Peer-reviewed

Publications

Moreira, L. A., Watsa, M., Erkenswick, G., Higham, J. P., & Melin, A. D. Evaluating genital skin color as a putative sexual signal in wild saddleback (Leontocebus weddelli) and emperor (Saguinus imperator) tamarins. American Journal of Primatology, 2022. DOI: /10.1002/ajp.23456

Asangba, A.E., Mugisha, L., Rukundo, J., Lewis, R.J., Halajian, A., Cortés-Ortiz, L., . . . Stumpf, R.M. (2022). Large comparative analyses of primate body site microbiomes indicate that the oral microbiome is unique among all body sites and conserved among nonhuman primates. Microbiology Spectrum, 2022, DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01643-21

Poirier AC, Waterhouse JS, Watsa M, Erkenswick GA, Moreira LAA, Tang J, Dunn JC, Melin AD, Smith AC. (2021). On the trail of primate scent signals: A field analysis of callitrichid scent-gland secretions by portable gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Am J Primatology. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23236. 

Erkenswick, G.A., Watsa, M., Pacheco, M.A., Escalante, A.A. and Parker, P.G., 2017. Chronic Plasmodium brasilianum infections in wild Peruvian tamarins. PLoS One, 12(9).

Watsa, M., Erkenswick, G., Halloran, D., Kane, E.E., Poirier, A., Klonoski, K., Cassalett, S., Maciag, E., Mangalea, M.R., Dinsmore, M.P. and McCready, H., 2015. A field protocol for the capture and release of callitrichids. Neotropical Primates, 22(2), pp.59-68.

Erkenswick, Gideon & Watsa, Mrinalini & Gozalo, Alfonso & Dudaie, Shay & Bailey, Lindsey & Muranda, Kudakwashe & Kuziez, Alaa & Parker, Patricia. (2019). A multiyear survey of helminths from wild saddleback (Leontocebus weddelli) and emperor (Saguinus imperator) tamarins. American Journal of Primatology. 81. 10.1002/ajp.23063.

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

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

Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining

Gerson, J. R., Szponar, N., Zambrano, A. A., Bergquist, B., Broadbent, E., Driscoll, C. T., . . . Bernhardt, E. S. (2022). Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining. Nature Communications, 13(1). DOI 10.1038/s41467-022-27997-3

Mrinalini Watsa, Wildlife Disease Surveillance Focus Group. Rigorous wildlife disease surveillance. Science. 2020; 369 (6500): 145-147 DOI: 10.1126/science.abc0017

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

Sacco, A.J., Mayhew, J.A., Watsa, M., Erkenswick, G. and Binder, A.K., 2020. Detection of neopterin in the urine of captive and wild platyrrhines. BMC Zoology, 5(1), pp.1-8.
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Watsa, M., Erkenswick, G.A., Rehg, J.A. and Pitman, R.L., 2012. Distribution and new sightings of Goeldi’s monkey (Callimico goeldii) in Amazonian Perú. International Journal of Primatology, 33(6), pp.1477-1502.

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

Souza-Alves, J.P., Mourthe, I., Hilário, R.R. et al. (2019). Terrestrial Behavior in Titi Monkeys (Callicebus, Cheracebus, and Plecturocebus): Potential Correlates, Patterns, and Differences between Genera. International Journal of Primatology 40, 553–572.