Technical Assistance Projects
Our laboratory is also a component of the EULA-Chile Center for Environmental Sciences, and as such is available to support Technical Assistance activities related to
Category: PROJECTS
The combined effect of ocean acidification and corrosive acidified coastal waters for plankton productivity (COA-CAP): A comprehensive analysis in contrasting aquatic environments. FONDECYT Nº1130254. 2013 – 2016.
Increasing atmospheric CO2 has lowered the pH of the surface ocean, and although the ocean has partially absorbed anthropogenic atmospheric CO2, this has come at
Millenium Institute of Oceanography (IMO). Iniciativa Milenio Nº IC120019. 2014 – 2020.
IMO is an institute dedicated to the investigation of oceanographic problems that require integrative and collaborative approaches ranging from processes of molecular to planetary scale,
Center for the Study of Multiple Drivers on Marine Socio-ecological Systems (MUSELS). Iniciativa Milenio Nº120086. 2014 – 2020.
This interdisciplinary research program is dedicated to understand the impact of different environmental, ecological, economic and social stress factors have on bivalve aquaculture in Chile.
International network for understanding the fenotypic plasticity of mussels upon Ocean Acidification scenarios (InpHOA). CONICTY REDES Nº180012. 2019 – 2020.
The InpHOA research network brings together four research groups working in different coastal regions of the East Pacific Ocean, Europe, and the Indo-Pacific region to
SUBPESCA/MMA/GEF/FAO. 2019 – 2020.
The project implements a pilot monitoring program allowing fishermen, fish/mussel farmers, and relevant actors in 4 coves on the Chilean coast to understand the relevance
Carbon cycling and physiological traits in phytoplankton functional groups under low pH/low oxygen conditions (CARpHOX). FONDECYT Nº1170065. 2017 – 2021.
On a global scale, there are extensive oxygen minimum zones (OMZ), areas that are expanding due to climate warming and the dynamics of greenhouse gases
Impact of the photosynthetic primary productivity over the carbonate chemistry and carbon fixation in subsurface oxygen-depleted waters. Fondecyt Postdoctorado: N° 3210281. 2021-2023.
P.I. Dr. Montserrat Aldunate Coastal upwelling systems are very productive ecosystems and play a key role in the ocean carbon cycle. In northern Chile upwelliing
Coastal Social-Ecological Millennium Institute (SECOS)
The goal of SECOS is to advance social-ecological systems (SES) research by focusing on real world coastal challenges to inform transitions towards sustainability. The objectives
Role of TEmporal scales of oceanographic variability in shaping the Response of Marine Organisms upon changing pH and Oxygen conditions in the coastal zone (TERMO2 Project). FONDECYT Nº 1210171. 2021 – 2025
Understanding biological responses of marine organisms is paramount to improve prediction of the fate of biological systems in coastal areas, and yet understanding the effects