Mouton, T.L. & Gonzalez-Pestana, A. & Rohner, C.A. & Charles, R. & García-Rodríguez, E. & Kyne, P.M. & Batlle-Morera, A. & Notarbartolo di Sciara, G. & Armstrong, A.O. & Acuña, E. & Alfaro-Shigueto, J. & Arauz, R. & Avalos-Castillo, C.G. & Augustinus, E. & Bessudo, S. & Barraza, E. & Bustamante, C. & Chávez, E.J. & Espinoza, E.R. & Espinoza, M. & Hacohen-Domené, A. & Hearn, A.R. & Hernández, G.M. & Galván-Magaña, F. & Gonzalez-Leiva, J.A. & Ketchum, J.T. & Ladino, F. & Lara-Lizardi, F. & Morales-Saldaña, J.M. & Serrano, N.M. & Madrigal-Mesén, J. & Mejía-Falla, P.A. & Navia, A.F. & Ochoa, G.M. & Palacios, M.D. & Peñaherrera-Palma, C.R. & Polanco-Vásquez, F. & Rodríguez-Arriatti, Y. & Saldaña-Ruiz, L.E. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Tovar-Ávila, J. & Vega, A.J. & Velez-Zuazo, X. & Villate-Moreno, M. & Zanella, I. & Jabado, R.W. (2025)
Shortfalls in the protection of Important Shark and Ray Areas undermine shark conservation efforts in the Central and South American Pacific. Marine Policy, 171, Article 106448
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106448

Velez-Zuazo, X. & Alfaro-Shigueto, J. & Mangel, J. & De La Lama, R.L. & Salcedo, J.C.R. & Córdova-Zavaleta, F. & González-Pestana, A. (2024)
7 | Regional Overviews, South America, Peru In R.W. Jabado, A.Z.A. Morata, R.H. Bennett, B. Finucci, J.R. Ellis, S. Fowler, M.I. Grant &. A.P. Barbosa Martins, S.L. Sinclair (Eds.), The global status of sharks, rays, and chimaeras (pp. 527–542). International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.
DOI: 10.59216/ssg.gsrsrc.2024

Morales-Serrano, N. & Gonzalez-Pestana, A. (2024)
Identification of the first nursery area of the Galápagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis) in the south-east Pacific Ocean. Journal of Fish Biology, in press
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15820

Gonzalez-Pestana, A. & Alfaro-Shigueto, J. & Velez-Zuazo, X. & Mangel, J.C. (2024)
Natural history, fisheries, and conservation of the Pacific guitarfish: signs of trouble in Peruvian waters. Endangered Species Research, 54, 123–140
DOI: 10.3354/esr01329

Jimenez, A. & Pingo, S. & González-Pestana, A. & Alfaro-Shigueto, J. & Mangel, J.C. (2024)
Characterization of a Peruvian coastal fishery targeting the Pacific guitarfish Pseudobatos planiceps. Journal of Fish Biology, in press
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15834

Molina-Salgado, P. & González-Pestana, A. & Alfaro-Shigueto, J. & Ebert, D.A. (2022)
Description of egg capsules of Rasptail Skate Rostroraja velezi (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes: Rajidae) from northern Peru. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 105(5), 663–668
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-022-01271-3

González-Pestana, A. & Alfaro-Shigueto, J. & Mangel, J.C. (2022)
A review of high trophic predator-prey relationships in the pelagic Northern Humboldt system, with a focus on anchovetas. Fisheries Research, 253, Article 106386
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2022.106386

González-Pestana, A. (2022)
Catch composition of mobulid rays (Mobula spp.) in northern Peru reveals a potential nursery area for M. mobular. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 105(7), 963–969
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-022-01301-0

González-Pestana, A. & Velez-Zuazo, X. & Alfaro-Shigueto, J. & Mangel, J.C. (2022)
Batoid fishery in Peru (1950-2015): Magnitude, management and data needs. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía, 57, 217–233
DOI: 10.22370/rbmo.2022.57.Especial.3729

González-Pestana, A. & Córdova-Zavaleta, F. & Arrese-Dávila, V. & Torrejón-Zegarra, R. & Acuña-Perales, N. & Mangel, J.C. & Alfaro-Shigueto, J. (2022)
Dieta del tiburón diamante Isurus oxyrinchus en el norte del Perú: Estudio preliminar [Diet of the shortfin mako shark Isurus oxyrinchus off northern Peru: A preliminary study]. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía, 57, 295–301
DOI: 10.22370/rbmo.2022.57.Especial.3683

González-Pestana, A. & Molina-Salgado, P. & Ponce, A. (2022)
Ensamble de batoideos costeros en el norte del Perú: Conocimiento preliminar [Assemblage of coastal batoids in northern Peru: Preliminary knowledge]. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía, 57, 302–307
DOI: 10.22370/rbmo.2022.57.Especial.3684

Molina-Salgado, P. & Alfaro-Shigueto, J. & González-Pestana, A. (2021)
Diet of the rasptail skate, Rostroraja velezi (Rajiformes: Rajidae), off Piura, Peru. Ciencias Marinas, 47(2), 127–138
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v47i2.3132

