Director
Dr. Acha Eduardo Marcelo
Researcher CONICET
Professor
Torres Alberto, M. L., Saraceno, M., Ivanovic, M., & Acha, E. M. (2022). Habitat of Argentine squid (Illex argentinus) paralarvae in the southwestern Atlantic. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 688, 69–82. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14013
Torres Alberto, M. L., Bodnariuk, N., Ivanovic, M., Saraceno, M., & Acha, E. M. (2021). Dynamics of the Confluence of Malvinas and Brazil currents, and a southern Patagonian spawning ground, explain recruitment fluctuations of the main stock of Illex argentinus. Fisheries Oceanography, 30(2), 127–141. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12507
Braverman, M. S., Brown, D. R., & Acha, E. M. (2020). Metamorphosis of whitemouth croaker Micropogonias furnieri (Pisces, Sciaenidae). Marine and Fishery Sciences (MAFIS), 33(2), 163–182. https://doi.org/10.47193/mafis.3322020301107
Brun, A. A., Griotti, M., Roig-Juñent, S. A., & Acha, E. M. (2020). Biogeographical patterns and areas of endemism for the Magellan region based on the distribution of crustacean species (Amphipoda, Copepoda, and Euphausiacea). Polar Biology, 43(3), 237–250. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02626-1
Martinetto, P. M. del R., Alemany, D., Botto, F., Mastrángelo, M., Falabella, V., Acha, E. M., Antón, G., Bianchi, A., Campagna, C., Cañete, G., Filippo, P., Iribarne, O. O., Laterra, P., Martínez, P., Negri, R., Piola, A. R., Romero, S. I., Santos, D., & Saraceno, M. (2020). Linking the scientific knowledge on marine frontal systems with ecosystem services. Ambio, 49, 541–556. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01222-w
Botto, F., Gaitán, E., Iribarne, O. O., & Acha, E. M. (2019). Trophic niche changes during settlement in the Argentine hake Merluccius hubbsi reveal the importance of pelagic food post metamorphosis. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 619, 125–136. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12947
Alemany, D., Iribarne, O. O., & Acha, E. M. (2018). Marine fronts as preferred habitats for young Patagonian hoki Macruronus magellanicus on the southern Patagonian shelf. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 588, 191–200. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12454
Bruno, D. O., Victorio, M. F., Acha, E. M., & Fernández, D. A. (2018). Fish early life stages associated with giant kelp forests in sub-Antarctic coastal waters (Beagle Channel, Argentina). Polar Biology, 41(2), 365–375. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-017-2196-y
Quiñones, J., Chiaverano, L. M., Ayón, P., Adams, G. S., Mianzán, H. W., & Acha, E. M. (2018). Spatial patterns of large jellyfish Chrysaora plocamia blooms in the Northern Humboldt Upwelling System in relation to biological drivers and climate. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 75(4), 1405–1415. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsy004
Acha, E. M., Ehrlich, M. D., Muelbert, J. H., Pájaro, M., Bruno, D. O., Machinandiarena, L., & Cadaveira, M. (2018). Ichthyoplankton associated to the frontal regions of the Southwestern Atlantic. In Plankton Ecology of the Southwestern Atlantic (pp. 219–246). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77869-3_11
Bruno, D. O., Delpiani, S. M., & Acha, E. M. (2018). Diel variation of ichthyoplankton recruitment in a wind-dominated temperate coastal lagoon (Argentina). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 205, 91–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2018.03.015
Franco, B. C., Palma, E. D., Combes, V., Acha, E. M., & Saraceno, M. (2018). Modelling the offshore export of subantarctic shelf waters from the Patagonian shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123(7), 4491–4502. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC013824
Bruno, D. O., Riccialdelli, L., Botto, F., & Acha, E. M. (2017). Organic matter sources for fish larvae and juveniles in a marine-estuarine interface (Mar Chiquita lagoon, Argentina). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 100(12), 1609–1622. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-017-0669-z
Carreto, J., Montoya, N. G., Carignan, M. O., Akselman, R., Acha, E. M., & Derisio, C. (2016). Environmental and biological factors controlling the spring phytoplankton bloom at the Patagonian shelf-break front–Degraded fucoxanthin pigments and the importance of microzooplankton grazing. Progress in Oceanography, 146, 1–21.
González Carman, V., Mandiola, M. A., Alemany, D., Dassis, M., Seco Pon, J. P., Prosdocimi, L., Ponce de León, A., Mianzan, H. W., Acha, E. M., Rodríguez, D. H., Favero, M., & Copello, S. (2016). Distribution of megafaunal species in the Southwestern Atlantic: key ecological areas and opportunities for marine conservation. ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal Du Conseil, 73(6), 1579–1588.
Alemany, D., Acha, E. M., & Iribarne, O. O. (2016). Distribution and intensity of bottom trawl fisheries in the Patagonian Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem and its relationship with marine fronts. Fisheries Oceanography, 25(2), 183–192.
González Carman, V., Bruno, I., Maxwell, S., Álvarez, K., Albareda, D., Acha, E. M., & Campagna, C. (2016). Habitat use, site fidelity and conservation opportunities for juvenile loggerhead sea turtles in the Río de la Plata, Argentina. Marine Biology, 163(1), 20.
