Ángel Urzúa Osorio
Académico | Director del Departamento de Ecología
Ángel Urzúa Osorio
Académico | Director del Departamento de Ecología
Título Académico:
Biólogo Marino, Universidad Católica de la Santísima. Concepción, Chile
Grado Académico:
PhD in Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.), Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Alemania
Producción Científica
Proyectos
2025-2027. “Explorando el impacto de las olas de calor marinas sobre la condición fisiológica del recurso pesquero sardina común (Strangomera bentincki): Implicancias para su valor nutricional y económico”. proyecto DIREG 16/2025. UCSC. Investigador Principal.
2024-2025. “Aprovechamiento integral de la biomasa residual de la pesquería de langostinos: obtención y microencapsulación de ácidos grasos Omega-3 y Astaxantina”. Proyecto Interdisciplinario CIBAS-UCSC. Investigador Principal.
2024-2027. “The influence of upwelling on tissue biomolecules and thermal performance of coastal species, as modulators of trophic interactions in a warming ocean”. CONICYT FONDECYT Regular (N° 1240288). Coinvestigador.
2023-2024. “Exploring the dietary lipid requirements of European brown shrimp egg production: implications for aquaculture diversification, food security and sustainability”. DAAD & Fraunhofer IMTE Lübeck (N° 57681229), Alemania. Investigador Principal.
2023-2025. “Evaluación de la explotación comercial del erizo de espinas largas como una alternativa para enfrentar los impactos negativos de su sobrepoblación y oportunidad para diversificar la pesquería artesanal del archipiélago de Juan Fernández”. ANID FONDEF IDeA I+D Genérico (ID23I10353). Coinvestigador.
2023-2024. “Viabilidad y composición bioquímica-ecológica de las gónadas de sardina común (Strangomera bentincki) en la región del Biobío, periodo 2017-2022”. Proyecto N°42659-060. Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP) y Gobierno Regional del Biobío, Chile. Investigador Principal.
2021. “Viabilidad y composición bioquímica-ecológica de las gónadas del pez espada (Xiphias gladius) en el Océano Pacífico Sur Oriental”. Proyecto Nº 36546-01. Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP), Ministerio de Economía (MINECON), Chile. Investigador Principal.
2021. “Trazabilidad genética y bioquímica de especies y productos pesqueros”. Proyecto Nº 36547-02. Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP), Ministerio de Economía (MINECON), Chile. Coinvestigador.
2021-2022. “Impacto de la desglaciación sobre la condición bioenergética de macro-invertebrados bentónicos antárticos con diferentes niveles tróficos”. Proyecto interdisciplinario CIBAS-UCSC. Investigador Principal.
2020-2022. “Algae-herbivore interactions modulated by upwelling in the context of global warming”. CONICYT FONDECYT Regular (N°1200813). Coinvestigador.
2019-2022. “Responses of marine invertebrates to climate driven environmental variation across a wide latitudinal range: A multidisciplinary approach with implications for the population dynamics and sustainability of fishery resources”. Concurso proyectos de investigación conjunta CONICYT Chile–BMBF Alemania. Programa de Cooperación Internacional (N° BMBF 180034). Investigador Principal.
2019-2020. “Which nursery is best for Peru’s baby smooth hammerhead sharks?”. Save Our Seas Foundation, Suiza (N°SOSF 521). Coinvestigador.
2018-2020. “Alexandrium catenella a través de la transferencia trófica: Efecto sobre la reproducción y ontogenia temprana del gastrópodo Muricido Chorus giganteus”. CONICYT FONDECYT Postdoctorado (Nº 3180316). Investigador Patrocinante (Investigadora Responsable: Dra. Paola Andrade).
2018-2019. “Efecto del ruido antropogénico sobre la conducta reproductiva y parámetros fisio-energéticos del recurso pesquero camarón de roca Rhynchocinetes typus en ambientes costeros del Pacífico Sur Oriental”. Proyecto Interdisciplinario CIBAS-UCSC. Investigador Principal.
2018-2022. “Programa de seguimiento de las principales pesquerías nacionales. Pesquería recursos altamente migratorios. Aspectos biológico-pesqueros”. Proyecto 581136. Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP), Ministerio de Economía (MINECON), Chile. Investigador Principal.
2017-2020. “Genetic, biochemical and reproductive mechanisms determining the evolution of life history strategies in marine invertebrates: Poecilogony species as study models. CONICYT FONDECYT Regular (N° 1170598). Coinvestigador.
