Proyectos de investigación:

2023-2026 “IMPACT OF FRESHWATER RUNOFF ON PHYSICAL AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL METHANE PATHWAYS IN HIGH LATITUDE FJORDS OF CHILEAN PATAGONIA”. FONDECYT POSTDOCORAL 3230449. Josefa Verdugo IP. Laura Farías Patrocinante

2020-2025. Instituto Milenio en Socio-Ecología Costera (SECOS), Investigadora asociada IA (ICN2019_015); https://socioecologiacostera.cl/

2020-2023. Núcleo Milenio UPWELL. Comprendiendo el sistema de surgencia costera, ambientes locales y efectos duraderos. Investigador Senior. Proyecto ANID / NCN19_153; http://www.upwell.cl/web/

2020-2023. “High levels of N2O accumulation in coastal upwelling zones: a study applying high vertical resolution and temporal frequency. Laura Farías (IP). Proyecto Fondecyt N° 1200861

2012-2022 Centros de Excelencia en Investigación FONDAP “Center for Climate and Resilience Research” CR2 Laura Farías (2012-2019 IP) (2020-2022, IA). Línea de investigación: Zona Costera. http://www.cr2.cl

2019-2021. Programa Antártico. Rectoría Universidad de Concepción. Investigador principal (IP).Ciencias de la Tierra.

2019-2022 “Temporal dynamics of nitrous oxide and methane in an embayment of the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP): from daily to interannual variability”. Laura Farías (IP). Proyecto INACH N° RT_05_18.

2018-2019. “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). Laura Farias (IP). CIMAR 24 “”FIORDOS”” LICITACIÓN 3073-17 LP18 CONA C24F

2018-2021. “Antarctic greening as consequence of climate change”. Angélica Casanova (IP) Laura Farías (Co-I). Proyecto FONDECYT N° 1181745.

2016-2020 “On dissolved methane content and its cycling in marine ecosystems associated to the Eastern South Pacific (ESP) region”. Laura Farías (IP). Proyecto FONDECYT N° 1161138.

Publicaciones:

1. De la Maza L. & L. Farías. (2023).The intensification of coastal hypoxia off central Chile: long term and high frequency variability. Frontiers in Earth Science 10, 929271, doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.929271

2. Pajares, S., M. Merino-Ibarra & L. Farías (2023). Prokaryotic community dynamics and nitrogen-cycling genes in an oxygen-deficient upwelling system, during La Niña and El Niño conditions. Environmental Microbiology, 10.1111/1462-2920.16362

3. De La Fuente M. J; R. De la Iglesia; L. Farías; B. Glasner; F. Torres-Rojas; D. Muñoz; H. Daims; M. Lukumbuzya, I. Vargas (2022). Enhanced Nitrogen and Carbon Removal in Natural Seawater by Electrochemical Enrichment in a Bioelectrochemical Reactor. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116294

4. Alcamán-Arias, M.E; J. Cifuentes-Anticevic, W. Castillo-Inaipil, L. Farías, C. Sanhueza, B. Fernández-Gómez, J. Verdugo, L.e Abarzua, C. Ridley, J. Tamayo-Leiva, B. Díez (2022). Dark Diazotrophy during the Late Summer in Surface Waters of Chile Bay, West Antarctic Peninsula. Microorganisms, 10, 1140

5. Alcamán-Arias, M.E, J. Cifuentes-Anticevic, B. Díez, G. Testa, M. Troncoso, E. Bello, L. Farías. (2022). Surface Ammonia-Oxidizer Abundance During the Late Summer in the West Antarctic Coastal System. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13, 821902-821902

6. Reyes-Macaya, D, B.Hoogakker, G. Martínez-Méndez, P.Llanillo, P.Grasse, M. Mohtadi, A.Mix, M. J Leng, U. Struck, D.C McCorkle, M.Troncoso, E.M Gayo, C. B Lange, L. Farías, W. Carhuapoma, M. Graco, M. Cornejo-D’Ottone, R.De Pol Holz, C. Fernandez, D. Narvaez, C. A Vargas, F. García-Araya, D.Hebbeln (2022). Isotopic characterization of water masses in the Southeast Pacific region: Paleoceanographic implications. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127, e2021JC017525

