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Laura Farias

Profesor Titular

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepcion, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


MARINE BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; NITROGEN AND CARBON CYCLING; Greenhouse gases

Educación

  •  Oceanografía, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 1998
  •  Oceanografa, Universidad Nacional del Sur. Argentina, 1988
  •  Oceanografía, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 1992

Experiencia Académica

  •   Profesora Titular Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

    Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas

    Concepción , Chile

    1998 - A la fecha

Formación de Capital Humano


2018. “Impacto de los ríos y la surgencia costera sobre la biomasa y composición del fitoplancton en el Sistema de Humboldt (20º- 42ºS)”. Alumna Mª del Pilar Aparicio Rizzo, Co-directora, Laura Farías. Tesis para optar al grado de Doctor en ciencias, mención recursos naturales acuáticos. Universidad de Valparaíso.
2018 “Influencia marina sobre el ecosistema costero desde una perspectiva biogeoquímica: caso del Parque Nacional Fray Jorge. Alumna Francisca Clemo. Profesor Co-guía: Laura Farías. Tesis para optar al grado de Magister en Oceanografía. Universidad de Concepción.
2018. “Intercambio y contenido de gases con efecto invernadero (CH4 y N2O) y nutrientes (NO3- y PO43-) en la cuenca del Pacífico Sur Oriental (PSO) a través de mediciones discretas y continuas de alta resolución”. Profesora Guía, Alumna Macarena Troncoso. Tesis para optar al grado de Magister en Oceanografía. Universidad de Concepción.
2020 “Mecanismos de generación de metano en la zona fótica en sistemas marinos altamente productivos. Profesora Guía Alumna Sandy Tenorio. Tesis para optar al grado de Magister en Oceanografía. Universidad de Concepción.
2020 “Variabilidad climática de alta frecuencia que propicia condiciones favorables para las floraciones de algas”. Profesora Co-guía, Alumno: Reinier Rada; Tesis para optar al grado de Doctor en Oceanografía. Universidad de Concepción (en progreso).
2022 “Condrictios del Cretácico-Paleógeno de Chile: Diversidad y su asociación con los procesos oceanográficos. Directora de Tesis, Alumno Nicolás Cañete Cañete. Profesora Guía Laura Farias, Profesor co-guía Jaime Villafañe. Tesis para optar al grado de Doctor en Oceanografía. Universidad de Concepción (en progreso).
2022 “Mega sequía en la costas de Chile central: Estudio de la variación en la descarga de sílice disuelto y su efecto en la biomasa de diatomeas, alumno Vicente Méndez Freire Profesora guía: Laura Farías, Tesis para optar al grado de Magister en Oceanografía. Universidad de Concepción (en progreso).
2022. “Variabilidad de alta frecuencia de la concentración de metano superficial en un sistema de afloramiento costero”. Profesora Guía, alumna Sandy Tenorio Sánchez. Tesis para optar al grado de Doctor en Oceanografía. Universidad de Concepción (en progreso).



 

Article (82)