2017-2019. “Ecología reproductiva y cultivo em laboratório dos caranguejos Dilocarcinus pagei”. Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil (FUNDECT 124/2017). Coinvestigador.
2017-2019. “Manejo de áreas protegidas, desenvolvimento ambiental e educação ambiental”. Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil (GEMAP Nº SIAFEM-NGS 25884). Coinvestigador.
2017-2019. “A multi-disciplinary approach to understand the impact of ice loss and deglaciation on Antarctic coastal benthic ecosystems”. Programa de Cooperación Internacional Chile / Reino Unido CONICYT-NERC (PII20150078). Coinvestigador.
2017-2018. “Disentangle trophic levels in a glacial Chilean Patagonian fjord (Channel Martinez), combining fatty acids and stable isotope analysis of key organisms living in a remote estuarine ecosystem”. Proyecto interdisciplinario CIBAS-UCSC (CIBASC 04/2017). Coinvestigador.
2017-2018. “Development of Carcinus maenas early stages under a scenario of climate change: Plastic responses to thermal and nutritional stress”. German Academic Exchange Service (Proyecto N° 57314023). Alemania. Coinvestigador.
2017-2021. “Species interactions in changing and exploited coastal seas”. Biologische Anstalt Helgoland. Alfred-Wegener-Institut (AWI), Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung, Alemania. Coinvestigador.
2017-2021. “Evolution and adaptation to climate change and anthropogenic stress in coastal and shelf system”. Biologische Anstalt Helgoland. Alfred-Wegener-Institut (AWI), Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung, Alemania. Coinvestigador.
2016-2018. “Programa de seguimiento de pesquerías de recursos altamente migratorios. enfoque ecosistémico”. Proyecto del Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP 585003-581125), Ministerio de Economía (MINECON), Chile. Coinvestigador.
2016-2017. “Valor agregado para organismos explotados en zonas de surgencia: evaluación de crecimiento y calidad de carne que mejoran el valor comercial”. Proyecto Universidad Andrés Bello (UNAB DI-1264-16/R). Coinvestigador.
2015-2017. “Variability and adaptive responses in reproductive traits of the squat lobster, Pleuroncodes monodon: Implications for population dynamics and sustainable exploitation”. CONICYT FONDECYT Iniciación (Nº 11140213). Investigador Principal.
2015-2016. “Evaluación directa de langostino amarillo y langostino colorado entre la II y VIII Regiones, año 2016”. Res. Ex. Nº1322-2016. Ministerio de Economía (MINECON). Subsecretaría de Pesca y Acuicultura. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Chile. Coinvestigador.
2014-2016. “Potenciamiento de la línea de manejo y uso sustentable de recursos marinos en la UCSC”. CONICYT Programa de Atracción e Inserción de Capital Humano Avanzado (PAI Nº 79130025), Chile. Investigador Principal.
Artículos científicos
Todas las publicaciones están indexadas en WoS (Core Collection: Science Citation Index Expanded), salvo que se indique otra indexación.
Urzúa Á, Gebert M (2025) Exploring the Potential of European Brown Shrimp (Crangon crangon) in Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture: Towards Achieving Sustainable and Diversified Coastal Systems. Oceans. https://doi.org/10.3390/oceans6030047
Urzúa Á, Gebert M (2025) Polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in marine ectotherms with different trophic levels under a global warming scenario: Interdisciplinary implications for the marine food chain, sustainable aquaculture, and human nutrition. Regional Studies in Marine Science. DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2025.104048.
Fernández F, Guzmán-Rivas F, Urzúa Á, Landaeta MF, Fusi M, Baldanzi S (2025) Maternal investment of kelp crabs from central Chile is associated with the level of environmental fluctuations and predictability. Marine Ecology Progress Series. DOI: 10.3354/meps14797.
García-Huidobro M, Zuloaga R, Llanos-Azocar K, Dettlef P, Aldana M, Urzúa Á, Duarte C, Molina A, Varas A, Pulgar VM, Valdés JA, Pulgar J (2025) Upwelling effects across different levels of biological organization: Integrating biochemical constituents, physiological performance and muscle transcriptomic response in the intertidal fish Girella
laevifrons (kyphosidae). Marine Environmental Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2025.107023.
Guzmán-Rivas F, Quispe-Machaca M, Lazo J, Ortega JC, Mora S, Barría Martínez P, Urzúa Á (2025) Fatty acid profiles of highly migratory resources from the Southeastern Pacific Ocean, Chile: A potential tool for biochemical and nutritional traceability. PeerJ. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.19101.
