- Laura Gutierrez – Thesis: “Evaluation of the potential of macroalgae forests in the storage and sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2) and the local perception of the community Caleta Chome.”
- Karen Garcés – Thesis: “Effects of day-night variability of pH and oxygen on Taliepus dentatus metabolism during upwelling events in the Gulf of Arauco”
- Sebastián Sepúlveda – Thesis: “Historical analysis of the strandings of marine organisms on the coasts of the Biobio Region: socio-environmental implications”
- Adonis Conejero – Thesis: “Interaction between environmental conditions of pH and temperature; and antiparasitic drugs from the salmon industry and their effect on mitilids of economic importance, in the Chiloé fjords”
- Fernando Gajardo – Thesis: “Spatio-temporal variability in the carbonate system in intertidal environments: Implications for the design of ocean acidification experiments”
- Nicole Castillo Villagrán – Thesis: “Impact of ocean acidification on the innate immune response of Mytilus chilensis”
- Rui-Feng Wang Araneda – Thesis: “Impact of ocean acidification on the fatty acid content of functional groups of marine phytoplankton”
- Sergio Diego Parra – Thesis: “Impact of ocean acidification on the metabolism of pre-competent larvae of the gastropod Concholepas concholepas”
- Valentina Manríquez – Thesis: “Abundance and biomass of mesozooplankton in the Bío-Bío River plume”
- María Jesús Gálvez – Thesis: “Abundance and bacterivory rates of heterotrophic nanoflagellates in fjord ecosystems”
- Makarena De La Hoz – Thesis: “Effects of ocean acidification in the coastal zone on the metabolism of larval states of calcifying organisms”
- Silvia Cancino – Thesis: “Spatial and temporal patterns of the phytoplankton community at the river-estuary-sea interface in relation to the hydrological cycle and its implications on the carbon cycle”
- Nancy Loretto Arriagada – Thesis: “Spatial patterns of bacterial production and respiration at the river-estuary-sea interface and their implications on the carbon cycle”
- Valeska San Martín Montoya – Thesis: “Influence of allochthonous organic matter contributions to the planktonic trophic webs in a Patagonian fjord”
- Bárbara Leniz Genta (co-guidance) – Thesis: “Characterization and comparison of phytoplankton assemblages in the lower course of the Bíobio River and the Adjacent Coastal Zone”
- David Opazo Vega – Thesis: “Omnivory and trophic impact of chitinous zooplankton in a marine ecosystem affected by river discharge and coastal upwelling”
- Paulina Contreras David – Thesis: “Contribution of mixotrophic organisms to the biomass of nanoplanktonic communities in the upwelling system of Central Chile (36 ºS): Importance of environmental factors”
- Rodrigo Martínez González – Thesis: ‘Effect of feed quality on growth rates of small copepods in a coastal upwelling system’.
Undergraduate students
Technical Assistance Projects
Our laboratory is also a component of the EULA-Chile Center for Environmental Sciences, and as such is available to support …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …