Publications
Water Quality & Coastal Systems
Montiel-Mora, J. R., Gómez-Ramirez, E., Irías-Mata, A., Chacón-Jiménez, L., Barrantes-Jiménez, K., & Fuentes-Schweizer, P. (2025). Application of three water quality indices in a tropical river of Costa Rica: the case of the Durazno River. UNED Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v17i1.5921
Montiel-Mora, J. R., Gómez-Ramírez, E., & Sibaja-Cordero, J. (2025). An analysis of human impact on sandy coasts of the Costa Rican Pacific. Marine Pollution Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.117656
Montiel-Mora, J. R., Gómez-Ramírez, E. (2023). Physicochemical and Microbiological Quality of Coastal Water in Nicoya, Costa Rica: Comparison of Three Beaches with Different Tourist Impact and Management. UNED Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v15i2.4763
Ecotoxicology & Emerging Contaminants
Montiel-Mora, J. R., Lizano-Fallas, V., Méndez-Rivera, M., Marín-González, A., Cambronero-Heinrichs, J. C., & Rodríguez-Rodríguez, C. E. (2025). Individual and mixture effect of selected high-hazard pharmaceuticals on aquatic primary producers. Ecotoxicology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-025-02885-w
Montiel-Mora, J. R., Méndez-Rivera, M., Ramírez-Morales, D., Cambronero-Heinrichs, J. C., & Rodríguez-Rodríguez, C. E. (2024). Toxicity of selected pharmaceuticals and their mixtures to the aquatic indicators Daphnia magna and Aliivibrio fischeri. Ecotoxicology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-024-02798-0
Ramírez-Morales, D., Masis-Mora, M., Montiel-Mora, J. R., Méndez-Rivera, M., Gutiérrez-Quirós, J. A., Brenes-Alfaro, L., & Rodríguez-Rodríguez, C. E. (2024). Pharmaceuticals, hazard and ecotoxicity in surface and wastewater in a tropical dairy production area in Latin America. Chemosphere. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140443
Méndez-Rivera, M., Montiel-Mora, J. R., Ramírez-Morales, D., Masis-Mora, M., & Rodríguez-Rodríguez, C. E. (2023). On-farm Occurrence of Pharmaceuticals and Their Environmental Hazard: Case Study of a Tropical Dairy Farm. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-023-03809-2
Rodríguez-Rodríguez, C. E., Ramírez-Morales, D., Masis-Mora, M., Montiel-Mora, J. R., Soto-Garita, C., Araya-Valverde, E., Cambronero-Heinrichs, J. C., Sánchez-Melsió, A., Briceño-Guevara, S., & Balcázar, J. L. (2023). Occurrence and risk assessment of pharmaceuticals in hospital wastewater in Costa Rica. Chemosphere, 339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139746
Ramírez-Morales, D., Masis-Mora, M., Montiel-Mora, J. R., Cambronero-Heinrichs, J. C., Pérez-Rojas, G., Tormo-Budowski, R., Méndez-Rivera, M., Briceño-Guevara, S., Gutiérrez-Quirós, J. A., Arias-Mora, V., Brenes-Alfaro, L., Beita-Sandí, W., & Rodríguez-Rodríguez, C. E. (2021). Multi-residue analysis of pharmaceuticals in water samples by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry: Quality assessment and application to the risk assessment of urban-influenced surface waters in a metropolitan area of Central America. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2021.07.025
Ramírez-Morales, D., Masís-Mora, M., Beita-Sandí, W., Montiel-Mora, J. R., Fernández-Fernández, E., Méndez-Rivera, M., Arias-Mora, V., Leiva-Salas, A., Brenes-Alfaro, L., & Rodríguez-Rodríguez, C. E. (2021). Pharmaceuticals in farms and surrounding surface water bodies: Hazard and ecotoxicity in a swine production area in Costa Rica. Chemosphere. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129574
Ramírez-Morales, D., Masis-Mora, M., Montiel-Mora, J. R., Cambronero-Heinrichs, J. C., Briceño-Guevara, S., Rojas-Sánchez, C. E., Méndez-Rivera, M., Arias-Mora, V., Tormo-Budowski, R., Brenes-Alfaro, L., & Rodríguez-Rodríguez, C. E. (2020). Occurrence of pharmaceuticals, hazard assessment and ecotoxicological evaluation of wastewater treatment plants in Costa Rica. Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141200
Risk Assessment & Agroecosystems
Montiel-Mora, J. R., Pérez-Rojas, G., Brenes-Alfaro, L., & Rodríguez-Rodríguez, C. E. (2025). Multiple exposure pathways to pesticide residues in tropical agroecosystems: A human health risk assessment in Costa Rica. Environmental Monitoring & Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-025-14869-8
Méndez-Rivera, M., Ramírez-Morales, D., Montiel-Mora, J. R., & Rodríguez-Rodríguez, C. E. (2023). Ecotoxicity of pesticide formulations and their mixtures: the case of potato crops in Costa Rica. Ecotoxicology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-023-02648-5
Antimicrobial Resistance & Microbial Risk
Montiel-Mora, J. R., Segura-Arroyo, P., Barrantes-Jiménez, K., Mendoza-Guido, B., & Chacón-Jiménez, L. (2026). Antimicrobial Resistance in Coastal Waters of Latin America: Current Knowledge and Challenges. Discovery Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-026-01617-7
Montiel-Mora, J. R., Rivera-Montero, L., Badilla-Aguilar, A., Barrantes-Jiménez, K., Rivera-Navarro, P., & Chacón-Jiménez, L. (2026). Antimicrobial resistance and phylogenetic diversity of Escherichia coli isolates from coastal recreational waters in Costa Rica. Environmental Monitoring & Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-026-15002-z
Morales-Mora, E., Rivera-Montero, L., Ramos-Montalvo, N., Montiel-Mora, J. R., Mendoza-Guido, B., Alfaro-Arrieta, E., Rivera-Navarro, P., Barrantes-Jiménez, K., & Chacón-Jiménez, L. (2026). Applying weighted quantile sum regression to wastewater surveillance: enteric viral mixtures and diarrheal disease trends in Costa Rica. Water & Health. https://doi.org/10.2166/wh.2026.197
Mendoza-Guido, B., Montiel-Mora, J. R., Ureña-Salazar, C., Barrantes-Jiménez, K., & Chacón-Jiménez, L. (2025). Molecular epidemiology of aquatic environments: challenges from sampling to implementation of surveillance programs. Antibiotics. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1652535
Barrantes-Jiménez, K., Mendoza-Guido, B., Morales-Mora, E., Rivera-Montero, L., Montiel-Mora, J. R., Chacón-Jiménez, L., Rojas-Jiménez, K., & Arias-Andrés, M. (2025). Influence of Seasonality and Pollution on the Presence of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Potentially Pathogenic Bacteria in a Tropical Urban River. Antibiotics. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics14080798
Morales-Mora, E., Rivera-Montero, L., Montiel-Mora, J. R., Barrantes-Jiménez, K., & Chacón-Jiménez, L. (2024). Assessing Microbial Risk of Escherichia coli: A spatial and temporal study of virulence and resistance genes in surface water in resource-limited regions. Science of The Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.178044