Man

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 - A la fecha


 

Article (6)

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



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; Gustavo Barbeito, Claudio

Article ISI
ACTA ZOOLOGICA  (2018)

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



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)



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.; Rogers, T. L.

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

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

6
Alicia Guerrero

Postdoctoral fellow

Instituto de Biologia

Universidad de Valparaíso

Valparaiso, Chile