Quispe-Machaca M, Guzmán-Rivas F, Barría Martínez P, Ibañez C, Urzúa Á (2025) Fatty acid biomarkers reveal the interaction between two highly migratory species in the Southern Humboldt System: the swordfish and its prey, the jumbo squid. PeerJ. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.19129.
Jorquera E, Brante A, Urzúa Á, Sanders T, Ellis RP, Wilson R, Urbina MA (2024) Effects of elevated CO2 on the critical oxygen tension (Pcrit) and aerobic metabolism of two oxygen minimum zone (OMZ) hypoxia tolerant squat lobster species. Science of the Total Environment. 177508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177508.
Quispe-Machaca M, Zilleruelo M, Espinoza P, Torres G, Urzúa Á (2024) Living Along Distribution Margins: Differences in the Body and Biochemistry of Red Squat Lobster Morphotypes (Grimothea monodon) from the Humboldt Current System. Fishes. 9(11):445. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes9110445.
Anger K, Urzúa Á (2024) Evolutionary transitions of decapod crustaceans to non-marine, polar, and deep-sea environments: developmental, physiological and biochemical adaptations. Crustaceana. DOI: 10.1163/15685403-bja10390.
Andrade-Villagrán PV, Navarro JM, Villanueva PA, Polanco Y, Urzúa Á (2024) Ingestion of paralytic shellfish toxins in a carnivorous gastropod (Chorus giganteus): effects on their elemental composition and reproductive traits. Marine Environmental Research 195: 106366. DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106366.
Cataldo-Mendez C, Brante A, Urzúa Á (2024) The impact of glacial meltwater on the integrated bioenergetic condition of two key antartic benthic polychaetes (Maldane sarsi antarctica, Notomastus latericeus). Regional Studies in Marine Science 73: 103493. DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2024.103493.
García-Huidobro MR, Reyes M, Fuentes NC, Bruna T, Guzmán-Rivas F, Urzúa Á, Pulgar J, Aldana M (2024) Host-parasite dialogue: fecundity compensation mechanisms of Fissurella crassa. Frontiers in Marine Science 10: 1266405. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1266405.
Lazo-Andrade J, Barría P, Urzúa Á (2024) Bioenergetic status of swordfish (Xiphias gladius) during the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in the Southeast Pacific Ocean: an interannual scale. Science of The Total Environment 918: 170354. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170354.
Guzmán-Rivas F, Lazo-Andrade J, Quispe-Machaca M, Ortega JC, Mora S, Barría P, Urzúa Á (2023a) Biochemical-ecological composition and bio-stoichiometric ratios of swordfish (Xiphias gladius) gonads in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean. Regional Studies in Marine Science 63: 103031. DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2023.103031.
Guzmán-Rivas F, Ortega J, Mora S, Barría P, Riera R, Urzúa Á (2023b) Temporal and inter-individual changes in the integrated biochemical condition of the gonads of female swordfish (Xiphias gladius) from the Southeastern Pacific Ocean. PeerJ 11: e15524. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.15524.
Lazo-Andrade J, Guzmán-Rivas FA, Barría P, Urzúa Á (2023) Variability in the energy reserves of swordfish (Xiphias gladius) of the southeastern Pacific Ocean: a temporal and intra-individual perspective. Marine Environmental Research 190: 106081. DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.106081.
Urbina MA, da Silva Montes C, Schäfer A, Castillo N, Urzúa Á, Lagos ME (2023) Slow and steady hurts the crab: effects of chronic and acute microplastic exposures on a filter feeder crab. Science of The Total Environment 857: 159135. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159135.
Viña-Trillos N, Brante A, Urzúa Á (2023) Intraspecific variation in reproductive traits and embryo elemental composition of the crab Hemigrapsus crenulatus (Milne Edwards, 1837) across fluctuating coastal environments along Chilean coasts. Marine Environmental Research 188: 106023. DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.106023.
Yapur-Pancorvo AL, Quispe-Machaca M, Guzmán-Rivás F, Urzúa Á, Espinoza P (2023) The red squat lobster Pleuroncodes monodon in the Humboldt Current System: from their ecology to commercial attributes as marine bioresource. Animals 13(14): 2279. DOI: 10.3390/ani13142279.