Bruno, D. O., Cousseau, M. B., Díaz de Astarloa, J. M., & Acha, E. M. (2015). Recruitment of juvenile fishes into a small temperate choked lagoon (Argentina) and the influence of environmental factors during the process. Scientia Marina, 79(1), 43–55.
Braverman, M. S., Brown, D. R., & Acha, E. M. (2015). Indirect validation of daily increments in whitemouth croaker (Micropogonias furnieri) larvae otoliths. Revista de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero, 26, 59–67.
Acha, E. M., Piola, A., Iribarne, O. O., & Mianzán, H. W. (2015). Biology of fronts. In Ecological Processes at Marine Fronts (pp. 13–32). Springer. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-15479-4_3
Acha, E. M., Piola, A., Iribarne, O. O., & Mianzán, H. W. (2015). Comparisons of fronts with terrestrial boundaries and the “ecotone” concept. In Ecological Processes at Marine Fronts (pp. 47–51). Springer. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-15479-4_6
Acha, E. M., Piola, A., Iribarne, O. O., & Mianzán, H. W. (2015). Comparisons of fronts with other boundaries at sea. In Ecological Processes at Marine Fronts (pp. 41–46). Springer. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-15479-4_5
Acha, E. M., Piola, A., Iribarne, O. O., & Mianzán, H. W. (2015). Final remarks. In Ecological Processes at Marine Fronts (pp. 53–57). Springer. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-15479-4_7
Acha, E. M., Piola, A., Iribarne, O. O., & Mianzán, H. W. (2015). Frontal types. In Ecological Processes at Marine Fronts (pp. 5–12). Springer. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-15479-4_2
Acha, E. M., Piola, A., Iribarne, O. O., & Mianzán, H. W. (2015). Management and conservation of marine life. In Ecological Processes at Marine Fronts (pp. 33–39). Springer. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-15479-4_4
Acha, E. M., Piola, A., Iribarne, O. O., & Mianzán, H. W. (2015). Ecological processes at marine fronts: oases in the ocean. Springer.
Bruno, D. O., & Acha, E. M. (2015). Winds vs. tides: factors ruling the recruitment of larval and juvenile fishes into a micro-tidal and shallow choked lagoon (Argentina). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 98(5), 1449–1458.
Bruno, D. O., Delpiani, S. M., Cousseau, M. B., Díaz de Astarloa, J. M., Blasina, G. E., Mabragaña, E., & Acha, E. M. (2014). Ocean–estuarine connection for ichthyoplankton through the inlet channel of a temperate choked coastal lagoon (Argentina). Marine and Freshwater Research, 65(12), 1116–1130. http://www.publish.csiro.au/mf/mf13128
Derisio, C., Braverman, M. S., Gaitán, E., Hozbor, C., Ramírez, F., Carreto, J., Botto, F., Gagliardini, D. A., Acha, E. M., & Mianzán, H. W. (2014). The turbidity front as a habitat for Acartia tonsa (Copepoda) in the Río de la Plata, Argentina-Uruguay. Journal of Sea Research, 85, 197–204. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385110113001032
González Carman, V., Acha, E. M., Maxwell, S. M., Albareda, D., Campagna, C., & Mianzán, H. W. (2014). Young green turtles, Chelonia mydas, exposed to plastic in a frontal area of the SW Atlantic. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 78(1), 56–62. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X13007133
Derisio, C., Alemany, D., Acha, E. M., & Mianzán, H. W. (2014). Influence of a tidal front on zooplankton abundance, assemblages and life histories in Península Valdés, Argentina. Journal of Marine Systems, 139, 475–482.
