Mr. Pablo Granados-Dieseldorff

Research Interests

I have been interested in fisheries conservation biogeography for more than a decade. As a physical geographer in marine systems science, I am currently combining tools from marine biogeography, fishery science, systems ecology, and marine geochemistry to holistically address conservation biology and assess spatial dynamics of small-scale fisheries in the Gulf of Honduras (a tri-national system in the southern Mesoamerican Reef ecoregion, extreme Western Caribbean). With particular geographic focus on the waters shared by Belize and my home country Guatemala, I have been interested in identifying exploited fish populations and species threatened with extinction in order to suggest measures for rebuilding them, along with their associated ecosystems.

TAMU Research and Academic Affiliations

• Marine & Coastal Geography Group (MCG) and Biogeography Group
• Applied Biodiversity Science NSF-IGERT Doctoral Program (ABS)
• Interdisciplinary Research Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB)

Selected Publications

• Granados-Dieseldorff, P.; M.F. Christensen; P.H. Kihn-Pineda. 2012. Fishes from Lachuá Lake, Upper Usumacinta Basin, Guatemala. Check List 8:95-101. (Access) (Album)
• Heyman, W.D. and P. Granados-Dieseldorff. 2012. The Voice of the fishermen of the Gulf of Honduras: Improving regional fisheries management through fisher participation. Fisheries Research 125-126: 129-148. (Access)
• Heyman, W.D. and P. Granados-Dieseldorff. 2011. The manjúa fishery of Guatemala’s Caribbean: balancing the needs for regional ecosystem productivity and national food security. FOCUS on Geography 54:45-50. (Access)
• Granados-Dieseldorff, P. 2009. A GIS-based spatial model for predicting habitat suitability for juvenile mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis) in Belize. Proceedings of the 61st Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 61:191-197. (Abstract)
• Granados-Dieseldorff, P. and D. M. Baltz. 2008. Habitat use by nekton along a stream-order gradient in a Louisiana estuary. Estuaries and Coasts 31:572-583. (Access)

Note to colleagues: If you couldn't access the previous articles through their respective journal homepages, please email me requesting a copy to share.

Selected Reports, Theses, and Featured Conservation Essays

• Granados-Dieseldorff, P. 2012. Retrospective Analysis (1998-2011) of the Mutton Snapper (Lutjanus analis) Landings in Buttonwood Caye, Gladden Spit and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve, Belize. Internship Report. Southern Environmental Association & Applied Biodiversity Science NSF-IGERT Doctoral Internship Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
• Granados-Dieseldorff, P. 2011. Integrating Artisanal Fishers’ Knowledge into Fisheries Conservation. EFNews July 2011. US World Wildlife Fund, Washington, D.C. (Access)
• Granados-Dieseldorff, P. 2006. Look who’s talking: an organism’s perspective of estuarine habitat off the Caribbean coast of Guatemala. EFNews October’06-April’07. US World Wildlife Fund, Washington, D.C. (Access)
• Granados-Dieseldorff, P. 2006. Habitat use by nekton in a saltmarsh estuary along a stream-order gradient in northeastern Barataria Bay, Louisiana. M.Sc. Thesis. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Access)
• Granados-Dieseldorff, P. 2001. Ictiofauna de la Laguna Lachua, Parque Nacional Laguna Lachua, Coban, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala (Ichthyofauna of Lachua Lake, Lachua Lake National Park, Coban, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala). B.Sc. Thesis. Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala. (Abstract)