Zuloaga R, Varas O, Ahrendt C, Pulgar VM, Valdés JA, Molina A, Duarte C, Urzúa Á, Guzmán-Rivas F, Aldana M, Pulgar J (2023) Revealing coastal upwelling impact on the muscle growth of an intertidal fish. Science of The Total Environment 858: 159810. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159810.
Andrade-Villagrán PV, Agüero MJ, Navarro JM, Urzúa Á (2022) The paralytic shellfish toxin effect on bioenergetic constituents of the fishery resource Chorus giganteus (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Marine Environmental Research 180: 105735. DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105735.
Figueroa-Muñoz G, Arismendi I, Urzúa Á, Guzmán-Rivas F, Fierro P, Gomez-Uchida D (2022) Consumption of marine-derived nutrients from invasive Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) transfer ω-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids to invasive resident rainbow trout (O. mykiss). Science of The Total Environment 844: 157077. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157077.
Guzmán-Rivas F, Quispe M, Urzúa Á (2022) Contrasting nursery habitats promote variations in the bioenergetic condition of juvenile female red squat lobsters (Pleuroncodes monodon) of the Southern Pacific Ocean. PeerJ 10: e13393. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13393.
Guzmán‐Rivas F, Quispe‐Machaca M, Olavarría L, Zilleruelo M, Urzúa Á (2022) Inter‐sexual comparison of body biomass, proximate biochemical composition, and fatty acid profiles of new juvenile squat lobsters (Pleuroncodes monodon) in the Southeast Pacific Ocean. Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective 43(1):. DOI: 10.1111/maec.12690.
Pulgar J, Moya A, Fernández M, Varas O, Guzmán-Rivas F, Urzúa Á, Quijón PA, García-Huidobro MR, Aldana M, Duarte C (2022) Upwelling enhances seaweed nutrient quality, altering feeding behavior and growth rates in an intertidal sea urchin, Loxechinus albus. Science of The Total Environment 851: 158307. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158307.
Quispe-Machaca M, Guzmán-Rivas FA, Ibáñez CM, Urzúa Á (2022) Trophodynamics of the jumbo squid Dosidicus gigas during winter in the Southeast Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile: diet analyses and fatty acid profile. Fisheries Research 245: 106154. DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2021.106154.
Bascur M, Morley SA, Meredith MP, Muñoz-Ramírez CP, Barnes DKA, Schloss IR, Sands CJ, Schofield O, Román-Gonzaléz A, Cárdenas L, Venables H, Brante A, Urzúa Á (2021) Interpopulational differences in the nutritional condition of Aequiyoldia eightsii (Protobranchia: Nuculanidae) from the Western Antarctic Peninsula during austral summer. PeerJ 9: e12679. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12679.
Guzmán-Rivas F, Quispe-Machaca M, Queirolo D, Ahumada M, Urzúa Á (2021) Latitudinal changes in the lipid content and fatty acid profiles of juvenile female red squat lobsters (Pleuroncodes monodon) in breeding areas of the Humboldt Current System. PLoS ONE 16(6): e0253314. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253314.
Lazo-Andrade J, Guzmán-Rivas F, Barría P, Ortega J, Mora S, Urzúa Á (2021a) Seasonal dynamics of biochemical composition and fatty acids of swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in the Southeast Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile. Marine Environmental Research 169: 105388. DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105388.
Lazo-Andrade J, Guzmán-Rivas F, Espinoza P, García-Huidobro MR, Aldana M, Pulgar J, Urzúa Á (2021b) Spatio-temporal changes in the biochemical parameters of the fishery resource Concholepas concholepas (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean. Regional Studies in Marine Science 44: 101735. DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2021.101735.
Lazo-Andrade J, Guzmán-Rivas FA, Espinoza P, García-Huidobro MR, Aldana M, Pulgar J, Urzúa Á (2021c) Temporal variations in the bioenergetic reserves of Concholepas concholepas (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in contrasting coastal environments from the Humboldt current system. Journal of Sea Research 167: 101970. DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2020.101970.
Quispe-Machaca M, Guzmán-Rivas FA, Ibáñez CM, Urzúa Á (2021) Intra-individual variability in biochemical constituents and fatty acid composition of adult jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas) in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Journal of Sea Research 174: 102082. DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2021.102082.
Ruiz-Ruiz PA, Contreras S, Quiroga E, Urzúa Á (2021a) Bioenergetic traits of three keystone marine species in the food web of a pristine Patagonian fjord. Journal of Sea Research 167: 101984. DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2020.101984.