Alemany, D., Acha, E. M., & Iribarne, O. O. (2014). Marine fronts are important fishing areas for demersal species at the Argentine Sea (Southwest Atlantic Ocean). Journal of Sea Research, 87, 56–67. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385110113002463
Mianzán, H. W., Quiñones, J., Palma, S., Schiariti, A., Acha, E. M., Robinson, K. L., & Graham, W. M. (2013). Chrysaora plocamia: a poorly understood jellyfish from South American waters. In Jellyfish Blooms (pp. 219–236). Springer. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-007-7015-7_10
Alemany, D., Iribarne, O. O., & Acha, E. M. (2013). Effects of a large-scale and offshore marine protected area on the demersal fish assemblage in the Southwest Atlantic. ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal Du Conseil, 70(1), 123–134. http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/content/70/1/123.short
Acha, E. M., Simionato, C. G., Carozza, C., & Mianzán, H. W. (2012). Climate-induced year-class fluctuations of whitemouth croaker Micropogonias furnieri (Pisces, Sciaenidae) in the Río de la Plata estuary, Argentina–Uruguay. Fisheries Oceanography, 21(1), 58–77. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2419.2011.00609.x/full
Researchers
Dra. Alemany Daniela
Researcher CONICET
Teaching assistant
Vassallo, M., Álvarez, C. K., Rodríguez-Heredia, S., Rosenthal, A. F., Albareda, D. A., Uhart, M. M., González Carman, V., & Alemany, D. (2024). Sea turtle strandings in the temperate Southwest Atlantic: Analysis of drivers and potential causes. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 34(5), e4166. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4166
Alemany, D., Rico, M. R., Lagos, N. Á., Martos, P., Mendiolar, M., & Carozza, C. (2021). Evolución temporal de la diversidad, abundancia y estructura del ensamble de peces costeros en el área de El Rincón (39o- 41o 30´ S), Argentina. Marine and Fishery Sciences (MAFIS), 34(2), 143–180. https://ojs.inidep.edu.ar/index.php/mafis/article/view/165
Canepuccia, A. D., Alemany, D., Vidal, E. E., Álvarez, M. F., & Iribarne, O. O. (2020). Temporal variation in positive and negative interactions between marsh herbivores mediated by changes in plant traits. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 634, 89–97. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13187
Martinetto, P. M. del R., Alemany, D., Botto, F., Mastrángelo, M., Falabella, V., Acha, E. M., Antón, G., Bianchi, A., Campagna, C., Cañete, G., Filippo, P., Iribarne, O. O., Laterra, P., Martínez, P., Negri, R., Piola, A. R., Romero, S. I., Santos, D., & Saraceno, M. (2020). Linking the scientific knowledge on marine frontal systems with ecosystem services. Ambio, 49, 541–556. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01222-w
Alemany, D., Iribarne, O. O., & Acha, E. M. (2018). Marine fronts as preferred habitats for young Patagonian hoki Macruronus magellanicus on the southern Patagonian shelf. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 588, 191–200. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12454
González Carman, V., Mandiola, M. A., Alemany, D., Dassis, M., Seco Pon, J. P., Prosdocimi, L., Ponce de León, A., Mianzan, H. W., Acha, E. M., Rodríguez, D. H., Favero, M., & Copello, S. (2016). Distribution of megafaunal species in the Southwestern Atlantic: key ecological areas and opportunities for marine conservation. ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal Du Conseil, 73(6), 1579–1588.
Fricke, A., Kopprio, G., Alemany, D., Gastaldi, M., Narvarte, M., Parodi, E., Lara, R., Hidalgo, F. J., Martínez, A., Sar, E., Iribarne, O. O., & Martinetto, P. M. del R. (2016). Changes in coastal benthic algae succession trajectories and assemblages under contrasting nutrient and grazer loads. Estuaries and Coasts, 39(2), 462–477.
Alemany, D., Acha, E. M., & Iribarne, O. O. (2016). Distribution and intensity of bottom trawl fisheries in the Patagonian Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem and its relationship with marine fronts. Fisheries Oceanography, 25(2), 183–192.
Derisio, C., Alemany, D., Acha, E. M., & Mianzán, H. W. (2014). Influence of a tidal front on zooplankton abundance, assemblages and life histories in Península Valdés, Argentina. Journal of Marine Systems, 139, 475–482.
Alemany, D., Acha, E. M., & Iribarne, O. O. (2014). Marine fronts are important fishing areas for demersal species at the Argentine Sea (Southwest Atlantic Ocean). Journal of Sea Research, 87, 56–67. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385110113002463
Alemany, D., Iribarne, O. O., & Acha, E. M. (2013). Effects of a large-scale and offshore marine protected area on the demersal fish assemblage in the Southwest Atlantic. ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal Du Conseil, 70(1), 123–134. http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/content/70/1/123.short
Canepuccia, A. D., Pérez, C. F., Farina, J. L., Alemany, D., & Iribarne, O. O. (2013). Dissimilarity in plant species diversity between salt marsh and neighboring environments decreases as environmental harshness increases. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 494, 135–148. http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v494/p135-148/
Dr. Belleggia Mauro
Researcher CONICET
Macchi, G. J., Colombo, G. Á., Belleggia, M., Betti, P., Brown, D., Cepeda, G. D., Derisio, C., Diaz, M. V., Ehrlich, M., Leonarduzzi, E., Machinandiarena, L., Martos, P., Santos, B., Schiariti, A., Sobrero, L., & Temperoni, B. (2023). Reclutamiento de la merluza argentina, Merluccius hubbsi, del stock patagónico: una revisión de las principales características que afectan el potencial reproductivo y la supervivencia durante las primeras etapas de la vida. Marine and Fishery Sciences (MAFIS), 36(3), 323–358. https://doi.org/10.47193/mafis.3632023010901
Figueroa, D. E., Barbini, S. A., Belleggia, M., Sabadin, D. E., Roman, J. M., & De Wysiecki, A. M. (2023). The ichthyofaunistic colonization and complex biogeographic history of the southern portion of the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. Marine Ecology, 44(2), e12742. https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12742