7. Vargas C. A., S. I. Cantarero, J. Sepúlveda, A. Galán,R, De Pol-Holz, B. Walker, W. Schneider, L. Farías, M. Cornejo D’Ottone, J. Walker, X.Xu and J. Salisbury (2021).A source of isotopically light organic carbon in a low-pH anoxic marine zone. Nature Communications 12(1), DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21871-4

8. Vargas C. A., S. I. Cantarero, J. Sepúlveda, A. Galán,R, De Pol-Holz, B. Walker, W. Schneider, L. Farías, M. Cornejo D’Ottone, J. Walker, X.Xu and J. Salisbury (2021).A source of isotopically light organic carbon in a low-pH anoxic marine zone. Nature Communications 12(1), DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21871-4

9. Farías, L. Tenorio, S., Sanzana, K. and J. Faundez (2021). Temporal methane variability in the water column of an area of seasonal coastal upwelling: A study based on a 12 year time series, Progress in Oceanography 195, 102589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102589

10. Farías, L. K Sanzana, J. Verdugo, I. Masotti (2021).Spatial Distribution of Dissolved Methane Over Extreme Oceanographic Gradients in the Subtropical Eastern South Pacific (17° to 37°S). Journal Geophysical Research, DOI: 10.1029/2020JC016925

11. Rodríguez-Villegas et al. (2021). Drivers of dinoflagellate benthic cyst assemblages in the NW Patagonian Fjords System and its adjacent oceanic shelf, with a focus on harmful species
Science of the Total Environment, 14737

12. Alcamán-Arias, M. E.; Fuentes-Alburquenque, S.; Vergara-Barros, P.; Cifuentes-Anticevic, J.; Verdugo, J.; Polz, M.; Farías, L.; Pedrós-Alió, C.; Díez, Beatriz (2021). Coastal Bacterial Community Response to Glacier Melting in the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Microorganisms 9(1):88, OI: 10.3390/microorganisms9010088

13. Winckler, P., C. Aguirre, L. Farías, M. Contreras and I. Masotti. (2020). Evidence of climate-driven changes on atmospheric, hydrological and oceanographic variables along the Chilean continental coastal zone. Climatic Change, 163(2), 633-652.

14. Wilson. S.T., A.N. Al-Haj, A. Bourbonnais, C. Frey, R. W. Fulweiler, J. D. Kessler, H.K. Marchant, J. Milucka, N. E. Ray, P. Suntharalingham, B. F. Thornton, R. C. Upstill-Goddard, T. S. Weber, D. L. Arévalo-Martínez, H.W. Bange, H. M. Benway, D. Bianchi, A. V. Borges, B. X. Chang, P. M. Crill, D. del Valle, L. Farías, S.B. Joye, A. Kock, J. Labidi, C. C. Manning, J.W. Pohlman, G. Rehder, K.J. Sparrow, P. D. Tortell, T. Treude, D.L. Valentine, B. B. Ward, S. Yang and L.N. Yurganov. (2020). Ideas and perspectives: A strategic assessment of methane and nitrous oxide measurements in the marine environment. Biogeosciences, 17(22), 5809-5828. doi.org/10.5194/bg-2020-270

15. Bayer,S., L. Beierlein, G. A.Morán, M.S.Doldán, E.M.Morsan, T.Brey, A. Mackensen, L.Farías, G.García, S.Gordillo. (2020). Late Quaternary climatic variability in northern Patagonia, Argentina, based on δ18O of modern and fossil shells of Amiantis purpurata (Bivalvia, Veneridae). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.110012

16. Srain, B. M., M. Sobarzo, G. Daneri, H. E. González, G. Testa, L. Farías, A. Schwarz, N. Pérez and S. Pantoja-Gutiérres.(2020) Fermentation and Anaerobic Oxidation of Organic Carbon in the Oxygen Minimum Zone of the Upwelling Ecosystem Off Concepción, in Central Chile. Frontier in Marine Sciences 7, 533, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00533

17. Rivera, D., K.Gutierrez, W. Valdivia-Cea, M. Zambrano-Bigiarini, A.Godoy-Faúndez , A. Álvez and L. Farías (2019). Validation of cryogenic vacuum extraction of pore water from volcanic soils for isotopic analysis, Water 2019, 11, 2214; doi:10.3390/w11112214