Ruiz-Ruiz PA, Contreras S, Urzúa Á, Quiroga E, Rebolledo L (2021b) Fatty acid biomarkers in three species inhabiting a high latitude Patagonian fjord (Yendegaia Fjord, Chile). Polar Biology 44(1): 147-162. DOI: 10.1007/s00300-020-02788-y.
Segura-Cobeña E, Alfaro-Shigueto J, Mangel J, Urzúa Á, Górski K (2021) Stable isotope and fatty acid analyses reveal significant differences in trophic niches of smooth hammerhead Sphyrna zygaena (Carcharhiniformes) among three nursery areas in northern Humboldt Current System. PeerJ 9: e11283. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11283.
Viña-Trillos N, Urzúa Á (2021) Comparison of lipids and fatty acids among tissues of two semiterrestrial crabs reveals ecophysiological adaptations in changing coastal environments. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology 259: 111012. DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2021.111012.
Viña‐Trillos N, Guzmán‐Rivas F, Urzúa Á (2021) How does emersion time affect embryos of coastal marine invertebrate species? Biochemical responses of three porcelain crabs from the Southeastern Pacific. Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective 42(5):. DOI: 10.1111/maec.12677.
Viña-Trillos N, Guzmán-Rivas F, Urzúa Á (2021) The cascade of effects caused by emersion during early ontogeny in porcelain crabs of the Southeast Pacific coast: biochemical responses of offspring. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology 259: 111002. DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2021.111002.
Bascur M, Muñoz-Ramírez C, Román-González A, Sheen K, Barnes DKA, Sands CJ, Brante A, Urzúa Á (2020) The influence of glacial melt and retreat on the nutritional condition of the bivalve Nuculana inaequisculpta (Protobranchia: Nuculanidae) in the West Antarctic Peninsula. PLoS ONE 15(5): e0233513. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233513.
Doherty‐Weason D, Oyarzun F, Vera L, Bascur M, Guzmán F, Silva F, Urzúa Á, Brante A (2020) Bioenergetics of parental investment in two polychaete species with contrasting reproductive strategies: the planktotrophic Boccardia chilensis and the poecilogonic Boccardia wellingtonensis (Spionidae). Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective 41(1): e12574. DOI: 10.1111/maec.12574.
Guzmán F, Bascur M, Olavarria L, Mora S, Riera R, Urzúa Á (2020) Seasonal and interannual changes in reproductive parameters and eggs biochemical composition of the fishery resource Pleuroncodes monodon (Decapoda: Munididae) from the Humboldt Current System. Fisheries Research 221: 105404. DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2019.105404.
Doherty-Weason D, Oyarzun FX, Vera L, Bascur M, Guzmán F, Silva F, Urzúa Á, Brante A (2019) Role of the larval feeding morphology and digestive enzyme activity in the early development of the polychaete Boccardia wellingtonensis. PeerJ 7: e6151. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6151.
Ruiz-Ruiz PA, Hinojosa IA, Urzúa Á, Urbina MA (2019) Anthropogenic noise disrupts mating behavior and metabolic rate in a marine invertebrate. En: Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics Vol. 37 (p. 040006). Presentado en 5th International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, Acoustical Society of America, Den Haag, The Netherlands. DOI: 10.1121/2.0001302. Scopus.
Seguel V, Guzmán F, Bascur M, Riera R, Urzúa Á (2019) Temporal variation in larval biochemical condition at hatching of the red squat lobster Pleuroncodes monodon (Decapoda: Munididae) from Humboldt Current System. Invertebrate Reproduction & Development 63(4): 282-293. DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2019.1647471.
Bascur M, Guzmán F, Mora S, Espinoza P, Urzúa Á (2018) Temporal variation in the fatty acid composition of ovigerous females and embryos of the squat lobster Pleuroncodes monodon (Decapoda, Munididae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 98(8): 1977-1990. DOI: 10.1017/S002531541700145X.
Urzúa Á, Bascur M, Guzmán F, Urbina M (2018) Carry-over effects modulated by salinity during the early ontogeny of the euryhaline crab Hemigrapsus crenulatus from the Southeastern Pacific coast: development time and carbon and energy content of offspring. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology 217: 55-62. DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2018.01.001.
Viña N, Bascur M, Guzmán F, Riera R, Paschke K, Urzúa Á (2018) Interspecific variation in the physiological and reproductive parameters of porcelain crabs from the Southeastern Pacific coast: potential adaptation in contrasting marine environments. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology 226: 22-31. DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2018.07.006.