Belleggia, M., Álvarez-Colombo, G., Santos, B. A., Castelletta, M., & Mattera, B. (2022). Who let the young-of-the-year (YOY) up? The pelagic habitat as a nursery and feeding ground area for the YOY Argentine hake Merluccius hubbsi Marini, 1933. Journal of Fish Biology, 100(2), 378–389. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14949
Belleggia, M., Colonello, J. H., Cortés, F., & Figueroa, D. E. (2021). Eating catch of the day: the diet of porbeagle shark Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre 1788) based on stomach content analysis, and the interaction with trawl fisheries in the south-western Atlantic (52° S–56° S). Journal of Fish Biology, 99(5), 1591–1601. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14864
Belleggia, M., Pujol, M. G., Estalles, M. L., Figueroa, D. E., & Luzzatto, D. (2021). Unusual record of a multiple predation of the Patagonian seahorse Hippocampus patagonicus by the Narrownose smooth-hound Mustelus schmitti in Argentine coastal waters: Predation of the Patagonian seahorse. Marine and Fishery Sciences (MAFIS), 34(2), 269–274. https://ojs.inidep.edu.ar/index.php/mafis/article/view/172
Vazquez, D. M., Belleggia, M., Schejter, L., & Mabragaña, E. (2018). Avoiding being dragged away: finding egg cases of Schroederichthys bivius (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) associated with benthic invertebrates. Journal of Fish Biology, 92(1), 248–253. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13490
Belleggia, M., Andrada, N., Paglieri, S., Cortés, F., Massa, A. M., Figueroa, D. E., & Bremec, C. S. (2016). Trophic ecology of yellownose skate Zearaja chilensis, a top predator in the south-western Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Fish Biology, 88(3), 1070–1087. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12878
Belleggia, M., Figueroa, D. E., Irusta, G., & Bremec, C. S. (2014). Spatio-temporal and ontogenetic changes in the diet of the Argentine hake Merluccius hubbsi. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 94(8), 1701–1710. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315414000629
Belleggia, M., Scenna, L. B., Barbini, S. A., & Díaz de Astarloa, J. M. (2014). The diets of four Bathyraja skates (Elasmobranchii, Arhynchobatidae) from the Southwest Atlantic. Cybium, 38(4), 314–318.
Dr. Giberto Diego
Researcher CONICET
Sobrero, L., Chiaverano, L. M., Machinandiarena, L., Martos, P., Derisio, C., Giberto, D. A., Betti, P., Leonarduzzi, E., Macchi, G. J., & Schiariti, A. (2023). Contrasting distributional patterns of two co-occurring ctenophores in relation to ichthyoplankton and environmental features in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 713, 55–70. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14340
Romero, M. V., Casadio, S. A., Bremec, C. S., & Giberto, D. A. (2022). Sclerobiosis: a term for colonization of marine hard substrates. Ameghiniana, 59(4), 265–273. https://doi.org/10.5710/AMGH.21.06.2022.3486
Suby, J. A., & Giberto, D. A. (2019). Temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis in human ancient skeletal remains from late Holocene in Southern Patagonia. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 29(1), 14–25. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.2709
Bremec, C. S., Schejter, L., & Giberto, D. A. (2015). Synoptic Post Fishery Structure of Invertebrate Bycatch Associated to Zygochlamys patagonica Fishing Grounds at the Southwest Atlantic Shelf-Break Front (39° S, Argentina). Journal of Shellfish Research, 34(3), 729–736.
Giberto, D. A., & Bruno, L. I. (2014). Recent records of the exotic gastropod Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846) along the Argentine coastline: is the invasion progressing southwards? Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences, 9(4), 324–330.
Schiariti, A., Sal Moyano, M. P., Giberto, D. A., & Mianzán, H. W. (2012). Primer registro de la asociación entre Lychnorhiza lucerna (Scyphozoa, Rhizostomeae) y Cyrtograpsus affinis (Decapoda, Varunidae). Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 40(4), 1090–1093. http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?pid=S0718-560X2012000400025&script=sci_arttext
Dra. Gonzalez Carman Victoria
Researcher CONICET
Vassallo, M., Álvarez, C. K., Rodríguez-Heredia, S., Rosenthal, A. F., Albareda, D. A., Uhart, M. M., González Carman, V., & Alemany, D. (2024). Sea turtle strandings in the temperate Southwest Atlantic: Analysis of drivers and potential causes. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 34(5), e4166. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4166
Kot, C. Y., Åkesson, S., Alfaro-Shigueto, J., Amorocho Llanos, D. F., Antonopoulou, M., Balazs, G. H., Baverstock, W. R., Blumenthal, J. M., Broderick, A. C., Bruno, I., Canbolat, A. F., Casale, P., Cejudo, D., Coyne, M. S., Curtice, C., DeLand, S., DiMatteo, A., Dodge, K., Dunn, D. C., … Halpin, P. N. (2022). Network analysis of sea turtle movements and connectivity: A tool for conservation prioritization. Diversity and Distributions, 28(4), 810–829. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13485
Campagna, J., Lewis, M. N., González Carman, V., Campagna, C., Guinet, C., Johnson, M., Davis, R. W., Rodríguez, D. H., & Hindell, M. A. (2021). Ontogenetic niche partitioning in southern elephant seals from Argentine Patagonia. Marine Mammal Science, 37(2), 631–651. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12770
Carman, M., & González Carman, V. (2020). Los límites de la divergencia entre saberes populares y expertos: El debate en torno a la conservación del delfín franciscana y las prácticas pesqueras sustentables. Mana, 26(3), e263200. https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-49442020v26n3a200
González Carman, V., & Carman, M. (2018). A coexistence of paradigms: understanding human–environmental relations of fishers involved in the bycatch of threatened marine species. Conservation & Society, 16(2), 205–216.