18. Yevenes, M., N.A. Lagos, L. Farías, C. A. Vargas. (2019) Greenhouse gases, nutrients and the carbonate system in the Reloncaví Fjord (Northern Chilean Patagonia): Implications on aquaculture of the mussel, Mytilus chilensis, during an episodic volcanic eruption. Science of the Total Environment 669 (2019) 49–61 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.037

19. Bange, H, D.L. Arévalo-Martínez, M. de la Paz, L. Farías, J.Kaiser, A. Kock, C. S. Law, A. P. Rees, G. Rehder, P.D. Tortell, R. C. Upstill-Goddard and S. T. Wilson. (2019). A harmonized nitrous oxide (N2O) ocean observation network for the 21st century. Front. Mar. Sci., doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00157

20. Arriagada, L. O. Rojas, J. L. Arumí, J. Munizaga, C. Rojas, L. Farías, C. Vega. (2019). A new method to evaluate the vulnerability of watersheds facing several stressors: A case study in mediterranean Chile. Science of the Total Environment, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.237.

21. Fernández-Gómez B., Díez B., Polz MF, Arroyo JI, Alfaro FD, Marchandon G., Sanhueza C., Farías L., Trefault N., Marquet PA., Molina-Montenegro MA, Sylvander P., Snoeijs-Leijonmalm P. (2018). Bacterial community structure in a sympagic habitat expanding with global warming: brackish ice brine at 85-90°N. ISME J. doi: 10.1038/s41396-018-0268-9.

22. Masotti, I., P. Aparicio, M. Yevenes, R. Garreaud, L. Belmar and L. Farías*. (2018). The influence of river discharge on nutrient export and phytoplankton biomass off the Central Chile Coast (33°–37°S): Seasonal Cycle and Interannual Variability. Front. Mar. Sci., doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00423.

23. Farias*, L. Bello, E. Arancibia G. Fernández J. (2018). Distribution of dissolved methane and nitrous oxide in Chilean coastal systems of the Magellanic Sub-Antarctic region (50°–55°S). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 215, 229-240.

24. Wilson, S.T., Bange, H.W., Arévalo-Martínez, D.L., Barnes, J., Borges, A.V., Brown, I., Bullister, J.L., Burgos, M., Capelle, D.W., Casso, M., de la Paz, M., Farías, L., Fenwick, L., Ferrón, S., Garcia, G., Glockzin, M., Karl, D.M., Kock, A., Laperriere, S., Law, C.S., Manning, C.C., Marriner, A., Myllykangas, J.P., Pohlman, J.W., Rees, A.P., Santoro, A.E., Torres, M., Tortell, P.D., Upstill-Goddard, R.C., Wisegarver, D.P., Zhang, G.L., Rehder, G. (2018). An intercomparison of oceanic methane and nitrous oxide measurements. Biogeosciences 15, 5891-5907. doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-5891-2018

25. Aguirre, C., A. S.García-Loyola, G. Testa, D. Silva, L. Farias*. (2018). Insight into anthropogenic forcing on coastal upwelling off south-central Chile. Aguirre, C, et al. 2018. Insight into anthropogenic forcing on coastal upwelling off south-central Chile. Elem. Sci. Anth., 6: 59. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.314.

26. Farías, L, J Faundez and S. Sanhueza (2018). Temporal dynamics of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) in the aphotic layer of a coastal upwelling system with variable dissolved oxygen. Journal of Marine Systems, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2018.06.001.

27. Troncoso, M. G. Garcia, J. Verdugo and L. Farías* (2018). Towards high-resolution vertical measurements of dissolved greenhouse gases (nitrous oxide and methane) and nutrients in the eastern South Pacific. Front. Mar. Sci., 26; doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00148.

28. Alcamán-Arias, M. E, L. Farías, J. Verdugo, B. Díez (2018). Microbial activity during coastal summer phytoplankton blooms in the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP).FEMS Microbiology Letters(10); doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fny090.

29. Testa, G., I Masotti and L. Farias*. (2018). Temporal Variability in Net Primary Production in an Upwelling Area off Central Chile (36ºS) Front. Mar. Sci. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00179.

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