Antony is a Marine Biologist (2018) from the Universidad Científica del Sur, Peru.
During 2019, he worked as a assistant teacher in Biology at the Universidad Científica del Sur. In 2021, he worked for the course Contamination of Aquatic Environments and in 2022, he was a teacher at the Zoology course and Zootechnics, at the Faculty of Veterinary and Biological Sciences.
Antony has worked as a biodiversity specialist in Pantanos de Villa municipal authority (PROHVILLA) in the wildlife refuge and Ramsar site. Here he has worked as a specialist in marine coastal ecosystems and biodiversity in the NGO CooperAcción, where he carried out research, environmental education, training and workshops with artisanal fishermen, reed extractors and artisans. Within the same NGO he participated in the Coastal Marine Schools for Adaptation based on Ecosystems project, implemented in collaboration with the EbAMar Project and the German GIZ cooperation.
His lines of research are fauna and flora biodiversity, ecology and conservation of coastal wetlands. From 2022, Antony is a student at the Doctoral Program in Environmental Sciences, University of Concepción. His thesis is being guided by Dr. Cristian A. Vargas, Dr. Ricardo Barra, Dr. Stefan Gelcich and Dr. Gonzalo Saldías. In addition, he uses PAST and iNEXT (Interpolation and Extrapolation) tools for wetland biodiversity analysis.
Publications:
Apeño A, Aponte H. 2022. Caracterización de la diversidad de aves en un humedal altamente intervenido del Pacífico suramericano. Revista De La Academia Colombiana De Ciencias Exactas, Físicas Y Naturales, 46(179), 380–392. https://doi.org/10.18257/raccefyn.1605
Ochoa Balbacea D, Gonzales S, Apeño A, Aponte H. 2022. Hábitats prioritarios en un humedal costero del Pacífico: propuesta de un índice basado en servicios ecosistémicos. Revista De La Academia Colombiana De Ciencias Exactas, Físicas Y Naturales, 46(178), 182–191. https://doi.org/10.18257/raccefyn.1569
Carazas N, Velásquez W, Podestá J, Apeño A. 2021. Plantas vasculares y aves del parque ecológico municipal “El Mirador” humedales de Ventanilla – Región Callao, Perú. The Biologist, 19(2), 271–282. https://doi.org/10.24039/rtb20211921184
Aponte H, Barona D, Apeño A, Hernando-Blotte A. 2019. Percepción de estudiantes universitarios sobre la historia natural del ser humano: Un estudio de caso. Revista Digital de Investigación en Docencia Universitaria, 13(1), 57-67. https://dx.doi.org/10.19083/ridu.2019.613
Aponte H, Apeño A. 2019. Riqueza de flora vascular de los humedales costeros de Lima: Una aproximación utilizando estimadores no paramétricos. Arnaldoa, 26(1), 131-138. https://dx.doi.org/10.22497/arnaldoa.261.26107
Cotillo A, Apeño A, Aponte H. 2019. Primer registro documentado del Pato Tarro Blanco, Tadorna Tadorna (Linnaeus, 1758), en el Perú. Ecología Aplicada, 18(2), 185-188. http://dx.doi.org/10.21704/rea.v18i2.1336