Prokaryotic community dynamics and nitrogen-cycling genes in an oxygen-deficient upwelling system during La Nina and El Nino conditions
The intensification of coastal hypoxia off central Chile: Long term and high frequency variability
Enhanced nitrogen and carbon removal in natural seawater by electrochemical enrichment in a bioelectrochemical reactor
Isotopic Characterization of Water Masses in the Southeast Pacific Region: Paleoceanographic Implications
Surface Ammonia-Oxidizer Abundance During the Late Summer in the West Antarctic Coastal System.
A source of isotopically light organic carbon in a low-pH anoxic marine zone
Coastal Bacterial Community Response to Glacier Melting in the Western Antarctic Peninsula
Drivers of dinoflagellate benthic cyst assemblages in the NW Patagonian Fjords System and its adjacent oceanic shelf, with a focus on harmful species
Electrochemical enrichment of marine denitrifying bacteria to enhance nitrate metabolization in seawater
High-Frequency Variability of the Surface Ocean Properties Off Central Chile During the Upwelling Season
Proteorhodopsin Phototrophy in Antarctic Coastal Waters
Spatial Distribution of Dissolved Methane Over Extreme Oceanographic Gradients in the Subtropical Eastern South Pacific (17 degrees to 37 degrees S)
Temporal methane variability in the water column of an area of seasonal coastal upwelling: A study based on a 12 year time series
Evidence of climate-driven changes on atmospheric, hydrological, and oceanographic variables along the Chilean coastal zone
Evidence of climate-driven changes on atmospheric, hydrological, and oceanographic variables along the Chilean coastal zone (vol 163, pg 633, 2020)
Fermentation and Anaerobic Oxidation of Organic Carbon in the Oxygen Minimum Zone of the Upwelling Ecosystem Off Concepcion, in Central Chile
Ideas and perspectives: A strategic assessment of methane and nitrous oxide measurements in the marine environment
Late Quaternary climatic variability in northern Patagonia, Argentina, based on delta O-18 of modern and fossil shells of Amiantis purpurata (Bivalvia, Veneridae)
A new method to evaluate the vulnerability of watersheds facing several stressors: A case study in mediterranean Chile
Bacterial community structure in a sympagic habitat expanding with global warming: brackish ice brine at 85-90 degrees N
Greenhouse gases, nutrients and the carbonate system in the Reloncavi Fjord (Northern Chilean Patagonia): Implications on aquaculture of the mussel, Mytilus chilensis, during an episodic volcanic eruption
Validation of Cryogenic Vacuum Extraction of Pore Water from Volcanic Soils for Isotopic Analysis
Towards high-revolution vertical measurements of dissolved greenhouse gases (nitrous oxide and methane)and nutrients in the eastern South Pacific
An intercomparison of oceanic methane and nitrous oxide measurements
Distribution of dissolved methane and nitrous oxide in Chilean coastal systems of the Magellanic Sub-Antarctic region (50°–55°S)
Insight into anthropogenic forcing on coastal upwelling off south-central Chile
Microbial activity during a coastal phytoplankton bloom on the Western Antarctic Peninsula in late summer
Temporal dynamics of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) in the aphotic layer of a coastal upwelling system with variable dissolved oxygen
Temporal Variability in Net Primary Production in an Upwelling Area off Central Chile (36°S)
The Influence of River Discharge on Nutrient Export and Phytoplankton Biomass Off the Central Chile Coast (33 degrees-37 degrees S): Seasonal Cycle and Interannual Variability
Toward high-resolution vertical measurements of dissolved greenhouse gases (Nitrous Oxide and Methane) and nutrients in the Eastern South Pacific
Dissolved Methane Distribution in the Reloncavi Fjord and Adjacent Marine System During Austral Winter (41 degrees-43 degrees S)
On the Nitrous Oxide Accumulation in Intermediate Waters of the Eastern South Pacific Ocean
On the nitrous oxide accumulation in intermediate waters of the Eastern South Pacific Ocean
Spatial Distribution of Nitrous Oxide (N2O) in the Reloncavi Estuary-Sound and Adjacent Sea (41A degrees-43A degrees S), Chilean Patagonia
Vertical segregation among pathways mediating nitrogen loss (N-2 and N2O production) across the oxygen gradient in a coastal upwelling ecosystem
Biogeochemical characteristics of a long-lived anticyclonic eddy in the eastern South Pacific Ocean
Climate relevant trace gases (N2O and CH4) in the Eurasian -basin (Arctic Ocean)
Unravel biophysical factors on river water quality response in Chilean Central-Southern watersheds
Dissolved greenhouse gases (nitrous oxide and methane) associated with the naturally iron-fertilized Kerguelen region (KEOPS 2 cruise) in the Southern Ocean
