About the lab

We are a marine-coastal field research program based in the protected area of Punta San Juan - RNSIIPG, located in Ica province on the southern coast of Peru (Lat 15 ° 22'S, 75 ° 11 'W). The Punta San Juan Program is part of the Center for Environmental Sustainability (CSA) at Cayetano Heredia University. We believe that Punta San Juan is an important site for coastal marine biodiversity that must be protected. We work in collaboration with Peruvian government institutions for more than 30 years to fulfill our main objective: to produce scientific knowledge for the development of tools that will help in the conservation and management of an ecologically viable marine protected area.

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Lab head

Susana Cardenas

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Department

Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas y Fisiológicas

About Susana Cardenas

Susana Cárdenas-Alayza PhD in ecology, MSc with enfasis in zoology and BSc in biology. Susana oversees the Punta San Juan Program at CSA, UPCH and conducts research in Zoology, Marine Biology and Ecology. Main research and conservation efforts are on trophic ecology, population dynamics and wildlife conservation in Punta San Juan marine protected area in southern Peru.