stereolepis gigas) in Mexican waters. Fund by PADI Foundation.
  • Meta-analysis of the giant kelp forest ecosystem across California (USA) and Baja California (Mexico).
  • Biodiversity and biogeography of the rocky intertidal flora and fauna of the Guadalupe Island, México. Fund by UABC Research Grant (Mexico)
  • Searching for the predators of the kelp forest ecosystem in the Pacific coast of the Baja California Peninsula.
  • Biodiversity assessment and biogeography of macroinvertebrate and fishes on islands off the Pacific coast of Baja California.