Dust fluxes and iron fertilization in Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum climates
Presence of nitrous oxide hotspots in the coastal upwelling area off central Chile: an analysis of temporal variability based on ten years of a biogeochemical time series
Structure of denitrifying communities reducing N2O at suboxic waters off northern Chile and Perú
Structure of denitrifying communities reducing N2o at suboxic waters off northern Chile and Perú [Estructura de las comunidades desnitrificantes que reducen N2O en aguas subóxicas del norte de Chile y Perú]
Temporal and spatial variability of biological nitrogen fixation off the upwelling system of central Chile (35-38.5 degrees S)
The influence of anoxia and substrate availability on N2O cycling by denitrification in the upper boundary of the oxygen minimum zone off northern Chile
The influence of anoxia and substrate availability on N2O cycling by denitrification in the upper boundary of the oxygen minimum zone off northern Chile
Incidence of phytoplankton and environmental conditions on the bacterial ammonium uptake in a subtropical coastal lagoon
Temporal dynamics of nitrogen loss in the coastal upwelling ecosystem off central Chile: Evidence of autotrophic denitrification through sulfide oxidation
The crystal structure of mono- and di-nuclear copper(I) complexes with substituted triphenylphosphine ligands
Biological N2O Fixation in the Eastern South Pacific Ocean and Marine Cyanobacterial Cultures
Greenhouse gas emissions from the Tubul-Raqui estuary (central Chile 36 degrees S)
Uptake of nitrate by phytoplankton in two different marine environments in the province of Chubut (42 degrees-46 degrees S, Argentina)
Anammox and denitrification in the oxygen minimum zone of the eastern South Pacific
Assimilation and regeneration of inorganic nitrogen in a coastal upwelling system: ammonium and nitrate utilization
Following the N2O consumption in the oxygen minimum zone of the eastern South Pacific
Spectroscopic Evidence in Solid and Solution of a Discrete Copper(I) Tetrahedral Complex Dimer Supported by Supramolecular Interactions
Nitrogen Fixation in Denitrified Marine Waters
Marine hypoxia/anoxia as a source of CH4 and N2O
Nitrous oxide fluxes in the central and eastern South Pacific
Spectroscopic and electrochemical properties of heteroleptic cationic copper complexes bis-(diphenylphosphino) alkane-(2,2 '-biquinoline) copper(I). Crystal structure of bis(diphenylphosphino) ethane-(2,2 '-biquinoline) copper(I) perchlorate
Aerobic ammonium oxidation in the oxycline and oxygen minimum zone of the eastern tropical South Pacific off northern Chile (similar to 20 degrees S)
Chemolithoautotrophic production mediating the cycling of the greenhouse gases N2O and CH4 in an upwelling ecosystem
Denitrification and nitrous oxide cycling within the upper oxycline of the eastern tropical South Pacific oxygen minimum zone
Ammonia-oxidizing beta-Proteobacteria from the oxygen minimum zone off northern Chile
Nitrous oxide and N-nutrient cycling in the oxygen minimum zone off northern Chile
Nitrous oxide distribution and its origin in the central and eastern South Pacific Subtropical Gyre
Anaerobic ammonium oxidation in the oxygen-deficient waters off northern Chile
Maintaining of the Eastern South Pacific Oxygen Minimum Zone (OMZ) off Chile
Microbial communities and their biogeochemical role in the water column of the oxygen minimum zone in the eastern South Pacific
Temporal variability in N2O water content and its air-sea exchange in an upwelling area off central Chile (36 degrees S)
Ammonium cycling under a strong oxygen gradient associated with the Oxygen Minimum Zone off northern Chile (similar to 23 degrees S)
Communities of nirS-type denitrifiers in the water column of the oxygen minimum zone in the eastern South Pacific
Benthic nitrogen regeneration under oxygen and organic matter spatial variability off Concepcion (similar to 36 degrees S), central Chile
Biological and chemical consequences of the 1997-1998 El Nino in the Chilean coastal upwelling system: a synthesis
N2O cycling at the core of the oxygen minimum zone off northern Chile
Temporal variability of nitrogen cycling in continental-shelf sediments of the upwelling ecosystem off central Chile
Remineralization and accumulation of organic carbon and nitrogen in marine sediments of eutrophic bays: the case of the Bay of Concepcion, Chile
Massive developments of microbial mats following phytoplankton blooms in a naturally eutrophic bay: Implications for nitrogen cycling
238U removal and accumulation in Concepción bay sediments, Chile
238U removal and accumulation in Concepción bay sediments, Chile Remoción y acumulación de 238U en los sedimentos de la bahía de Concepción, Chile
U-238 removal and accumulation in Concepcion bay sediments, Chile

