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Elie Poulin is affiliated with the University of Chile and has a research focus spanning Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work is notably concentrated in the subfields of Ecology, Oceanography, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's research contributions cover a range of topics including Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, Polar Research and Ecology, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Marine Animal Studies Overview, and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.

Publications by Elie Poulin have appeared frequently in several scientific venues such as:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Diversity and Distributions
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Some of the recent papers associated with the scientist include:

  • Genome-wide analyses reveal drivers of penguin diversification (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Characterization of the Gut Microbiota of the Antarctic Heart Urchin (Spatangoida) Abatus agassizii (2020, Frontiers in Microbiology)
  • Is the southern crab Halicarcinus planatus (Fabricius, 1775) the next invader of Antarctica? (2021, Global Change Biology)
  • Cryptic speciation in gentoo penguins is driven by geographic isolation and regional marine conditions: Unforeseen vulnerabilities to global change (2020, Diversity and Distributions)
  • Cross-species transmission of retroviruses among domestic and wild felids in human-occupied landscapes in Chile (2020, Evolutionary Applications)

Frequent collaborators in their body of work include:

  • Thomas Saucède
  • Claudio A. González-Wevar
  • Sebastián Rosenfeld
  • Nicolás I. Segovia
  • Claudia S. Maturana

Best Publications

  • The humboldt current system of northern and central chile : Oceanographic processes, ecological interactions and socioeconomic feedback

    Martin Thiel;Erasmo C. Macaya;Enzo Acuna;Wolf E. Arntz

  • Phylogeographic Structure in Benthic Marine Invertebrates of the Southeast Pacific Coast of Chile with Differing Dispersal Potential

    Pilar A. Haye;Nicolás I. Segovia;Natalia C. Muñoz-Herrera;Francisca E. Gálvez

  • Avoiding offshore transport of competent larvae during upwelling events: The case of the gastropod Concholepas concholepas in Central Chile

    Elie Poulin;Alvaro T. Palma;Germán Leiva;Diego Narvaez

  • Evolutionary versus ecological success in Antarctic benthic invertebrates

    Elie Poulin;Alvaro T. Palma;Jean-Pierre Féral

  • Sistemática, taxonomía y domesticación de alpacas y llamas: nueva evidencia cromosómica y molecular

    Juan C Marín;Juan C Marín;Beatriz Zapata;Benito A González;Cristian Bonacic

  • WHY ARE THERE SO MANY SPECIES OF BROODING ANTARCTIC ECHINOIDS

    Elie Poulin;Jean-Pierre Feral

  • Seasonal and spatial variation of nearshore hydrographic conditions in central Chile

    Diego A. Narváez;Elie Poulin;Germán Leiva;Eduardo Hernández

  • Ecological and Biogeographical Inferences on Two Sympatric and Enigmatic Andean Cat Species Using Genetic Identification of Faecal Samples

    Constanza Napolitano;Magdalena Bennett;Warren E. Johnson;Stephen J. O’Brien

  • Evolutionary pathways among shallow and deep-sea echinoids of the genus Sterechinus in the Southern Ocean

    Angie Díaz;Jean-Pierre Féral;Bruno David;Thomas Saucède

  • Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of Nacella (Patellogastropoda: Nacellidae) in the Southern Ocean.

    Claudio A. González-Wevar;Tomoyuki Nakano;Juan I. Cañete;Elie Poulin

  • Temporal and spatial variation in the distribution of epineustonic competent larvae of Concholepas concholepas along the central coast of Chile

    Elie Poulin;Alvaro T. Palma;Germán Leiva;Eduardo Hernández

  • Genetic population structure in the Chilean jack mackerel, Trachurus murphyi (Nichols) across the South-eastern Pacific Ocean

    Leyla Cárdenas;Andrea X. Silva;Antonios Magoulas;Josefina Cabezas

  • Origin, diversification, and historical biogeography of the genus Trachurus (Perciformes: Carangidae).

    Leyla Cárdenas;Cristián E. Hernández;Elie Poulin;Elie Poulin;Antonios Magoulas

  • Concerted genetic, morphological and ecological diversification in Nacella limpets in the Magellanic Province

    C. A. González-Wevar;T. Nakano;J. I. Cañete;E. Poulin

  • Divergence between Antarctic and South American marine invertebrates: What molecular biology tells us about Scotia Arc geodynamics and the intensification of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

    Elie Poulin;Claudio González-Wevar;Angie Díaz;Angie Díaz;Karin Gérard

  • Genome-wide analyses reveal drivers of penguin diversification.

    Juliana A Vianna;Flávia A N Fernandes;María José Frugone;Henrique V Figueiró;Henrique V Figueiró

  • Mitochondrial DNA variation and systematics of the guanaco (Lama guanicoe, Artiodactyla: Camelidae)

    Juan C. Marín;Juan C. Marín;Angel E. Spotorno;Benito A. González;Cristian Bonacic

  • Stability of insecticide resistance due to amplification of esterase genes in Culex pipiens

    Michel Raymond;Elie Poulin;Veronique Boiroux;Edith Dupont

  • Genetic diversity and demographic history of Dosidicus gigas (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) in the Humboldt Current System

    Christian M. Ibánez;Luis A. Cubillos;Ricardo Tafur;Juan Argüelles

  • Phylogeography and demographic inference in Nacella (Patinigera) concinna (Strebel, 1908) in the western Antarctic Peninsula

    Claudio A. González-Wevar;Bruno David;Elie Poulin

  • Towards a model of postglacial biogeography in shallow marine species along the Patagonian Province: lessons from the limpet Nacella magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)

    Claudio A González-Wevar;Mathias Hüne;Mathias Hüne;Juan I Cañete;Andrés Mansilla

Frequent Co-Authors

Warren E. Johnson
Warren E. Johnson Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Javier Millán
Javier Millán Universidad de Zaragoza
Simon A. Morley
Simon A. Morley Natural Environment Research Council
Francesco Bonadonna
Francesco Bonadonna Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Daniel González-Acuña
Daniel González-Acuña University of Concepción
Pierre A. Pistorius
Pierre A. Pistorius Nelson Mandela University
Ricardo Rozzi
Ricardo Rozzi University of North Texas
Peter Convey
Peter Convey British Antarctic Survey
Bernard Goffinet
Bernard Goffinet University of Connecticut
Juan J. Armesto
Juan J. Armesto Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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