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Alicia Isabel Guerrero Vega

Postdoctoral fellow

Universidad de Valparaíso

Valparaiso, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


My research focuses on the ecology and physiology of seals. I use thermography to study the mechanisms of body heat control in animals inhabiting extreme environments. I use fatty acid and stable isotope analyses to study their foraging behaviour.

Educación

  •  Ecology and Evolution, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. Australia, 2017
  •  Biologa Marina, UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL NORTE. Chile, 2008

Experiencia Académica

  •   Postdoctoral researcher Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

    Sciences

    Sydney, Australia

    2017 - 2018

  •   Postdoctoral fellow Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO

    Ciencias

    Valparaiso, Chile

    2018 - At present


 

Article (6)

Foraging behaviour of the South American sea lion (Otaria byronia) in two disparate ecosystems assessed through blubber fatty acid analysis

Guerrero A.I.; Pavez G.; Santos-Carvallo M.; Rogers T.L.; Sepúlveda M.

Article SCOPUS
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS  (2020)

From low to high latitudes: changes in fatty acid desaturation in mammalian fat tissue suggest a thermoregulatory role

Guerrero A.I.; Rogers T.L.

Article ISI SCOPUS
BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY  (2019)

Integument in Antarctic seals: A comparative study and its relation to extreme environments

Mariana Krmpotic, Cecilia; Mara Loza, Cleopatra; Negrete, Javier; Carlos Scarano, Alejo; Armando Carlini, Alfredo; Guerrero, Alicia; Gustavo Barbeito, Claudio

Article ISI
ACTA ZOOLOGICA  (2018)

Blubber fatty acid composition and stratification in the crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophaga

Guerrero, A. I.; Rogers, T. L.

Article ISI
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY  (2017)

In vitro fertilization with cryopreserved spermatozoa in small pieces of gonad of the scallop Argopecten purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)

Dupre, E; Covarrubias, A; Goldstein, M; Guerrero, A; Rojas, H

Article ISI SCOPUS
CRYOBIOLOGY  (2016)

Vertical fatty acid composition in the blubber of leopard seals and the implications for dietary analysis

Guerrero, A. I.; Negrete, J.; Marquez, M. E. I.; Mennucci, J.; Zaman, K.; Rogers, T. L.

Article ISI
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY  (2016)

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Alicia Guerrero

Postdoctoral fellow

Instituto de Biologia

Universidad de Valparaíso

Valparaiso, Chile

1
Maritza Sepulveda

Academic

UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO

Valparaíso, Chile

1
Alejandra Covarrubias

Asesor externo del Comite de etica de la Universidad Católica del Norte sede Coquimbo

UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL NORTE

Valdivia, Chile