Disentangling the environmental processes responsible for the world's largest farmed fish-killing harmful algal bloom: Chile, 2016

JI Mardones, J Paredes, M Godoy, R Suarez… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The dictyochophyte microalga Pseudochattonella verruculosa was responsible for the
largest farmed fish mortality ever recorded in the world, with losses for the Chilean salmon …

The impact of local and climate change drivers on the formation, dynamics, and potential recurrence of a massive fish-killing microalgal bloom in Patagonian fjord

PA Díaz, I Pérez-Santos, L Basti, R Garreaud… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) in southern Chile are a serious threat to public health, tourism,
artisanal fisheries, and aquaculture in this region. Ichthyotoxic HAB species have recently …

Multiscale physical background to an exceptional harmful algal bloom of Dinophysis acuta in a fjord system

PA Díaz, I Peréz-Santos, G Álvarez, R Garreaud… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Dinophysis acuta produces diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) toxins and pectenotoxins
(PTX). It blooms in thermally-stratified shelf waters in late summer in temperate to cold …

Spatiotemporal characteristics, influencing factors and evolution laws of water exchange capacity of Poyang Lake

A Huang, X Liu, W Peng, F Dong, B Ma, J Li… - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
As an important indicator of pollutant transport and dispersion conditions in lakes, the water
exchange capacity of large shallow lakes has always been a focus in research on lake …

Water-sediment partitioning of flumequine and florfenicol, two antibiotics used in salmon aquaculture in Chile

B Jara, BM Srain, M Aranda, C Fernández… - Marine pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
The water-sediment partitioning of flumequine and florfenicol, two antibiotics used in salmon
aquaculture is a critical driver of their fate and environmental impact. Batch experiments …

Oceanography time series reveals annual asynchrony input between oceanic and estuarine waters in Patagonian fjords

I Pérez-Santos, PA Díaz, N Silva, R Garreaud… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The postglacial Patagonian fjord system along the west coast of southern South America is
one of the largest stretches of the southern hemisphere (SH) fjord belt, influenced by the SH …

Niche differentiation of Dinophysis acuta and D. acuminata in a stratified fjord

ÁM Baldrich, I Pérez-Santos, G Álvarez, B Reguera… - Harmful Algae, 2021 - Elsevier
Dinophysis acuta and D. acuminata are associated with lipophilic toxins in Southern Chile.
Blooms of the two species coincided during summer 2019 in a highly stratified fjord system …

[HTML][HTML] An Unprecedented Bloom of Oceanic Dinoflagellates (Karenia spp.) Inside a Fjord within a Highly Dynamic Multifrontal Ecosystem in Chilean Patagonia

ÁM Baldrich, PA Díaz, SA Rosales… - Toxins, 2024 - mdpi.com
At the end of summer 2020, a moderate (~ 105 cells L− 1) bloom of potential fish-killing
Karenia spp. was detected in samples from a 24 h study focused on Dinophysis spp. in the …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrographic shifts in coastal waters reflect climate-driven changes in hydrological regimes across Northwestern Patagonia

J León-Muñoz, R Aguayo, A Corredor-Acosta… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Climate-driven changes in freshwater inputs have been shown to affect the structure and
function of coastal ecosystems. We evaluated changes in the influence of river runoff on …

[HTML][HTML] Geophysical controls on metabolic cycling in three Patagonian fjords

JR Crosswell, F Bravo, I Pérez-Santos, G Carlin… - Progress in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biogeochemical cycling in fjords underpins crucial environmental and economic functions
including carbon sequestration and food security, and a fundamental understanding of the …