INVESTIGADORES

Daniel Escobar – Camacho

PhD en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Maryland


Oficina: Edif. Darwin, DW-021


Telf: (+593 2) 297-1700, ext. 1441


E-mail: descobar@usfq.edu.ec


Mis Intereses

Ecología visual, biología de la visión, evolución, biología molecular, ictiología, diversidad peces de agua dulce, cambio climático

Proyectos

  • Dinámica de la biodiversidad de peces del sistema de ríos intermitentes del Cube, reserva Maché-Chindul
  • Priorización de áreas candidatas para la implementación de medidas de mitigación y adaptación contra el cambio climático en Galápagos

Publicaciones

AñoTítuloAutoresDocumento
2021Rediscovery of Hemigrammus unilineatus (Gill, 1858) (Characiformes, Characidae) in Ecuador after more than three decades. Valdiviezo-Rivera J, Buenaño Carriel M, Escobar-Camacho D.Descargar
2021Conservation threats and future prospects for the freshwater fishes of Ecuador: A hotspot of Neotropical fish diversityAguirre, W. E., Alvarez-Mieles, G.,
Anaguano-Yancha, F., Burgos Morán, R., Cucalon, R. V., _x0001_
Escobar-Camacho, D., Jácome-Negrete, I., Jiménez Prado, P.,
Laaz, E., Miranda-Troya, K., Navarrete-Amaya, R., Nugra
Salazar, F., Revelo, W., Rivadeneira, J. F., Valdiviezo Rivera, J.,
& Zárate Hugo, E
Descargar
2021Oceanic islands and climate: using a multi-criteria model of drivers of change to select key conservation areas in GalapagosEscobar-Camacho D, Rosero P, Castrejón M, Mena C, Cuesta FDescargar
2021Climate and sea surface trends in the Galapagos IslandsPaltán H, Benitez F, Rosero P, Escobar-Camacho D, Cuesta F, Mena C.Descargar
2020Visual pigment evolution in Characiformes: insights of dynamic evolution of teleost whole-genome duplication surviving opsins, and spectral tuning.Escobar-Camacho D, Carleton KL, Narain DW, Pierotti MER.Descargar
2020Seeing the rainbow: mechanisms underlying spectral sensitivity in teleosts fishes Carleton KL, Escobar-Camacho D, Stieb SM, Cortesi F and Marshall NJ.Descargar
2019Visual adaptation could aid sympatric speciation in a deep crater lake.Carleton KL, Escobar-Camacho D, Kocher TD.Descargar
2019Color discrimination thresholds in a cichlid fish: Metriaclima benetos. Escobar-Camacho D, Taylor MA, Cheney KL, Green NF, Marshall NJ and Carleton KL.Descargar
2019Diurnal variation in opsin expression and common housekeeping genen necessitates comprehensive normalization methods for quantitative real- time PCR analysis.Yourick MR, Sandkam BA, Gammerdinger WJ, Escobar-Camacho D, Nandamuri SP, Clark FE, Joyce B, Conte MA, Kocher TD, Carleton KL. Descargar
2019Variable vision in variable environments: the visual system of an invasive cichlid (Cichla monoculus, Agassiz, 1831) in Lake Gatun, Panama.Escobar-Camacho D, Pierotti M, Ferenc V, Sharpe D, Ramos E, Martins C, Carleton KL.Descargar
2017Behavioral color vision in a cichlid fish: Metriaclima benetos.Escobar-Camacho D, Marshall J, Carleton KL.Descargar
2017The opsin genes of Amazonian cichlidsEscobar-Camacho D, Ramos E, Martins C, and Carleton KL. Descargar
2016Proximate and ultimate causes of variable visual sensitivities: Insights from cichlid fish radiations.Carleton KL, Dalton BE, Escobar-Camacho D, Nandamuri SP.Descargar
2015Sensory modalities in cichlid fish behavior.Escobar-Camacho D, Carleton KL.Descargar
2015Discovering hidden diversity of Characins (Teleostei: Characiformes) In Ecuador’s Yasuni National ParkEscobar-Camacho D, Barriga R, Ron SR.Descargar
2012By the teeth of their skin, cavefish find their way.Haspel G, Schwartz A, Streets A, Escobar-Camacho D and Soares D. Descargar