González Carman, V., Mandiola, M. A., Alemany, D., Dassis, M., Seco Pon, J. P., Prosdocimi, L., Ponce de León, A., Mianzan, H. W., Acha, E. M., Rodríguez, D. H., Favero, M., & Copello, S. (2016). Distribution of megafaunal species in the Southwestern Atlantic: key ecological areas and opportunities for marine conservation. ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal Du Conseil, 73(6), 1579–1588.
González Carman, V., Bruno, I., Maxwell, S., Álvarez, K., Albareda, D., Acha, E. M., & Campagna, C. (2016). Habitat use, site fidelity and conservation opportunities for juvenile loggerhead sea turtles in the Río de la Plata, Argentina. Marine Biology, 163(1), 20.
González Carman, V., Machain, N., & Campagna, C. (2015). Legal and institutional tools to mitigate plastic pollution affecting marine species: Argentina as a case study. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 92(1), 125–133. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X15000077
González Carman, V., Acha, E. M., Maxwell, S. M., Albareda, D., Campagna, C., & Mianzán, H. W. (2014). Young green turtles, Chelonia mydas, exposed to plastic in a frontal area of the SW Atlantic. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 78(1), 56–62. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X13007133
González Carman, V., Botto, F., Gaitán, E., Albareda, D., Campagna, C., & Mianzán, H. W. (2014). A jellyfish diet for the herbivorous green turtle Chelonia mydas in the temperate SW Atlantic. Marine Biology, 161(2), 339–349.
Prosdocimi, L., Bruno, I., Díaz, L., González Carman, V., Albareda, D., & Remis, M. I. (2014). Southernmost reports of the hawksbill sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, in temperate waters of Argentina and evidence of a hybrid origin supported by mitochondrial DNA analysis. Herpetological Review, 45(1), 1–5. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Laura_Prosdocimi/publication/262184767_Southernmost_Reports_of_the_Hawksbill_Sea_Turtle_Eretmochelys_imbricata_(Linnaeus_1766)_in_Argentina/links/02e7e537d38644fe0f000000.pdf
González Carman, V., Falabella, V., Maxwell, S., Albareda, D., Campagna, C., & Mianzán, H. W. (2012). Revisiting the ontogenetic shift paradigm: the case of juvenile green turtles in the SW Atlantic. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 429, 64–72. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022098112002274
González Carman, V., Machain, N., Albareda, D., Mianzán, H. W., & Campagna, C. (2012). Legal and institutional tools to mitigate marine turtle bycatch: Argentina as a case study. Marine Policy, 36(6), 1265–1274. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X12000589
Dra. Schejter Laura
Researcher CONICET
Blustein, G., Sánchez, M., Pérez, M., Mazzuca, M., García, M., Patiño, L., Paola, A., Schejter, L., Prieto, I., Diez, C. P., Valdéz, M., Quintana, R., Cordeiro, R., Pérez, C., Avigliano, E., & Palermo, J. (2023). Pinturas antifouling formuladas con productos naturales. Investigación Joven, 10(1), 53–54. https://revistas.unlp.edu.ar/InvJov/article/view/15197
Prieto, I. M., Paola, A., Pérez, M., García, M., Blustein, G., Schejter, L., & Palermo, J. A. (2022). Antifouling Diterpenoids from the Sponge Dendrilla antarctica. Chemistry & Biodiversity, 19(2), e202100618. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbdv.202100618
Schejter, L., & Albano, M. J. (2021). Benthic communities at the marine protected area Namuncurá/Burdwood bank, SW Atlantic Ocean: detection of vulnerable marine ecosystems and contributions to the assessment of the rezoning process. Polar Biology, 44, 2023–2037. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-021-02936-y
Schejter, L., Genzano, G. N., Pérez, C. D., Acuña, F. H., Cordeiro, R. T. S., Silva, R. A., Garese, A., & Bremec, C. S. (2020). Checklist of Benthic Cnidaria in the SW Atlantic Ocean (54oS–56oS). Zootaxa, 4878(2), 201–239. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4878.2.1
Schejter, L., Genzano, G. N., Gaitán, E., Perez, C. D., & Bremec, C. S. (2020). Benthic communities in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean: Conservation value of animal forests at the Burdwood Bank slope. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 30(3), 426–439. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3265
Bremec, C. S., Elías, R., Calla, S., Genzano, G. N., Puente-Tapia, F. A., & Schejter, L. (2019). Polychaetes from Burdwood Bank: “Namuncurá I” Marine Protected Area and slope, SW Atlantic Ocean. Revista de Biología Tropical, 67(S5), S119–S135. https://doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v67iS5.38937
Bremec, C. S., & Schejter, L. (2019). Chaetopterus antarcticus (Polychaeta: Chaetopteridae) in Argentinian shelf scallop beds: from infaunal to epifaunal life habits. Revista de Biología Tropical, 67(S5), S39–S50. https://doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v67iS5.38924
Schejter, L., Cristobo, J., & Ríos, P. (2019). Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) koltuni sp. nov. (Porifera: Demospongiae): a new species from South Orkney Islands, Antarctica. Marine Biodiversity, 49(4), 1987–1996. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-019-00959-7
Schejter, L., & Bremec, C. S. (2019). Stony corals (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) of Burdwood Bank and neighbouring areas, SW Atlantic Ocean. Scientia Marina, 83(3), 247–260. http://scimar.icm.csic.es/scimar/index.php/secId/10/IdArt/4549/search/stony%20corals/total_trob/1/iniyear/1955/finyear/2019/author/1/abstract/1/title/1/keywords/1
Vazquez, D. M., Belleggia, M., Schejter, L., & Mabragaña, E. (2018). Avoiding being dragged away: finding egg cases of Schroederichthys bivius (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) associated with benthic invertebrates. Journal of Fish Biology, 92(1), 248–253. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13490
Patiño, L. P., Manfredi, R. Q., Pérez, M., García, M., Blustein, G., Cordeiro, R. T. S., Pérez, C. D., Schejter, L., & Palermo, J. A. (2018). Isolation and Antifouling activity of Azulene Derivatives from the Antarctic Gorgonian Acanthogorgia laxa. Chemistry & Biodiversity, 15(1), e1700425. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbdv.201700425
Schejter, L., Acuña, F. H., Garese, A., & Pérez, C. D. (2018). Sea Pens (Cnidaria: Pennatulacea) from Argentine waters: new distributional records and first report of associated anemones. Pan American Journal of Aquatic Science, 13(4), 292–301.
