Publications
Research across ocean, wildlife, and human systems
These publications document my work on marine mammal health, microbiomes, and environmental change, exploring how these systems connect across wildlife, ecosystems, and the human communities that depend on them.
- Domínguez-Sánchez, C.A.; Gendron, D.; Acevedo-Whitehouse, K.. Temporal turnover and functional stability in the respiratory bacteriome of blue whales. Submitted to Journal of Animal Ecology, May 2026.
- Domínguez-Sánchez, C.A.; Friesen, O.C.; Young, B.G.; Edkins, T.L.; Lea, E.V.; Houde, M.; Petersen, S.D.; Yurkowski, D.J.; Gamblin, H.E.L.; Ferguson, S.H. Microbiome Baseline for an Arctic Sentinel: Spatial Patterning of Nasal and Anal Microbiomes in Ringed Seals. Submitted to Frontiers in Marine Science, April 2026.
- Domínguez-Sánchez, CA.; Friesen, O.; Petersen, SD.; Yurkowski, DJ.; Gamblin, HE.; Nace, A.; Shuert, CR.; Breiter, C-Jae; Florke, K. Ferguson, S. Comparative Nasal and Anal Microbiomes in Sympatric Ringed and Harbour Seals: Insights into Host Adaptation and Environmental Influences. Under review at Royal Society Open Science (submitted September 2025; accepted with minor revisions and resubmitted January 2026).
- Acevedo-Whitehouse, K., Domínguez-Sánchez, CA., Nieves-Martínez, DP. Microbiome Profiling of the Guadalupe Fur Seal (Arctocephalus philippii townsendii) in Relation to Alopecia Syndrome: A 16S rRNA Sequencing Approach. Veterinary Microbiology. In press at Journal of Wildlife Diseases.
- Banuet-Martínez, M.; Hernández-Velasco, A. J.; Domínguez-Sánchez, CA.; Vera-Velázquez, F.; Sandoval-Arauz, S. A.; Vázquez-Murillo, S. C.; Espinosa-Romero, M. J.; Yamamoto, S.; Harper, S. Climate shapes food environments: Traditional seafood and nutrition in small-scale fisheries in México. 2026. Environmental Research: Food Systems. https://doi.org/10.1088/2976-601X/ae6dc5
- Domínguez-Sánchez, CA., Álvarez-Martínez, R., Gendron, D., Acevedo-Whitehouse, K.A. Respiratory Bacteriome and its Predicted Functional Profiles in Blue Whales (Balaenoptera musculus). 2025. Scientific Reports, 15:44434. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-28025-2.
- Banuet-Martinez, M.; Hernandez-Velasco, A.; Domínguez-Sánchez, CA.; Espinosa-Romero, MJ.; Vera-Velazques, F.; Sandoval-Arauz, SA.; Vazquez-Murillo, SC.; SCPP Ensenada; SCPP Buzos y Pescadores de la Baja California; Yamamoto, S.; Harper, SL. “It seems that climate change is already harming us all”: Complex climate change, health, and socioecological risk for Mexican fishing communities. Social Science & Medicine. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953625008792
- Dominguez-Sanchez, C.A. Ferguson, S.H., Edkins, T., Young, B.G., and Kringorn, J. 2024. Pilot study: Decoding the skin microbiome of Bowhead (Balaena mysticetus) and Killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Nunavut, Canada. Arctic Science, 10(1): 169-188. https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2023-0028
- Pereida-Aguilar, J.C., Barragán-Vargas, C., Domínguez-Sánchez, C.A, Álvarez-Martínez, R.C., Acevedo-Whitehouse, K. 2023. Bacterial dysbiosis and epithelial transformation of the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus). Infectious, Genetics and Evolution, 113: 105474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2023.105474
- Domínguez-Sánchez, CA., Acevedo-Whitehouse, KA., Gendron, D. 2018. Effect of drone-based blow sampling on blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) behaviour. Marine Mammal Science, 34(3):841-850. doi:10.1111/mms.12482. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12482
- O. Cortés, S. Dunner, L.T. Gama, A.M. Martínez, J.V. Delgado, C. Ginja, L.M. Jiménez, J. Jordana, C. Luis, M.M. Oom, D.P. Sponenberg, P. Zaragoza, Biohorse Consortium, J.L. Vega-Pla. 2017. The legacy of Columbus in American horse populations assessed by microsatellite markers. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics. 134(4): 340-350. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbg.12255
- Domínguez-Sánchez, C., Cervantes, P., Perez-Rico, A., Delgado, JV., Jiménez, LM., Aguirre, L., Brandariz, C., Nuñez, L., Cortés, O., Farman, S., Costa, MR., Kelly, L., Vega-Pla, JL. 2015. [Genetic structure of the local horse from Veracruz, Mexico, using microsatellites] Estructura genética del caballo local de Veracruz, México, usando microsatélites. Actas Iberoamericanas de Conservación Animal. 6: 192-200.
- Domínguez, CA., Hernández, A., Cervantes, P., Domínguez, B., López de Buen, L., Olmos, A., Canales, AM. [Physiological response of local horse breeds in Veracruz, Mexico, during the time of greatest comfort]. 2014. Actas Iberoamericanas de Conservación Animal. 4: 77-79.
- Hernández, A., Cervantes, P., Domínguez, B., Bautista, E., Olmos, A. and Domínguez-Sánchez, CA. [Selenium-enriched milk production in tropical dairy cows. In: Considerations on agricultural education, food and reproductive biotechnologies]. 2014. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco y Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa. México. ISBN: 970-93539-2. pp. 101 – 109.