González-Pestana, A. & Mangel, J.C. & Alfaro-Córdova, E. & Acuña-Perales, N. & Córdova-Zavaleta, F. & Segura-Cobeña, E. & Benites, D. & Espinoza, M. & Coasaca-Céspedes, J. & Jiménez, A. & Pingo, S. & Moscoso, V. & Alfaro-Shigueto, J. & Espinoza, P. (2021)
Diet, trophic interactions and possible ecological role of commercial sharks and batoids in northern Peruvian waters. Journal of Fish Biology, 98(3), 768–783
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14624

González-Pestana, A. & Silva-Garay, L. & Quiñones, J. & Mayaute, L. & Manrique, M. & Segura-Cobeña, E. & Espinoza, P. & Moscoso, V. & Ximena, V.-Z. & Alfaro-Shigueto, J. & Mangel, J.C. (2021)
Geographic and ontogenetic variation in the diet of two commonly exploited batoids (Chilean eagle ray and Pacific guitarfish) off Peru: evidence of trophic plasticity. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 104, 1525–1540
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-021-01157-w

Mucientes, G. & González-Pestana, A. (2020)
Depredation by Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) on a Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) in Northeastern Atlantic. Aquatic Mammals, 46(5), 478–482
DOI: 10.1578/AM.46.5.2020.478

González-Pestana, A. & Maguiño, R. & Mendoza, A. & Kelez, S. & Ramírez-Macías, D. (2020)
Distribution of whale shark (Rhincodon typus) off northern Peru based on habitat suitability. Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 30(7), 1325–1336
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.3330

González-Pestana, A. & Acuña-Perales, N. & Córdova, F. & Coasaca, J. & Alfaro, E. & Alfaro-Shigueto, J. & Mangel, J.C. (2019)
Feeding habits of thresher sharks Alopias sp. in northern Peru: predators of Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 99(3), 695–702
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315418000504

González-Pestana, A. & Alfaro-Shigueto, J. & Mangel, J.C. (2019)
Aspects of reproductive biology of the humpback smooth-hound shark (Mustelus whitneyi) off northern Peru. Marine and Freshwater Research, 70(8), 1185–1188
DOI: 10.1071/MF18382

Alfaro-Cordova, E. & del Solar, A. & González-Pestana, A. & Acuña-Perales, N. & Coasaca, J. & Cordova-Zavaleta, F. & Alfaro-Shigueto, J. & Mangel, J.C. (2018)
Isotopic niches of four commercially important pelagic elasmobranch species captured by the small-scale driftnet fishery of northern Peru. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 46(2), 482–488
DOI: 10.3856/vol46-issue2-fulltext-24

Coasaca-Cespedes, J.J. & Segura-Cobena, E. & Montero-Taboada, R. & González-Pestana, A. & Alfaro-Cordova, E. & Alfaro-Shigueto, J. & Mangel, J.C. (2018)
Preliminary analysis of the feeding habits of batoids from the genera Mobula and Myliobatis in Northern Peru. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía, 53(3), 367–374
DOI: 10.22370/rbmo.2018.53.3.1368

Córdova-Zavaleta, F. & Mendo, J. & Briones-Hernández, S.A. & Acuña-Perales, N. & González-Pestana, A. & Alfaro-Shigueto, J. & Mangel, J.C. (2018)
Food habits of the blue shark, Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758), in waters off northern Peru. Fishery Bulletin, 116(3–4), 310–322
DOI: 10.7755/FB.116.3-4.9

González-Pestana, A. & Alfaro-Shigueto, J. & Mangel, J.C. & Espinoza, P. (2017)
Mercury levels in the Smooth Hammerhead Shark Sphyrna zygaena (Carcharhiniformes: Sphyrnidae) from Northern Peru. Revista Peruana de Biología, 24(4): 407-41 1
DOI: 10.15381/rpb.v24i4.14066

Moreno, B. & González-Pestana, A. (2017)
Southernmost record of the Giant Manta Ray Mobula birostris (Walbaum, 1792) in the Eastern Pacific. Marine Biodiversity Records, 10, Article 27
DOI: 10.1186/s41200-017-0130-1

González-Pestana, A. & Acuña-Perales, N. & Coasaca-Cespedes, J. & Cordova-Zavaleta, F. & Alfaro-Shigueto, J. & Mangel, J.C. & Espinoza, P. (2017)
Trophic ecology of the smooth hammerhead shark (Sphyrna zygaena) off the coast of northern Peru. Fishery Bulletin, 115(4), 451–459
DOI: 10.7755/FB.115.4.2

González-Pestana, A. & Kouri, J.C. & Velez-Zuazo, X. (2016)
Shark fisheries in the Southeast Pacific: A 61-year analysis from Peru. F1000Research, 3, Article 164
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.4412.2

Cornejo, R. & Vélez-Zuazo, X. & González-Pestana, A. & Kouri, J.C. & Mucientes, G. (2015)
An updated checklist of Chondrichthyes from the southeast Pacific off Peru. Check List, 11(6), Article 1809
DOI: 10.15560/11.6.1809