Peer-reviewed publications
[57] Saltonstall K. et al (incl. Castellanos-Galindo GA) (2025) A DNA Barcode Dataset for the Aquatic Fauna of the Panama Canal: Novel Resources for Detecting Faunal Change in the Neotropics. Data 10(7):108
[56] Chong-Montenegro C, Craig MT, Castellanos-Galindo GA, Erisman B, Coulson P, Krumme U, Baos, R, Zapata L, Vega A, Robertson DR (2025) Age and growth of the Pacific Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus quinquefasciatus), the largest bony reef fish of the Tropical Eastern Pacific. Journal of Fish Biology
[55] zu Ermgassen P. et al (incl. Castellanos-Galindo GA) (2025). Mangroves support an estimated annual abundance of over 700 billion juvenile fish and invertebrates. Communications Earth & Environment
[54] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Sharpe, DMT, Robertson DR, Bravo V, Jeschke JM, Torchin ME (2025) New fish migrations into the Panama Canal increase likelihood of interoceanic invasions in the Americas. Current Biology
[53] Chong-Montenegro C, Castellanos-Galindo GA, Robertson DR (2024) Local ecological knowledge as a conservation tool for identifying threats to the Pacific Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus quinquefasciatus) in Panama. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
[52] Bernard-Verdier M. et al (incl. Castellanos-Galindo GA) (2023). Building an atlas of knowledge for invasion biology and beyond! 2nd enKORE-INAS Workshop. Research Ideas and Outcomes, 9, e115395.
[51] O’Dea A, Castellanos-Galindo GA (2023) Increasing risk of migrations through the Panama Canal. Bulletin of Marine Science
[50] Andrades R, González-Murcia S, Buser TJ, Macieira RM, Andrade JM, Pinheiro HT, Vilar CC, Pimentel CR, Gasparini JL, Quintão TL, Machado FS, Castellanos-Galindo GA, Ruiz-Campos G, Ojeda FP, Martin KL, Giarrizzo T, Joyeux J-C. (2023) Ecology, evolution and conservation of tidepool fishes of the Americas. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
[49] Schürholz D, Castellanos-Galindo GA, Casella E, Mejía-Rentería JC, Chennu A (2023) Seeing the forest for the trees: mapping cover and counting trees from aerial images of a mangrove forest using artificial intelligence. Remote Sensing
[48] Schreiber L, Castellanos-Galindo GA, Torchin M, Robertson DR, Chavarria K, Laakmann S, Saltonstall K. (2023) Environmental DNA (eDNA) reveals potential for interoceanic fish invasions across the Panama Canal. Ecology & Evolution 13, e9675
[47] Balzani P, Cuthbert RN, Briski E, Galil B, Castellanos-Galindo GA, Kouba A, Kourantidou M, Leung B, Soto I, Haubrock, PJ (2022) Knowledge needs in economic costs of invasive species facilitated by canalization. NeoBiota 78: 207-223
[46] Stuthmann LE, Castellanos-Galindo GA, Robertson DR (2022) The functional ecology of mangrove fishes across the Isthmus of Panama. Diversity & Distributions 28:1663-1679 DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13519
[45] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Baos R, Zapata LA (2021) Mangrove-associated fish assemblages off the southern Panama Bight region (tropical eastern Pacific). Neotropical Ichthyology 19(4):e210025. https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2021-0025
[44] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Casella E, Tavera H, Zapata LA, Simard M (2021) Structural characteristics of the tallest mangrove forests of the American continent: a comparison of ground-based, drone and radar measurements. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 4:732468. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2021.732468
[43] Vilizzi L. et al (incl. Castellanos-Galindo GA) (2021) A global-scale screening of non-native aquatic organisms to identify potentially invasive species under current and future climate conditions. Science of the Total Environment 788:147868 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147868
[42] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Herrón P, Navia AF, Booth H (2021) Shark conservation and blanket bans in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Conservation Science and Practice DOI: 10.1111/csp2.428
[41] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Kluger LC, Camargo MA, Cantera J, Mancera E, Blanco-Libreros JF, Wolff M (2021) Mangrove research in Colombia: temporal trends, geographical coverage and research gaps. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 248:106799
[40] zu Ermgassen P. et al (incl. Castellanos-Galindo GA) (2021) Fishers who rely on mangroves: Modelling and mapping the global intensity of mangrove-associated fisheries. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 248:106975
[39] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Medina-Contreras D, Lazarus JF, Cantera JR (2020) Cryptobenthic fishes in the National Natural Park Uramba Bahía Málaga (Colombia), tropical eastern Pacific. Bulletin of Marine and Coastal Research 49 (Supl. Esp.):119-136
[38] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Robertson DR, Sharpe, DMT, Torchin ME (2020) A new wave of marine fish invasions through the Panama and Suez canals. Nature Ecology and Evolution 4:1444-1446
[37] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Robertson DR (2020) A tropical fish out of water. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 18:390