Bascur M, Guzmán F, Mora S, Urzúa Á (2017) Seasonal changes in the biochemical composition of females and offspring of red squat lobster, Pleuroncodes monodon (Decapoda, Munididae), from the Southeastern Pacific. Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective 38(2): e12419. DOI: 10.1111/maec.12419.
Hayd LAH, Anger K, Urzúa Á (2017) Growth, elemental and proximate biochemical composition of larval Amazon River prawn, Macrobrachium amazonicum, reared under different salinity conditions. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research 45(5): 983-991. DOI: 10.3856/vol45-issue5-fulltext-14.
Urzúa Á, Urbina MA (2017) Ecophysiological adaptations to variable salinity environments in the crab Hemigrapsus crenulatus from the Southeastern Pacific coast: sodium regulation, respiration and excretion. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology 210: 35-43. DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.05.010.
Espinoza C, Guzmán F, Bascur M, Urzúa Á (2016) Effect of starvation on the nutritional condition of early zoea larvae of the red squat lobster Pleuroncodes monodon (Decapoda, Munididae). Invertebrate Reproduction & Development 60(2): 152-160. DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2016.1174157.
Guzmán F, Olavarría L, Urzúa Á (2016) Seasonal variation in reproductive parameters of the squat lobster Pleuroncodes monodon from a South Pacific population. Invertebrate Reproduction & Development 60(2): 137-144. DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2016.1174155.
Urzúa Á, Anger K (2013) Seasonal variations in larval biomass and biochemical composition of brown shrimp, Crangon crangon (Decapoda, Caridea), at hatching. Helgoland Marine Research 67(2): 267-277. DOI: 10.1007/s10152-012-0321-4.
Urzúa Á, Guerao G, Cuesta JA, Rotllant G, Estévez A, Anger K (2013) The bioenergetic fuel for non-feeding larval development in an endemic palaemonid shrimp from the Iberian Peninsula Palaemonetes zariquieyi. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 46(6): 381-397. DOI: 10.1080/10236244.2013.857067.
Guerao G, Simeó C, Anger K, Urzúa Á, Rotllant G (2012) Nutritional vulnerability of early zoea larvae of the crab Maja brachydactyla (Brachyura, Majidae). Aquatic Biology 16(3): 253-264. DOI: 10.3354/ab00457.
Urzúa Á, Paschke K, Gebauer P, Anger K (2012) Seasonal and interannual variations in size, biomass and chemical composition of the eggs of North Sea shrimp, Crangon crangon (Decapoda: Caridea). Marine Biology 159(3): 583-599. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1837-x.
Guerao G, Hernández E, Urzúa Á (2011) Early zoeal development of the shrimp Hippolyte leptocerus (Decapoda, Caridea, Hippolytidae). Zootaxa 2988(1): 53. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2988.1.4.
Urzúa Á, Anger K (2011) Larval biomass and chemical composition at hatching in two geographically isolated clades of the shrimp Macrobrachium amazonicum: intra- or interspecific variation? Invertebrate Reproduction & Development 55(4): 236-246. DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2011.576155.
Libros
Urzua A (2012) Inter- and intraspecific variations in reproductive and developmental traits of decapod crustaceans: tentative adaptive value in variable environments. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel. Germany. 264 pp. URL: https://macau.uni-kiel.de/receive/diss_mods_00010541.
Cursos que dicta
Pregrado
- Fisiología General
- Ecofisiología Animal
- Seminario de Investigación
- Actividad Práctica Complementaria
- Habilitación Profesional
Postgrado
- Biología Reproductiva y Larval de Organismos Acuáticos
- Ecofisiología Animal
- Estequiometría Ecológica
- Pesca y Acuicultura
Estudios y experiencia anterior
Grados académicos
- Licenciado en Ciencias, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
- Magíster en Acuicultura, Universidad Austral de Chile, Puerto Montt, Chile.
- PhD in Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.), Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Alemania.
- Postdoctorado en Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (AWI), Alemania.
- Postdoctorado en Instituto Fraunhofer IMTE, Lübeck, Alemania.
Título profesional
- Biólogo Marino, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile
Líneas de investigación
Fisiología Animal
Pesca y Acuicultura
Ecología Marina
Fisiología Animal
Pesca y Acuicultura
Ecología Marina
Más información
Este académico también es parte del Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Ambientes Sustentables (CIBAS) de la UCSC.