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Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa, Ph.D.

Gerson, J.R., N. Szponar, A.A. Zambrano, B. Bergquist, E. Broadbent, C.T. Driscoll, G. Erkenswick, D.C. Evers, L.E. Fernandez, H. Hsu-Kim, G. Inga, K.N. Lansdale, M.J. Merchese, A. Martinez, C. Moore, W.K. Pan, R.P. Purizaca, V. Sanchez, M. Silman, E.A. Ury, C. Vega, M.E. Watsa, E.S. Bernhardt. 2022. Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining. Nature Communications 13. 1-10.

Poirier, A.C., J.S. Waterhouse, M. Watsa, G.A. Erkenswick, L. Moreira, J. Tang, J.C. Dunn, A.D. Melin, A.C. Smith. 2021. On the trail of primate scent signals: A field analysis of callitrichid scent‐gland secretions by portable gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry. American Journal of Primatology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23236.

Schweizer, R.M., N. Saarman, K.M. Ramstad, B.R. Forester, J.L. Kelley, B.K. Hand, R.L. Malison, A.S. Ackiss, M. Watsa, T.C. Nelson, A. Beja-pereira, R.S. Waples, W.C. Funk, G. Luikart. 2021. Big data in conservation genomics: boosting skills, hedging bets, and staying current in the field. Journal of Heredity

Sacco, A.J., J.A. Mayhew, M. Watsa, G. Erkenswick, A.K. Binder. 2020. Detection of neopterin in the urine of captive and wild platyrrhines. BMC Zoology 5(1). 1-8.

Watsa, M., G.A. Erkenswick, A. Pomerantz, S. Prost. 2020. Portable sequencing as a teaching tool in conservation and biodiversity research. PLoS Biol 18(4): e3000667.

Watsa, M., G. Erkenswick, S. Prost, E.O. Davis, C. Moore, S. Kubiski, C. Witte, R. Ogden, A. Meredith, O.A. Ryder, C.C. Steiner, J.A. Phillips, M.A. Owen. 2020. Rigorous wildlife disease surveillance. Science 369 (6500). 145-147.

Erkenswick, G., M. Watsa, A.S. Gozalo, S. Dudaie, L. Bailey, K.S. Muranda, A. Kuziez, P.G. Parker. 2019. A multiyear survey of helminths from wild saddleback (Leontocebus weddelli) and emperor (Saguinus imperator) tamarins. American Journal of Primatology. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23063.

Souza-Alves, J.P., I. Mourthe, R.R. Hilário, J.C. Bicca-Marques, J. Rehg, C.C. Gestich, A.C. Acero-Murcia, P. Adret, R. Aquino, M. Berthet, M. Bowler, A.M. Calouro, G.R. Canale, N. de A. Cardoso, C.B. Caselli, C. Cäsar, R.R.D. Chagas, A. Clyvia, C.F. Corsini, T. Defler, A. DeLuycker, A. Di Fiore, K. Dingess, G. Erkenswick, M.A. Ferreira, E. Fernandez-Duque, S.F. Ferrari, I.P. Fontes, J.D. Gomes, F.P.R Gonçalves, M. Guerra, T. Haugaasen, S. Heiduck, E.W. Heymann, S. Hodges, R. Huashuayo-Llamocca, L. Jerusalinsky, C.B. Kasper, J. Lawrence, T.M. Lueffe, K.G.D. Lopes, J. Martínez, F.R. de Melo, M.R. Messias, M.B. Nagy-Reis, I. Nole, F. Paciência, E. Palacios, A. Poirier, G. Porfírio, A. Porter, E. Price, R.C. Printes, E.P. Quintino, E.A. Reis, A. Rocha, A. Rodríguez, F. Röhe, D. Rumiz, S. Shanee, M.M. Santana, E.Z.F. Setz, F.S.C. de Souza, W. Spironello, E.R.T. Herrera, L. Vinhas, K. Vulinec, R.B. Wallace, M. Watsa, P.C. Wright, R.J. Young, A.A. Barnett. 2019. Terrestrial behavior in titi monkeys (Callicebus, Cheracebus and Plecturocebus): Potential correlates, patterns and differences between genera. International Journal of Primatology 1-20.

Robakis, E., M. Watsa, G. Erkenswick. 2018. Classification of producer characteristics in primate long calls using neural networks. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 144 (1). 344-353.

Adams, D.B., J. Rehg, M. Watsa. 2017. Observations of termitarium geophagy by Rylands’ bald-faced saki monkeys (Pithecia rylandsi) in Madre de Dios, Peru. Primates 58 (3). 449-459.

Erkenswick, G.A., M. Watsa, M.A. Pacheco, A.A. Escalante, P.G. Parker. 2017. Chronic Plasmodium brasilianum infections in wild Peruvian tamarins. PloS one 12(9) p.e0184504.

Erkenswick, G.A., M. Watsa, N. Dmytryk, A. S. Gozalo, P. Parker. 2017. Temporal and demographic blood parasite dynamics in two free-ranging neotropical primates. International Journal for Parasitology: Wildlife and Diseases 6 (2). 59-68.

Watsa, M., G.A. Erkenswick, E. Robakis. 2017. Modeling developmental class provides insights into individual contributions to infant survival in callitrichids. International Journal of Primatology 38(6). 1032-1057.

Watsa, M., G.A. Erkenswick, D. Halloran, E.E. Kane, A. Poirier, K. Klonoski, S. Cassalet, E. Maciag, M.R. Mangalea, M.P. Dinsmore, H. McCready, B.K. Boughan, C. Parker, A. Hickmott, I.E. Nole, A. Zuñiga. 2015. A field protocol for the capture and release of callitrichids. Neotropical Primates 22 (2). 59-68.

Watsa, M., G. Erkenswick, J. Rehg, R. Leite Pitman. 2012. Distribution and new sightings of Goeldi's monkey (Callimico goeldii) in Amazonian Perú. International Journal of Primatology 33(6):. 1477-1502.

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