[36] Stuthmann LE, Castellanos-Galindo GA (2020) Trophic position and isotopic niche of mangrove fish assemblages at both sides of the Isthmus of Panama. Bulletin of Marine Science 96:449-468
[35] Herrón P, Kluger LC, Castellanos-Galindo GA, Wolff M, Glaser M (2020) Understanding gear choices and identifying leverage points for sustainable tropical small-scale marine fisheries. Ocean & Coastal Management 188:105074
[34] Mejia-Renteria JC, Castellanos-Galindo GA, Osorio-Cano JD, Casella E (2020) Subaerial exposure of coral reefs during spring low tides in the Eastern Pacific. Bulletin of Marine Science 96:219-220
[33] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Casella E, Mejia-Renteria JC, Rovere A (2019) Habitat mapping of remote coasts: evaluating the usefulness of lightweight unmanned aerial vehicles for conservation and monitoring. Biological Conservation 239:108282
[32] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Robertson DR, Pacheco-Chaves B, Angulo A, Chong-Montenegro C (2019) Atlantic Tarpon in the Tropical Eastern Pacific 80 years after it first crossed the Panama Canal. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 29:401-416
[31] Herrón P, Castellanos-Galindo GA, Stäbler M, Díaz JM, Wolff M (2019) Towards Ecosystem-Based Assessment and Management of Small-Scale and Multi-Gear Fisheries: Insights From the Tropical Eastern Pacific. Frontiers in Marine Science 6:127. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00127
[30] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Zapata LA (2019) Chapter 20: Small-Scale Fisheries on the Pacific Coast of Colombia: Historical Context, Current Situation, and Future Challenges In: Jentoft S, Franz N, Barragan Paladines MJ, Chuenpagdee R (Eds) Viability and Sustainability of Small-Scale Fisheries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Springer
[29] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Moreno X, Robertson DR (2018) Risks to eastern Pacific marine ecosystems from sea-cage mariculture of alien Cobia. Management of Biological Invasions 9:323-327
[28] Pülmanns N, Castellanos-Galindo GA, Krumme U (2018) Tidal-diel patterns in feeding and abundance of armed snook Centropomus armatus from macrotidal mangrove creeks of the tropical Eastern Pacific. Journal of Fish Biology 93:850-859
[27] Mejía-Renteria JC, Castellanos-Galindo GA, Cantera-Kintz JR, Hamilton SE (2018) A comparison of Colombian Pacific mangrove extent estimations: implications for the conservation of a unique Neotropical tidal forest. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 212:233-240
[26] Hamilton SE, Castellanos-Galindo GA, Millones M, Chen M (2018) Remote Sensing of Mangrove Forests: Current Techniques and Existing Databases. In: Makowski C, Finkl CW (Eds) Threats to Mangrove Forests: Hazard, Vulnerability and Management. Springer International Publishing, Cham Switzerland
[25] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Chong C, Baos R, Zapata LA, Tompkins P, Graham R, Craig M (2018) Using landing statistics and fisher’s traditional ecological knowledge to assess Pacific goliath grouper conservation threats in Colombia. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 28:305-314
[24] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Cantera J, Valencia N, Giraldo S, Peña E, Kluger LC, Wolff M (2017) Modeling trophic flows in the wettest mangroves of the world: the case of Bahía Málaga in the Colombian Pacific coast. Hydrobiologia 803:13-27
[23] Lee SY, Jones EBG, Diele K, Castellanos-Galindo GA, Nordhaus I (2017) Chapter 3: Biodiversity. In: Rivera-Monroy V, Lee SY, Kristensen E, Twilley RR (Eds) Mangrove Ecosystems: A Global Biogeographic Perspective. Structure, Function and Services. Springer
[22] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Kluger LC, Tompkins P (2017) Panama’s impotent mangrove laws. Science 355(6328):918-919
[21] Ramírez-Martínez GA, Castellanos-Galindo GA, Krumme U (2016) Tidal and diel patterns in abundance and feeding of a marine-estuarine-dependent fish from macrotidal mangrove creeks in the Tropical Eastern Pacific (Colombia). Estuaries and Coasts 39:1249-1261
[20] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Baos R, Zapata LA (2016) Mariculture-induced introduction of cobia Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766), a large predatory fish, in the Tropical Eastern Pacific. BioInvasions Records 5:55-58
[19] Baos R, Castellanos-Galindo GA, Chong C, Tompkins P, Zapata LA (2016) Length-weight relationship of the Pacific goliath grouper, Epinephelus quinquefasciatus (Bocourt, 1868). Journal of Applied Ichthyology 32:727-728
[18] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Krumme U (2015) Tides, salinity and biogeography affect fish assemblage structure and function in macrotidal mangroves of the Neotropics. Ecosystems 18: 1165-1178
[17] Hutchison J, et al. (incl. Castellanos-Galindo GA) (2015) Building an Expert-Judgment-Based Model of Mangrove Fisheries. American Fisheries Society Symposium 83:17-42
[16] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Cantera J, Saint-Paul U, Ferrol-Schulte D (2015) Threats to mangrove social-ecological systems in the most luxuriant coastal forests of the Neotropics. Biodiversity and Conservation 24:701-704
[15] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Krumme U (2014) Long-term stability of tidal-related patterns in mangrove creek fish assemblages in North Brazil. Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science 149:264-272
