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Overview

José Iriarte is a researcher affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, specializing primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work extensively covers subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Pollution, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research focuses on key topics including marine and coastal ecosystems, marine biology and ecology research, ocean acidification effects and responses, polar research and ecology, microbial community ecology and physiology, marine toxins and detection methods, as well as microplastics and plastic pollution.

José Iriarte has contributed to several scientific publications in various venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Review article: How does glacier discharge affect marine biogeochemistry and primary production in the Arctic?" (2020), The Cryosphere
  • "Extreme harmful algal blooms, climate change, and potential risk of eutrophication in Patagonian fjords: Insights from an exceptional Heterosigma akashiwo fish-killing event" (2022), Progress In Oceanography
  • "Freshwater runoff effects on the production of biogenic silicate and chlorophyll-a in western Patagonia archipelago (50-51°S)" (2020), Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • "A Song of Wind and Ice: Increased Frequency of Marine Cold-Spells in Southwestern Patagonia and Their Possible Effects on Giant Kelp Forests" (2022), Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "Potential effects of climate change on the growth response of the toxic dinoflagellate Karenia selliformis from Patagonian waters of Chile" (2023), Progress In Oceanography

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Iriarte include Jorge I. Mardones, Andrea Corredor-Acosta, Máximo Frangópulos, Mark J. Hopwood, and Rodrigo Torres.

The researcher's publications most commonly appear in journals such as Frontiers in Marine Science, Progress In Oceanography, Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, SSRN Electronic Journal, and The Science of The Total Environment.

Best Publications

  • Starch grain and phytolith evidence for early ninth millennium B.P. maize from the Central Balsas River Valley, Mexico

    Dolores R. Piperno;Anthony J. Ranere;Irene Holst;Jose Iriarte

  • 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

  • The cultural and chronological context of early Holocene maize and squash domestication in the Central Balsas River Valley, Mexico

    Anthony J. Ranere;Dolores R. Piperno;Irene Holst;Ruth Dickau

  • Pre-Columbian agricultural landscapes, ecosystem engineers, and self-organized patchiness in Amazonia

    Doyle McKey;Stéphen Rostain;José Iriarte;Bruno Glaser

  • Spatial and temporal variability of chlorophyll and primary productivity in surface waters of southern Chile (41.5–43° S)

    J.L. Iriarte;H.E. González;H.E. González;K.K. Liu;C. Rivas

  • Early Holocene crop cultivation and landscape modification in Amazonia

    Umberto Lombardo;José Iriarte;Lautaro Hilbert;Javier Ruiz-Pérez

  • Review article: How does glacier discharge affect marine biogeochemistry and primary production in the Arctic?

    Mark J. Hopwood;Dustin Carroll;Thorben Dunse;Thorben Dunse;Andy Hodson;Andy Hodson

  • The legacy of 4,500 years of polyculture agroforestry in the eastern Amazon

    S Yoshi Maezumi;Daiana Alves;Mark Robinson;Jonas Gregorio de Souza

  • Evidence for cultivar adoption and emerging complexity during the mid-Holocene in the La Plata basin

    José Iriarte;Irene Holst;Oscar Marozzi;Claudia Listopad

  • Hydroclimatic conditions trigger record harmful algal bloom in western Patagonia (summer 2016)

    Jorge León-Muñoz;Mauricio A. Urbina;René Garreaud;José Luis Iriarte

  • Impact of pre-Columbian "geoglyph" builders on Amazonian forests.

    Jennifer Watling;Jennifer Watling;José Iriarte;Francis E. Mayle;Denise Schaan

  • Oceanography of the Chilean Patagonia

    Silvio Pantoja;José Luis Iriarte;José Luis Iriarte;Giovanni Daneri

  • Late Pleistocene and Holocene environmental history of the Iguala Valley, Central Balsas Watershed of Mexico.

    Dolores R. Piperno;Jorge Enrique Moreno;Jose Iriarte;Irene Holst

  • Phytoliths as a tool for investigations of agricultural origins and dispersals around the world

    Terry Ball;Karol Chandler-Ezell;Ruth Dickau;Neil Duncan

  • Pre-Columbian earth-builders settled along the entire southern rim of the Amazon

    Jonas Gregorio de Souza;Denise Pahl Schaan;Mark Robinson;Antonia Damasceno Barbosa

  • Functional groups in marine phytoplankton assemblages dominated by diatoms in fjords of southern Chile

    Catharina Alves-de-Souza;María Teresa González;José Luis Iriarte

  • Preceramic maize from Paredones and Huaca Prieta, Peru

    Alexander Grobman;Duccio Bonavia;Tom D. Dillehay;Dolores R. Piperno

  • Phytoplankton size structure during and after the 1997/98 El Niño in a coastal upwelling area of the northern Humboldt Current System

    José Luis Iriarte;Humberto E. González

  • Environmental impact of geometric earthwork construction in pre-Columbian Amazonia.

    John Francis Carson;John Francis Carson;Bronwen S. Whitney;Francis E. Mayle;José Iriarte

  • The origins of Amazonian landscapes: Plant cultivation, domestication and the spread of food production in tropical South America

    Jose Iriarte;Sarah Elliott;S. Yoshi Maezumi;Daiana Alves

  • Patagonian fjord ecosystems in southern Chile as a highly vulnerable region: problems and needs.

    Jose Luis Iriarte;Humberto E. González;Laura Nahuelhual

  • Phytolith analysis of selected native plants and modern soils from southeastern Uruguay and its implications for paleoenvironmental and archeological reconstruction

    José Iriarte;Eduardo Alonso Paz

Frequent Co-Authors

Humberto E. González
Humberto E. González Austral University of Chile
Francis E. Mayle
Francis E. Mayle University of Reading
Mark D. Robinson
Mark D. Robinson University of Zurich
Cristian A. Vargas
Cristian A. Vargas University of Concepción
Silvio Pantoja
Silvio Pantoja University of Concepción
Doyle McKey
Doyle McKey University of Montpellier
Dolores R. Piperno
Dolores R. Piperno National Museum of Natural History
Luiz E. O. C. Aragão
Luiz E. O. C. Aragão National Institute for Space Research
Bruno Glaser
Bruno Glaser Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
F. Alayne Street-Perrott
F. Alayne Street-Perrott Swansea University

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