Schejter, L., Bertolino, M., & Calcinai, B. (2017). Description of Antho ( Plocamia ) bremecae sp. nov. and checklist of Microcionidae (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida) from Burdwood Bank and neighboring areas, SW Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa, 4312(3), 580–594. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4312.3.11
Schejter, L., Martin, J., & Lovrich, G. (2017). Unveiling the submarine landscape of the Namuncurá Marine Protected Area, Burdwood bank, SW Atlantic Ocean. Pan American Journal of Aquatic Science, 12(3), 248–253.
Schejter, L., Rimondino, C., Chiesa, I. L., Díaz de Astarloa, J. M., Doti, B., Elías, R., Escolar, M., Genzano, G. N., López Gappa, J., Tatián, M., Zelaya, D. G., Cristobo, J., Perez, C. D., & Cordeiro, R. T. S. (2016). Namuncurá Marine Protected Area: an oceanic hot spot of benthic biodiversity at Burdwood Bank, Argentina. Polar Biology, 39(12), 2373–2386.
Schejter, L., Bremec, C. S., & Cairns, S. D. (2016). Scleractinian corals recorded in the Argentinean Antarctic expeditions between 2012 and 2014, with comments on Flabellum (Flabellum) areum Cairns, 1982. Polar Research, 35, 29762. http://www.polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/29762
Schejter, L., & Bremec, C. S. (2015). First record and range extension of the Antarctic coral Flabellum (Flabellum) impensum Squires, 1962 (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) in Argentinean coastal waters. Marine Biodiversity Records, 8, 1.
Bremec, C. S., Schejter, L., & Giberto, D. A. (2015). Synoptic Post Fishery Structure of Invertebrate Bycatch Associated to Zygochlamys patagonica Fishing Grounds at the Southwest Atlantic Shelf-Break Front (39° S, Argentina). Journal of Shellfish Research, 34(3), 729–736.
Bremec, C. S., Schejter, L., & Schwartz, M. (2015). Registro del coral de piedra Desmophyllum dianthus (Esper, 1794) (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae) en áreas del frente de talud del mar argentino. Revista de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero, 26, 89–95. http://www.oceandocs.org/handle/1834/8522
Schejter, L., & Mantelatto, F. L. (2015). The hermit crab Sympagurus dimorphus (Anomura: Parapaguridae) at the edge of its range in the south-western Atlantic Ocean: population and morphometry features. Journal of Natural History, 49(33–34), 2055–2066. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222933.2015.1009406
Schejter, L., López Gappa, J., & Bremec, C. S. (2014). Epibiotic relationships on Zygochlamys patagonica (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pectinidae) increase biodiversity in a submarine canyon in Argentina. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 104, 252–258. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967064513004049
Schejter, L., Chiesa, I. L., Doti, B., & Bremec, C. S. (2012). Mycale (Aegogropila) magellanica (Porifera: Demospongiae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean: endobiotic fauna and new distributional information. Scientia Marina, 76(4), 753–761. http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1392
Schejter, L., Escolar, M., Remaggi, C., Álvarez-Colombo, G., Ibañez, P., & Bremec, C. S. (2012). By-catch composition of the Patagonian scallop fishery: the fishes/Composición de la captura incidental en la pesquería de vieira patagónica: los peces. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 40(4), 1094.
Schejter, L., Escolar, M., Remaggi, C., Álvarez-Colombo, G., Ibanez, P., & Bremec, C. S. (2012). Composición de la captura incidental en la pesquería de vieira patagónica: los peces. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 40(4), 1094–1099.
