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Overview

Cristian Duarte is affiliated with Andrés Bello University in Chile and has a significant body of research centered on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work covers several subfields including oceanography, global and planetary change, ecology, biomaterials, and pollution.

The scientist has published notably in a range of venues, with frequent contributions to Marine Pollution Bulletin, The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Pollution, Marine Environmental Research, and Frontiers in Marine Science.

Research topics Cristian Duarte has focused on include:

  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Impact of Light on Environment and Health
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Marine animal studies overview

Frequent collaborators in their research include Pedro A. Quijón, José Pulgar, Patricio H. Manríquez, Diego Quintanilla-Ahumada, and M. Roberto García-Huidobro.

Selected recent publications demonstrate the scope and focus of their work:

  • Impacts of artificial light at night in marine ecosystems-A review, 2022, Global Change Biology
  • The role of inputs of marine wrack and carrion in sandy-beach ecosystems: a global review, 2022, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • The combined effects of salinity and pH on shell biomineralization of the edible mussel Mytilus chilensis, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Artificial light at night alters the activity and feeding behaviour of sandy beach amphipods and pose a threat to their ecological role in Atlantic Canada, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • The combined effects of ocean acidification and warming on a habitat-forming shell-crushing predatory crab, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

The research contributions of Cristian Duarte concentrate on understanding environmental impacts and biological responses in marine ecosystems, particularly addressing issues such as artificial light at night, ocean acidification, and the ecological roles of marine species under changing environmental conditions.

Best Publications

  • Is the feeding type related with the content of microplastics in intertidal fish gut

    Ricardo Mizraji;Camila Ahrendt;Diego Perez-Venegas;Juan Vargas

  • 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

  • Impact of medium-term exposure to elevated pCO2 levels on the physiological energetics of the mussel Mytilus chilensis

    Jorge M Navarro;Rodrigo Torres;Karin Acuña;Cristian Duarte

  • Impacts of artificial light at night in marine ecosystems—A review

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  • Ecological Implications of Extreme Events: Footprints of the 2010 Earthquake along the Chilean Coast

    Eduardo Jaramillo;Jenifer E. Dugan;David M. Hubbard;Daniel Melnick

  • The role of inputs of marine wrack and carrion in sandy‐beach ecosystems: a global review

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  • Combined effects of temperature and ocean acidification on the juvenile individuals of the mussel Mytilus chilensis

    C. Duarte;J.M. Navarro;K. Acuña;R. Torres

  • Artificial light pollution at night (ALAN) disrupts the distribution and circadian rhythm of a sandy beach isopod.

    Cristian Duarte;Cristian Duarte;Diego Quintanilla-Ahumada;Cristobal Anguita;Patricio H. Manríquez

  • Ocean acidification induces changes in algal palatability and herbivore feeding behavior and performance

    Cristian Duarte;Cristian Duarte;Jorge López;Samanta Benítez;Samanta Benítez;Samanta Benítez;Patricio H. Manríquez

  • Endogenous cycles, activity patterns and energy expenditure of an intertidal fish is modified by artificial light pollution at night (ALAN).

    José Pulgar;Danae Zeballos;Juan Vargas;Marcela Aldana

  • Light pollution reduces activity, food consumption and growth rates in a sandy beach invertebrate

    T. Luarte;C.C. Bonta;E.A. Silva-Rodriguez;P.A. Quijón

  • Environmental processes, water quality degradation, and decline of waterbird populations in the Rio Cruces wetland, Chile.

    Nelson A. Lagos;Pedro Paolini;Eduardo Jaramillo;Charlotte Lovengreen

  • Competitive interactions in macroinfaunal animals of exposed sandy beaches

    Jenifer E. Dugan;Eduardo Jaramillo;David M. Hubbard;Heraldo Contreras

  • Ocean Acidification Disrupts Prey Responses to Predator Cues but Not Net Prey Shell Growth in Concholepas concholepas (loco)

    Patricio H. Manríquez;María Elisa Jara;María Loreto Mardones;Jorge M. Navarro

  • Ocean acidification affects predator avoidance behaviour but not prey detection in the early ontogeny of a keystone species

    Patricio H. Manríquez;María Elisa Jara;María Loreto Mardones;Rodrigo Torres

  • Ocean warming and elevated carbon dioxide: multiple stressor impacts on juvenile mussels from southern Chile

    Jorge M. Navarro;Cristian Duarte;Cristian Duarte;Patricio H. Manríquez;Marco A. Lardies

  • Feeding preferences of the sandhopper Orchestoidea tuberculata: The importance of algal traits

    C. Duarte;J. M. Navarro;K. Acuña;I. Gómez

  • Locomotor activity and zonation of upper shore arthropods in a sandy beach of north central Chile

    E. Jaramillo;H. Contreras;C. Duarte;M.H. Avellanal

  • Effects of temperature and ocean acidification on shell characteristics of Argopecten purpuratus: implications for scallop aquaculture in an upwelling-influenced area

    Nelson A. Lagos;Samanta Benítez;Cristian Duarte;Marco A. Lardies

  • Intraspecific Variability in the Response of the Edible Mussel Mytilus chilensis (Hupe) to Ocean Acidification

    Cristian Duarte;Cristian Duarte;Jorge M. Navarro;Karin Acuña;Rodrigo Torres

  • Relationships between community structure of the intertidal macroinfauna and sandy beach characteristics along the chilean coast

    Eduardo Jaramillo;Heraldo Contreras;Cristian Duarte;Pedro Quijón

  • CO2-Driven Ocean Acidification Disrupts the Filter Feeding Behavior in Chilean Gastropod and Bivalve Species from Different Geographic Localities

    Cristian A. Vargas;Victor M. Aguilera;Victor M. Aguilera;Valeska San Martín;Patricio H. Manríquez

Frequent Co-Authors

Patricio H. Manríquez
Patricio H. Manríquez Center for Advanced Studies in Arid Zones (CEAZA)
Marco A. Lardies
Marco A. Lardies Adolfo Ibáñez University
Jorge M. Navarro
Jorge M. Navarro Austral University of Chile
Cristian A. Vargas
Cristian A. Vargas University of Concepción
Stephen Widdicombe
Stephen Widdicombe Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Bernardo R. Broitman
Bernardo R. Broitman Adolfo Ibáñez University
Jenifer E. Dugan
Jenifer E. Dugan University of California, Santa Barbara
Daniel Melnick
Daniel Melnick Austral University of Chile
Iván Gómez
Iván Gómez Austral University of Chile
David S. Schoeman
David S. Schoeman University of the Sunshine Coast

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