Abstract (2)

Nitrogen Cycling in Sediments from Central Chile (36ºS): Seasonal and Interannual Variability
The 1997/98 El Niño in the Humboldt Current System: a Synthesis

Proyecto (26)

High levels of N2O accumulation in coastal upwelling zones: a study applying high vertical resolution and temporal frequency.
Temporal Dynamics of nitrous oxide and methane in an embayment of the west Antarctic Península (WAP)=>from daly to internnual variability
Antarctic greening as consequence of climate change
Nitrificación y reciclaje de nutrientes y óxido nitroso en aguas marinas superficiales=> siguiendo la huella de la salmonicultura en la zona Austral de Chile(41°-45°S)
Implicancias biogeoquimicas de la fijacion biologica de N y C, como N2, N2O y CH4 en el borde oriental del oceano Pacifico subtropical e islas oceanicas (27º-33.5ºS-80ºW)
On disolved methane content and its cycling in marine ecosystems associated to the Eastern South Pacific (ESP) region
Gradientes tróficos extremos, zonales y verticales, en la cuenca oriental del Pacífico sur ; un estudio de variaciones en biomasa y diversidad de microorganismos fotosintéticos e intercambio y contenido de gases de efecto invernadero.
Plataforma de Observación del Sistema Acoplado Océano Atmósfera, POSAR.
Shifts in marine Antarctic microbial community in response to deglaciation and ice melting
Adquisición de un analizador de N2O y sus isótopos para el montaje en sistemas de medición continuos y discretos
Contenido e intercambio de gases de efecto invernadero en aguas del Estrecho de Bransfield, Antártica; el caso del CH4 y N2O y de los procesos biogeoquímicos que los consumen
Dissolved N2O and CH4 Measurements=> Working Towards a Global Network of Ocean Time Series Measurements of N2O and CH4
Variaciones climáticas en la región templada-húmeda insular (41°-43° S), registradas con isotopos de H, O, C y N en agua, nitratos y óxido nitroso y material particulado
Center for Climate and Resilience Research
Marine diazotrophic diversity in the polar oceans and its contribution to global nitrogen cycling. Stockholms Universitet. Systemekologiska institutione. Metabolic activity of Arctic and Antarctic sea-ice and seawater microbial communities with emphasis on nitrogen metabolisms
The role of free-living autotrophic assamblages and those associated with particles on the production of greenhouse gases (N20 and CH4)=> current knowledge and new research directions
Sensitivity of nitrogen regeneration to oxygen and trace metal availability in two naturally iron fertilized marine systems
Ammonium cycling in an upwelling ecosystem=> focus on nitrification and anammox processes
Microbial diversity and activity in the seasonal hypoxic coastal waters off Central Chile and Oregon”. Biogeochemical group
Autotrophic processes and greenhouses gases cycling in the continental shelf waters off Central Chile (36S)
proyecto de monitoreo bio-oceanografico de la region VIII
Proyecto de monitoreo bio-oceanografico de la region VIII
N2O consumption at the oxygen minimum zone and their boundaries of the Eastern South Pacific
Proyecto de monitoreo bio-oceanografico de la region VIII
N2O cycling in the Peru-Chile current system
Centro de Investigación Oceanográfica en el Pacifico Sur Oriental (COPAS)

Review (9)

A Harmonized Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Ocean Observation Network for the 21st Century
Microbial activity during a coastal phytoplankton bloom on the Western Antarctic Peninsula in late summer
An unaccounted for N2O sink in the surface water of the eastern subtropical South Pacific: Physical versus biological mechanisms
Methane production induced by dimethylsulfide in surface water of an upwelling ecosystem
Meridional variability of the vertical structure and air-sea fluxes of N2O off central Chile (30-40 degrees S)
Potential contribution of planktonic components to ammonium cycling in the coastal area off central-southern Chile during non-upwelling conditions
Primary production and nitrogen regeneration processes in surface waters of the Peruvian upwelling system
Effect of seasonal changes in bottom water oxygenation on sediment N oxides and N2O cycling in the coastal upwelling regime off central Chile (36.5 degrees S)
Seasonal cycle of N2O vertical distribution and air-sea fluxes over the continental shelf waters off central Chile (similar to 36 degrees S)
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Laura Farias

Profesor Titular

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepcion, Chile

14
Osvaldo Ulloa

Profesor Titular

Oceanografía

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN

Concepción, Chile

12
Marcela Cornejo

Profesor Adjunto

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Valparaiso, Chile

9
Veronica Molina

Profesor Asociado

Biologia

Universidad de Playa Ancha

Valparaiso, Chile

8
camila fernandez

Adjoint profesor

Oceanography

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION (CHILE)/OBSERVATOIRE OCÉANOLOGIQUE DE BANYULS SUR MER (FRANCE)

Concepcion, Chile

5
Italo Masotti

Profesor

Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y de Recursos Naturales

Universidad de Valparaiso

Viña del Mar, Chile

4
HERACLIO ESCRIBANO

Profesor Titular

Oceanografía

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

CONCEPCION, Chile

4
Oscar Pizarro

Profesor titular

Departamento de Geofísica

DEPARTAMENTO DE GEOFÍSICA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN

Concepcion, Chile

4
Beatriz Diez

PROFESOR ASOCIADO

GENÉTICA MOLECULAR Y MICROBIOLOGIA

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

4
Juan Guerrero

ACADEMICO

QUÍMICA DE LOS MATERIALES

UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

4
María Alcamán

Investigador-Docente

Ingenieria

Universidad del Desarrollo

Concepcion, Chile

3
Giovanni Daneri

Executive Director

CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ECOSISTEMAS DE LA PATAGONIA

