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Alicia Isabel Guerrero Vega

Profesor Adjunto

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 - 2021

  •   Docente Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO

    Ciencias

    Valparaíso, Chile

    2021 - 2022

  •   Profesor Adjunto Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO

    Ciencias

    Valparaíso, Chile

    2023 - A la fecha


 

Article (22)

Drivers of body condition in South American sea lion pups along a latitudinal gradient
Drivers of mercury concentration in anchovies<i> (Engraulis</i><i> ringens)</i> along the Chilean coast
Assessing the influence of blubber stratification on the estimation of diet in phocid seals using the MixSIAR model
Latitudinal changes in blubber fatty acids of the South American sea lion along the Southeast Pacific Coast
Bottom-up processes drive isotopic variation in the South American sea lion Otaria flavescens across a 2300 km latitudinal gradient
First paired observations of sexual behavior and calls in wild leopard seals
Influence of coastal oceanography on early life history traits of larval Patagonian sprat, Sprattus fuegensis along southeastern Pacific Ocean
Occurrence, residency, and habitat characterization of leopard seals in Chile
Patterns of surface temperature and link to environmental variables in Weddell seals from the western Antarctic Peninsula
Salmon farming, overfishing and southern sea lion: Not so opportunistic responses of a top predator to human perturbations in the Patagonian Fjords
Sea lion and fur seal interactions with fisheries and aquaculture in South American waters: threats and management perspectivesPalabras clave
Complementary use of stable isotopes and fatty acids for quantitative diet estimation of sympatric predators, the Antarctic pack-ice seals
Conditions influencing the appearance of thermal windows and the distribution of surface temperature in hauled-out southern elephant seals
Fishers' perception of the interaction between the South American sea lions and the Chinook salmon fishery in southern Chile
Long-term monitoring for conservation: closing the distribution gap of Arctocephalus australis in central Chile
Evaluating the performance of the Bayesian mixing tool MixSIAR with fatty acid data for quantitative estimation of diet
Foraging behaviour of the South American sea lion (Otaria byronia) in two disparate ecosystems assessed through blubber fatty acid analysis
From low to high latitudes: changes in fatty acid desaturation in mammalian fat tissue suggest a thermoregulatory role
Integument in Antarctic seals: A comparative study and its relation to extreme environments
Blubber fatty acid composition and stratification in the crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophaga
In vitro fertilization with cryopreserved spermatozoa in small pieces of gonad of the scallop Argopecten purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)
Vertical fatty acid composition in the blubber of leopard seals and the implications for dietary analysis
1
Renato Quiñones

Profesor titular

Departamento de Oceanografía

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepcion, Chile

2
DORIS OLIVA

Profesora Titular

Instituto de Biología

UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO

Valparaíso, Chile

1
Fadia Tala

Académico

Biología Marina

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE

Coquimbo, Chile

12
Maritza Sepulveda

Academic

UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO

Valparaíso, Chile

2
Cristian Canales

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

CENTRO i~MAR

UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS LAGOS

PUERTO MONTT|, Chile

2
Daniel Gómez

Associate Professor

Dept. Zoology

Universidad de Concepcion

Concepcion, Chile

1
Maria Piñones

Profesor Adjunto

Instituto de Ciencias Marinas y Limnologicas

Universidad Austral de Chile

Valdivia, Chile

1
Alejandra Covarrubias

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

UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL NORTE

Valdivia, Chile

1
Rodrigo Soteres

Investigador postdoctoral

Universidad de Magallanes

Punta Arenas, Chile

22
Alicia Guerrero

Profesor Adjunto

Instituto de Biología

Universidad de Valparaíso

Valparaiso, Chile

4
Carmen Barrios

Investigador

Facultad Ciencias

Centro Bahía Lomas

Santiago, Chile

1
Anahi Canto

Investigadora

Instituto de Biología

Universidad de Valparaíso

VALPARAÍSO, Chile