Graduate Students
Dra. Brun Anahi
Graduate fellowship
Brun, A. A., Verón, E., & Sócrate, J. (2024). Interacciones tierra-mar-tierra, con énfasis en la actividad pesquera en la región norte del Ecosistema Costero Bonaerense, Argentina. Revista de Ciencias Ambientales, 58(2), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.15359/rca.58-2.3
Brun, A. A., Griotti, M., Roig-Juñent, S. A., & Acha, E. M. (2020). Biogeographical patterns and areas of endemism for the Magellan region based on the distribution of crustacean species (Amphipoda, Copepoda, and Euphausiacea). Polar Biology, 43(3), 237–250. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02626-1
Dra. Do Souto Marina
Graduate fellowship
Díaz, M. V., Do Souto, M., Cohen, S., & Macchi, G. J. (2022). RNA/DNA and derived condition indices for anchovy and hake larvae as relevant information for comprehensive fisheries management. Scientia Marina, 86(4), e049. https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.05288.049
Leonarduzzi, E., Do Souto, M., & Díaz, M. V. (2021). Early stages of anchovy: Abundance, variability and larval condition at the fixed coastal station EPEA between 2000-2017. Marine and Fishery Sciences (MAFIS), 34(2), 123–142. https://ojs.inidep.edu.ar/index.php/mafis/article/view/167
Díaz, M. V., Do Souto, M., Betti, P., Temperoni, B., Schiariti, A., Machinandiarena, L., Brown, D. R., & Macchi, G. J. (2020). Evaluating the role of endogenous and exogenous features on larval hake nutritional condition. Fisheries Oceanography, 29(6), 584–596. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12497
Do Souto, M., Brown, D. R., Segura, V., Negri, R., Temperoni, B., Cepeda, G. D., Viñas, M. D., Capitanio, F. L., & Díaz, M. V. (2019). Putting the pieces together: Recent growth, nutritional condition, and mortality of Engraulis anchoita larvae in the Southwest Atlantic. Fisheries Oceanography, 28(5), 597–611. https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12434
Do Souto, M., Spinelli, M. L., Brown, D. R., Pájaro, M., Díaz, M. V., & Capitanio, F. L. (2018). Benefits of frontal waters for the growth of Engraulis anchoita larvae: The influence of food availability. Fisheries Research, 204, 181–188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2018.02.019
Díaz, M. V., Do Souto, M., Peralta, M., Pájaro, M., Spinelli, M. L., Saraceno, M., Balestrini, C., & Capitanio, F. L. (2016). Comer o ser comido: factores que determinan la condición nutricional de larvas de Engraulis anchoita de la población patagónica de la especie. Ecología Austral, 26(2), 120–133. http://ojs.ecologiaaustral.com.ar/index.php/Ecologia_Austral/article/view/71
Rivarossa Martín Javier
Graduate fellowship
Rodriguez Zanchin Victoria
Graduate fellowship

Severo Ayelen
Graduate fellowship
Dra. Torres Alberto María Luz
Graduate fellowship
Teaching assistant
Torres Alberto, M. L., Saraceno, M., Ivanovic, M., & Acha, E. M. (2022). Habitat of Argentine squid (Illex argentinus) paralarvae in the southwestern Atlantic. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 688, 69–82. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14013
Torres Alberto, M. L., Bodnariuk, N., Ivanovic, M., Saraceno, M., & Acha, E. M. (2021). Dynamics of the Confluence of Malvinas and Brazil currents, and a southern Patagonian spawning ground, explain recruitment fluctuations of the main stock of Illex argentinus. Fisheries Oceanography, 30(2), 127–141. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12507
Vassallo Martina
Graduate fellowship
Vassallo, M., Álvarez, C. K., Rodríguez-Heredia, S., Rosenthal, A. F., Albareda, D. A., Uhart, M. M., González Carman, V., & Alemany, D. (2024). Sea turtle strandings in the temperate Southwest Atlantic: Analysis of drivers and potential causes. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 34(5), e4166. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4166
Buezas, G. N., Becerra, F., & Vassallo, A. I. (2023, December 20). Análisis estructural del cráneo del tuco tuco de los talas, Ctenomys talarum (Rodentia, Caviomorpha) ante esfuerzos de mordida. Mastozoología Neotropical. https://mn.sarem.org.ar/article/analisis-estructural-del-craneo-de-ctenomys-talarum-ante-esfuerzos-de-mordida/
Becerra, F., & Vassallo, A. I. (2023). Shape analysis of the preorbital bar in caviomorph rodents. Journal of Morphology, 284(11), e21646. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21646
Hohl, L. dos S. L., Azorit, C., Vassallo, A. I., Casinos, A., Machado, A. S., Lopes, R. T., & Rocha-Barbosa, O. (2023). Ontogenetic skull variation in a shovel-headed amphisbaenian species. Journal of Morphology, 284(11), e21643. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21643
Vassallo, A. I., Manzano, A., Abdala, V., & Muzio, R. N. (2021). Can Anyone Climb? The Skills of a Non-specialized Toad and its Bearing on the Evolution of New Niches. Evolutionary Biology, 48, 293–311. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11692-021-09539-9
Vassallo, A. I., Becerra, F., Echeverría, A. I., Buezas, G. N., Díaz, A. O., Longo, M. V., & Cohen, M. (2021). Biomechanics and Strategies of Digging. In T. R. O. de Freitas, G. L. Gonçalves, & R. Maestri (Eds.), Tuco-Tucos: An Evolutionary Approach to the Diversity of a Neotropical Subterranean Rodent (pp. 141–165). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61679-3_7
