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Bernardo R. Broitman

Bernardo R. Broitman

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
42
Citations
8675
World Ranking
5490
National Ranking
15

Overview

Bernardo R. Broitman is affiliated with Adolfo Ibáñez University in Chile and conducts research primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple aspects of marine and coastal ecosystems, focusing extensively on oceanography and ecology within these disciplines.

The scientist has published notable research on topics including marine and coastal plant biology, marine biology and ecology research, and marine bivalve and aquaculture studies. Other key areas in their research portfolio include coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, ocean acidification effects and responses, marine and coastal ecosystems, and isotope analysis in ecology.

Bernardo R. Broitman's recent papers illustrate a concentration on the impacts of environmental changes and anthropogenic stressors in marine environments. Recent publications include:

  • Upper environmental pCO2 drives sensitivity to ocean acidification in marine invertebrates (2022, Nature Climate Change)
  • Upwelling intensity modulates the fitness and physiological performance of coastal species: Implications for the aquaculture of the scallop Argopecten purpuratus in the Humboldt Current System (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Spatial shifts in productivity of the coastal ocean over the past two decades induced by migration of the Pacific Anticyclone and Bakun's effect in the Humboldt Upwelling Ecosystem (2020, Global and Planetary Change)
  • The aquaculture supply chain in the time of covid-19 pandemic: Vulnerability, resilience, solutions and priorities at the global scale (2021, Environmental Science & Policy)
  • The Synergistic Impacts of Anthropogenic Stressors and COVID-19 on Aquaculture: A Current Global Perspective (2021, Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable coauthors including Carlos Lara, Nelson Valdivia, Gonzalo S. Saldías, Sérgio A. Navarrete, and Richard Muñoz.

Bernardo R. Broitman's publications often appear in journals such as Ecology, Ecology and Evolution, Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Environmental Science & Policy, indicating engagement with diverse ecological and environmental science communities.

Best Publications

  • A cross-ecosystem comparison of the strength of trophic cascades

    Jonathan B. Shurin;Elizabeth T. Borer;Eric W. Seabloom;Kurt Anderson

  • WHAT DETERMINES THE STRENGTH OF A TROPHIC CASCADE

    E. T. Borer;E. W. Seabloom;J. B. Shurin;K. E. Anderson

  • MOSAIC PATTERNS OF THERMAL STRESS IN THE ROCKY INTERTIDAL ZONE: IMPLICATIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

    Brian Helmuth;Bernardo R. Broitman;Carol A. Blanchette;Sarah Gilman

  • Species co-occurrence networks: Can they reveal trophic and non-trophic interactions in ecological communities?

    Mara A. Freilich;Mara A. Freilich;Mara A. Freilich;Evie Wieters;Bernardo R. Broitman;Pablo A. Marquet

  • Geographic variation of southeastern Pacific intertidal communities

    Bernardo R. Broitman;Sergio A. Navarrete;Franz Smith;Steven D. Gaines

  • Species-specific responses to ocean acidification should account for local adaptation and adaptive plasticity.

    Cristian A. Vargas;Nelson A. Lagos;Nelson A. Lagos;Marco A. Lardies;Marco A. Lardies;Cristian Duarte;Cristian Duarte

  • Scales of benthic–pelagic coupling and the intensity of species interactions: From recruitment limitation to top-down control

    Sergio A. Navarrete;Evie A. Wieters;Bernardo R. Broitman;Juan Carlos Castilla

  • Biogeographical patterns of rocky intertidal communities along the Pacific coast of North America

    Carol A. Blanchette;C. Melissa Miner;C. Melissa Miner;Peter T. Raimondi;David Lohse

  • Organismal climatology: analyzing environmental variability at scales relevant to physiological stress.

    Brian Helmuth;Bernardo R. Broitman;Bernardo R. Broitman;Lauren Yamane;Sarah E. Gilman

  • Cross-cultural invariances in the architecture of shame.

    Daniel Sznycer;Daniel Sznycer;Dimitris Xygalatas;Elizabeth Agey;Sarah Alami

  • SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS OF INVERTEBRATE RECRUITMENT ALONG THE WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES

    B. R. Broitman;B. R. Broitman;B. R. Broitman;C. A. Blanchette;B. A. Menge;J. Lubchenco

  • Upper environmental pCO2 drives sensitivity to ocean acidification in marine invertebrates

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  • Strong top-down control in southern California kelp forest ecosystems.

    Benjamin S. Halpern;Karl Cottenie;Karl Cottenie;Bernardo R. Broitman;Bernardo R. Broitman

  • Intertidal community structure and oceanographic patterns around Santa Cruz Island, CA, USA

    Carol A. Blanchette;Bernardo R. Broitman;Steven D. Gaines

  • INTERHEMISPHERIC COMPARISON OF RECRUITMENT TO INTERTIDAL COMMUNITIES: PATTERN PERSISTENCE AND SCALES OF VARIATION

    Sergio A. Navarrete;Bernardo R. Broitman;Bernardo R. Broitman;Bernardo R. Broitman;Bruce A. Menge

  • Recruitment of intertidal invertebrates in the southeast Pacific: Interannual variability and the 1997–1998 El Niño

    Sergio A. Navarrete;Bernardo Broitman;Evie A. Wieters;Gerhard R. Finke

  • Spatial variability in community composition on a granite breakwater versus natural rocky shores: lack of microhabitats suppresses intertidal biodiversity.

    Moisés A. Aguilera;Bernardo R. Broitman;Martin Thiel

  • Recruitment of intertidal invertebrates and oceanographic variability at Santa Cruz Island, California

    Bernardo R. Broitman;Carol A. Blanchette;Steven D. Gaines

  • Twelve years of change in coastal upwelling along the central-northern coast of Chile: spatially heterogeneous responses to climatic variability.

    Guillermo Hernan Aravena;Bernardo Broitman;Nils Christian Stenseth

  • Species replacement along a linear coastal habitat: phylogeography and speciation in the red alga Mazzaella laminarioides along the south east pacific

    Alejandro Montecinos;Bernardo R Broitman;Bernardo R Broitman;Sylvain Faugeron;Pilar A Haye

  • Predator–prey interactions under climate change: the importance of habitat vs body temperature

    B. R. Broitman;P. L. Szathmary;K. A. S. Mislan;C. A. Blanchette

Frequent Co-Authors

Carol A. Blanchette
Carol A. Blanchette University of California, Santa Barbara
Sergio A. Navarrete
Sergio A. Navarrete Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Marco A. Lardies
Marco A. Lardies Adolfo Ibáñez University
Benjamin S. Halpern
Benjamin S. Halpern University of California, Santa Barbara
Cristian A. Vargas
Cristian A. Vargas University of Concepción
Brian Helmuth
Brian Helmuth Northeastern University
Martin Thiel
Martin Thiel Catholic University of the North
Cristian Duarte
Cristian Duarte Andrés Bello University
Bruce A. Menge
Bruce A. Menge Oregon State University
Erik van Sebille
Erik van Sebille Utrecht University

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