Coyhaique, Chile

3
Lucy Belmar

Profesor asistente adjunto

Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

3
María Aguirre

Profesora Adjunta

Universidad de Valparaíso

Valparaiso, Chile

3
Alexander Galán

Profesor Asistente e Investigador Académico

Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado

Universidad Católica del Maule

Talca, Chile

2
Paris Lavín

Profesor asistente

Biotecnologia

Universidad de Antofagasta

Antofagasta, Chile

2
Maria Eissler

Profesor Adjunto

Instituto de Química y Bioquímica

UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO

Valparaiso, Chile

2
Luis Lemus

PROFESOR ASOCIADO

FACULTAD DE QUIMICA Y BIOLOGIA

UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

2
VICTOR GALLARDO

Profesor Titular

Oceanografía

Universidad de Concepción

Concepcion, Chile

2
Carina Lange

Profesor Titular

Oceanografia

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN

Concepcion, Chile

2
Humberto González

Professor

Institute of Marine and Limnological Sciences

UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE

Valdivia, Chile

2
Gerardo Garcia

Director de gestión y laboratorios

Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Desarrollo

Universidad de Concepción

Concepcion, Chile

2
Amaya Alvez

Profesora Asociada

Dpto. Derecho Público

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

CONCEPCION, Chile

2
Jose Arumi

Profesor Titular

Water Resources

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN

Chillan, Chile

2
Valentina Besoain

Investigadora

IFOP

castro, Chile

2
Silvio Pantoja

Profesor Titular

Oceanography

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

2
René Garreaud

Profesor

DEPARTAMENTO DE GEOFISICA, U. DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Marcel Ramos

Associate professor

Departamento de Biología Marina

Universidad Católica del Norte

Coquimbo, Chile

1
Nelson Lagos

Director

Facultad de Ciencias

UNIVERSIDAD SANTO TOMÁS

Santiago, Chile

1
Fernando Alfaro

Director

Center for Genomics, Ecology and Environment

Universidad Mayor

Santiago, Chile

1
Alex Schwarz

PROFESOR ASOCIADO

INGENIERIA CIVIL

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN

Concepción, Chile

1
Salvador Ramírez

Ingeniero

Departmento de Oceanografia

Universidad de Concepcion

Concepcion, Chile

1
Norma Perez

Investigadora Postdoctoral

Departamento de Acuicultura

Universidad Católica del Norte

Coquimbo, Chile

1
Gonzalo Saldías

Profesor Asistente

Departamento de Física

Universidad del Bío-Bío

Concepción, Chile

1
Marco Molina

Profesor Titular

Ecología y Biodiversidad

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile

1
Patricio Winckler

Academico

Universidad de Valparaíso

Valparaíso, Chile

1
Ricardo De Pol

Investigador Asociado

UNIVERSIDAD DE Magallanes

Punta Arenas, Chile

1
Laura Ramajo

Adjoint Researcher

Centro de Ciencia del Clima y la Resiliencia

Santiago, Chile

1
Nicole Trefault

Vicerrectora de Investigación

UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR

Santiago, Chile

1
Sebastián Fuentes

Profesor asociado

Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins

Santiago, Chile

1
Myrian Troncoso

Coordinadora RedLama

Universidad de Chile

56229777467, Chile

1
Fabrice Lambert

Profesor Asociado

Geografía

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Laura Gallardo

Profesora Titular

Geofísica

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Carolina Rojas

Titular Professor

Institute of Urban and Territorial Studies

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

56223545513, Chile

1
DIEGO RIVERA

Full Professor

Universidad del Desarrollo

Las Condes, Chile

1
Renato Quiñones

Profesor titular

Departamento de Oceanografía

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepcion, Chile

1
Wolfgang Schneider

Profesor Titular

Oceanografia

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN

Concepción, Chile

1
Marcus Sobarzo

Profesor Titular. Director de Departamento

Oceanografía

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN

Concepción, Chile

1
Rodrigo De la Iglesia

Profesor Asociado

Genética Molecular y Microbiología

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini

Associate Professor

Civil Engineering Department

Universidad de La Frontera

Temuco, Chile

1
Ignacio Vargas

Profesor Asociado

Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Ambiental

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Felipe Torres

Post-doctorado

Ingeniería

Universidad San Sebastián

Concepción, Chile

1
Alex Godoy

Director

Facultad de Ingeniería

Universidad del Desarrollo

Santiago, Chile

1
Benjamín Glasner

Investigador

Ciencias Biológicas

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Homero Urrutia

Profesor titular

Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN

Concepción, Chile

1
Laura Gallardo

Full Professor

Geofísica

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Cecilia Rivera

académico e investigador

Quimica

UNIVERSITY OF PLAYA ANCHA

VALPARAISO, Chile

1
Diana Muñoz

Evaluador Ambiental

Departamento de Evaluación Ambiental

Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental

Santiago, Chile