Vassallo, A. I., Becerra, F., Echeverría, A. I., Díaz, A. O., Longo, M. V., Cohen, M., & Buezas, G. N. (2021). Analysis of the form-function relationship: digging behavior as a case study. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 28, 59–74. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-019-09492-7
Vassallo, A. I., & Rocha-Barbosa, O. (2020). Limb bone stress in the mara Dolichotis patagonum (Caviomorpha; Caviidae; Dolichotinae). Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 31(1), 35–39. https://doi.org/10.4404/hystrix-00297-2020
Silva Climaco das Chagas, K., Vassallo, A. I., Becerra, F., Echeverría, A., Fiuza de Castro Loguercio, M., & Rocha-Barbosa, O. (2019). Locomotion in the fastest rodent, the mara Dolichotis patagonum (Caviomorpha; Caviidae; Dolichotinae). Locomoción en el roedor más veloz, la mara Dolichotis patagonum (Caviomorpha; Caviidae; Dolichotinae). Mastozoología Neotropical, 26(1), 65–79. https://doi.org/10.31687/saremMN.19.26.1.0.06
Buezas, G. N., Becerra, F., Echeverría, A. I., Cisilino, A., & Vassallo, A. I. (2019). Mandible strength and geometry in relation to bite force: a study in three caviomorph rodents. Journal of Anatomy, 234(4), 564–575. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.12946
Echeverría, A. I., Abdala, V., Longo, M. V., & Vassallo, A. I. (2019). Functional morphology and identity of the thenar pad in the subterranean genus Ctenomys (Rodentia, Caviomorpha). Journal of Anatomy, 235(5), 940–952. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13049
Echeverría, A. I., Becerra, F., Buezas, G. N., & Vassallo, A. I. (2018). Bite it forward … bite it better? Incisor procumbency and mechanical advantage in the chisel-tooth and scratch-digger genus Ctenomys (Caviomorpha, Rodentia). Zoology, 125, 53–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2017.08.003
Buezas, G. N., Becerra, F., & Vassallo, A. I. (2017). Cranial suture complexity in caviomorph rodents (Rodentia; Ctenohystrica). Journal of Morphology, 278(8), 1125–1136. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20699
Vassallo, A. I. (2016). Analysis of arch-like bones: The rodent mandible as a case study. Journal of Morphology, 277(7), 879–887. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.20541/full
Vassallo, A. I., Becerra, F., Echeverría, A. I., & Casinos, A. (2015). Ontogenetic integration between force production and force reception: a case study in Ctenomys (Rodentia: Caviomorpha). Acta Zoologica, 97(2), 232–240. http://www.academia.edu/download/36699402/Vassallo_et_al-2015-Acta_Zoologica.pdf
Biondi, L. M., Guido, J. M., Bó, M. S., Muzio, R. N., & Vassallo, A. I. (2015). The role of stimulus complexity, age and experience in the expression of exploratory behaviour in the Chimango Caracara, Milvago chimango. Animal Cognition, 18(1), 139–150. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10071-014-0785-5
Becerra, F., Echeverría, A. I., Casinos, A., & Vassallo, A. I. (2014). Another one bites the dust: bite force and ecology in three caviomorph rodents (Rodentia, Hystricognathi). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology, 321(4), 220–232. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.1853/full
Echeverría, A. I., Becerra, F., & Vassallo, A. I. (2014). Postnatal ontogeny of limb proportions and functional indices in the subterranean rodent Ctenomys talarum (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae). Journal of Morphology, 275(8), 902–913. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.20267/full
Travaini, A., Vassallo, A. I., García, G. O., Echeverría, A. I., Zapata, S. C., & Nielsen, S. (2013). Evaluation of neophobia and its potential impact upon predator control techniques: A study on two sympatric foxes in southern Patagonia. Behavioural Processes, 92, 79–87. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376635712002252
Biondi, L. M., Guido, J., Madrid, E., Bó, M. S., & Vassallo, A. I. (2013). The effect of age and sex on object exploration and manipulative behavior in a Neotropical raptor, the Chimango Caracara, Milvago chimango. Ethology, 119(3), 221–232. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eth.12056/full
Álvarez, G. I., Díaz, A. O., Longo, M. V., Becerra, F., & Vassallo, A. I. (2012). Histochemical and morphometric analyses of the musculature of the forelimb of the subterranean rodent Ctenomys talarum (Octodontoidea). Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia, 41(5), 317–325.
Becerra, F., Vassallo, A. I., Echeverría, A. I., & Casinos, A. (2012). Scaling and adaptations of incisors and cheek teeth in caviomorph rodents (Rodentia, Hystricognathi). Journal of Morphology, 273(10), 1150–1162. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.20051/full
García, G. O., Favero, M., & Vassallo, A. I. (2012). Interspecific kleptoparasitism by Brown-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) on two hosts with different foraging strategies: a comparative approach. Emu, 112(3), 227–233. http://www.publish.csiro.au/mu/MU11085