[14] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Giraldo A, Zapata FA (2014) Tidepool fish assemblages of Gorgona Island, Colombian Pacific coast: a local and regional comparison. Revista de Biologia Tropical 62:373-390
[13] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Krumme U (2013) Tidal, diel and seasonal effects on intertidal mangrove fish in a megahumid area of the Tropical Eastern Pacific. Marine Ecology Progress Series 494:249-265
[12] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Krumme U (2013) Mangrove fish assemblages from data-sparse regions and the measurement of ecological equivalence. Marine Ecology Progress Series 474:299-302
[11] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Krumme U, Rubio EA, Saint-Paul U (2013) Spatial variability of mangrove fish assemblage composition in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 23:69-86
[10] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Sanchez GC, Beltrán-León BS, Zapata LA (2011) A goby-fry fishery in the northern Colombian Pacific Ocean. Cybium 35(4):391-395
[9] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Cantera JR, Espinosa S, Mejía-Ladino LM (2011) Use of local ecological knowledge, scientist’s observations and grey literature to assess marine species at risk in a tropical eastern Pacific estuary. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 21:37-48
[8] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Krumme U, Willis TJ (2010) Tidal influences on fish distributions on tropical eastern Pacific rocky shores (Colombia). Marine Ecology Progress Series 416:241-254
[7] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Giraldo A (2008) Food resource use in a tropical tidepool fish assemblage, Colombia. Marine Biology 153(6):1023-1035
[6] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Rodríguez-Moreno M, Escarria E (2007) Spatial distribution of damselfishes (Pomacentridae) in a coral reef of the Colombian Caribbean. Cespedesia 29 (84-85):65-76 [In Spanish]
[5] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Rubio EA, Beltrán-León B, Zapata LA, Baldwin C (2006) Check-List of gadiform, ophiidiform and lophiiform fishes from Colombian waters of the Tropical eastern Pacific. Biota colombiana 7(2):191-209
[4] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Rubio EA, Beltran-Leon B, Baldwin C (2006) Check-List of stomiiform, aulopiform and myctophiform fishes from Colombian waters of the Tropical eastern Pacific. Biota colombiana 7(2):245-262
[3] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Caicedo-Pantoja JA, Mejía-Ladino LM, Rubio EA (2006) Marine and estuarine fishes of Malaga Bay, Valle del Cauca, Colombian Pacific Ocean. Biota colombiana 7(2):263-282
[2] Rodriguez J, Ospina R, Berrio M, Cepeda B, Castellanos G, Valencia M (2006) Daily periodicity of macro-invertebrate drift and organic matter in a Tropical mountain Stream, Nariño, Colombia [In Spanish]. Acta Biológica colombiana 11S:47-53
[1] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Giraldo A, Rubio EA (2005) Community structure of an assemblage of tidepool fishes in a Tropical eastern Pacific rocky shore, Colombia. Journal of Fish Biology 67:392-408
Peer-reviewed and non peer-reviewed reports
[6] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Hampton S, Naranjo LG, Zapata Padilla LA, Bueno Martinez PA, Gaymer C, Boteler B, Durussel C (2022) Study on Measures to Support Conservation Efforts for Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction in the Southeast Pacific Region. STRONG High Seas project, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Potsdam, Germany DOI: 10.48481/iass.2022.013
[5] Olivares-Arenas M, Yanicelli B, Zapata-Padilla LA, Sfeir R, Castellanos-Galindo G, Aburto J., Boteler B, Guerrero P (2021) Aspectos socioeconómicos de la biodiversidad fuera de las áreas jurisdiccionales del Pacífico Sudeste, STRONG High Seas project, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Potsdam, Germany https:// doi.org/10.48481/iass.2021.013
[4] Boteler B, Wanless R, Dias M, Packeiser T, Awad A, Yannicelli B, Zapata Padilla LA, Aburto J, Seeger I, Hampton S, Jackson L, Wienrich N, Ajagbe A, Hazin C, Castellanos Galindo GA, Naranjo LG, Suárez CF, Prussmann J, Valenzuela S, Gomez Giraldo LS, Higgins ML, Contreras C, Luna G, Luna N, Munizaga M, Sellanes J, Tapia C, Thiel M (2019) Ecological Baselines for the Southeast Atlantic and Southeast Pacific: Status of Marine Biodiversity and Anthropogenic Pressures in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction. STRONG High Seas Project, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Potsdam, Germany. https://doi.org/10.2312/iass.2019.061
[3] Castellanos-Galindo G (2018) Mangrove, Fish, and People in Latin America. Edition Falkenberg.
[2] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Martínez LMP, Castañeda UN, Zapata LA (2015) Mangrove fishes of the Colombian Pacific coast. WWF-Colombia.
[1] Castellanos-Galindo GA, Zapata LA (2013) Migratory bony fishes of Colombia. Pp 129-214. In: Zapata L.A., Usma J.S. (Eds). Factsheets of the migratory species in Colombia: Fishes [In Spanish]. Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial y WWF-Colombia. Bogotá DC, Colombia. 486 pp.