Selected Presentations

• 2011: “The voice of the fishers of the Gulf of Honduras: advancing science and participation in regional marine resources conservation and management”, co-taught with W.D. Heyman, Community Based Environmental Management Course, Duke Environmental Leadership Distance Education Master’s Program, Duke University, Durham, NC.
• 2010: Conservation biogeography of snappers (Lutjanidae) in Belize – Part 1: cross-shelf habitat suitability and connectivity, presented at the 2010 Graduate Student Colloquium, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
• 2009: A GIS-based spatial model for projecting habitat suitability of snappers that aggregate to spawn in Belize, presented at the 10th Ecological Integration Symposium, TAMU, College Station, TX.
• 2008: A GIS-based spatial model for predicting habitat suitability of mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis) in Belize, 61st Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI) conference in Gosier, Guadeloupe, French West Indies.
• 2007: Fish habitat use along a stream-order gradient in a Southeastern Louisiana Estuary; 2007 Estuarine Research Federation bi-annual meeting, Providence, RI.
• 2006: Habitat use by nekton along a stream-order gradient in a Louisiana estuary; Joint 27th Meeting of the LA Chapter and the 32nd Meeting of the MS Chapter, American Fisheries Society; Natchez, MS.
• 2006: Use of high-quality habitat by fishes and macroinvertebrates in northeastern Barataria Bay, LA; NOAA-LSU MULTISTRESS: Cumulative Coastal Stressors – Northern Gulf of Mexico; Baton Rouge, LA.
• 2005: Effects of creek morphology and seasonality on nektonic communities in a tidal saltmarsh estuary; Joint Society of Wetland Scientists meeting; Pensacola, FL.
• 2002: Freshwater karstic systems of Guatemala; Sustainability of Neotropical Aquatic Ecosystems Workshop; Queretaro, Mexico.
• 2001: Ichthyofauna of the Lachua Lake, Guatemala; V Congress of the Mesoamerican Society for Biology and Conservation; San Salvador, El Salvador.
• 1999: Artisanal Fisheries of Punta de Manabique, Guatemala; Annual meeting of the Tri-National Alliance for the Conservation of the Gulf of Honduras (TRIGOH), PROARCA-Costas (USAID-TNC-WWF-URI-CCAD), Punta Gorda, Belize.

Selected Grants and Awards

• 2012: Association of American Geographers (AAG) Dissertation Research Grant, towards doctoral research project entitled “Conservation Biogeography of Mutton Snapper (Lutjanus analis) in the Western Caribbean: a Dynamic Geography Approach”.
• 2012: Doris and Joe P. Watson '42 Graduate Scholarship in Geosciences, College of Geosciences (GEOS), Texas A&M University (TAMU).
• 2011: Steven Berkeley Marine Conservation Fellowship (SBMCF) Honorable Mention, Marine Fisheries Section, American Fisheries Society, towards doctoral dissertation research project (GeoNews). 
• 2009-11: Applied Biodiversity Science NSF-IGERT Doctoral Program Traineeship, TAMU ABS.
• 2008-12: Excellence in Academics and Geographical Research Award, TAMU Department of Geography Graduate Enhancement Fund (GEF), towards doctoral dissertation research project.
• 2008: Graduate Travel Award, awarded by the Interdisciplinary Research Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB), TAMU.
• 2008: Education for Nature Program (EFN) Alumni Grant, awarded by the US World Wildlife Fund towards the project entitled “GIS-based habitat suitability models for projecting essential snapper habitat in the Belize reef and associated coastal systems”.
• 2008 Student Travel Award, granted by the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI) to present paper entitled “A GIS-based spatial model for predicting habitat suitability of mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis) in Belize” in the 61st GCFI conference in Gosier, Guadeloupe, French West Indies.
• 2008: Board of Regents Graduate Fellowship awarded by the Department of Geography, TAMU.
• 2007-2008: Dean John A. Knauss Marine Science and Policy Fellowship (Knauss) awarded by the National Sea Grant, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: placed in the Biological Oceanography Section of the Division of Ocean Sciences, US National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.
• 2003-2005: Russell E. Train Education for Nature Program Fellowship (EFN), “ 2002 Conservation Leader in the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef Eco-Region (MAR)”, awarded by the US World Wildlife Fund to pursue a master's degree in Oceanography and Coastal Sciences at LSU.
• 2000-2001: United States Agency for International Development-Conservation International (USAID-CI)-Mexico “Mayan Biosphere” Grant towards the project entitled “Preliminary Limnology of the Lachua Lake National Park”, USAC (PGD, co-PI)-Fundación Solar (MFC, co-PI), Guatemala.
• 1999-2001: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)-Mesoamerica Grant towards the project entitled “Preliminary Limnology of the Lachua Lake National Park”, USAC (PGD, co-PI)-Instituto Nacional de Bosques (INAB, co-PI), Guatemala.

Current Research Collaborations

• Ecological Systems Laboratory, TAMU Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences (WFSC)
• Fisheries Ecology and Ecosystem Research Lab - FEERL, TAMU Galveston Marine Biology (MARB)
• Southern Environmental Association (SEA), Belize
• Stable Isotope Geosciences Facility (SIGF), TAMU College of Geosciences

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