El Dr. Leonardo Castro es investigador titular de la línea 3 de COPAS Sur-Austral y Profesor Titular del Departamento de Oceanografía de la Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas de la Universidad de Concepción.
Correo: lecastro@oceanografia.udec.cl
Teléfono: 56(41)-2203178
Área de especialización
Oceanografía Biológica, Oceanografía Pesquera, Ecología Marina.
Líneas de investigación
Ecología de huevos y larvas de peces e invertebrados con énfasis en especies de importancia comercial. Procesos oceanográficos que afectan la distribución, sobrevivencia y aspectos de la fisiología de huevos y larvas, tales como tasas de desarrollo, crecimiento, alimentación, migraciones y transporte. Oceanografía Biológica sobre transferencia de carbono, tramas tróficas y biomarcadores en zoo-, icitioplancton y peces.
Antecedentes académicos
| 1995 | Doctor en Oceanografía Costera, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Estados Unidos. |
| 1990 | Master en Ciencias Medioambientales Marinas, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Estados Unidos. |
| 1985 | Biólogo Marino, Universidad de Concepción, Chile. |
Miembro de comités y consejos/otras afiliaciones
2015 Miembro del Comité ejecutivo del Programa CIMAR-Fiordos
2010 Presidente del “Grupo de Estudio Biología I” (Biología Marina y Ecología) de FONDECYT
2009- 2008 Miembro del “Grupo de Estudio Biología I” (Biología Marina y Ecología) de FONDECYT
Number of publications: 64
Publicaciones
| Name | Autores | Palabras clave | Año |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inferred transport of early life stages of Patagonian grenadier (Macruronus magellanicus) between northern Patagonian channels and the continental shelf | Carlos Veroes, Leonardo Castro, Mario Cáceres | Macruronus magellanicus, Patagonian grenadier, connectivity, larval, fluxes, estuaries, fish eggs. | 2022 |
| Role of Vertically Migrating and Not‑Migrating Large Crustacean Zooplankton as Potential Consumers of Spring Phytoplankton in an Inshore Patagonian Gulf | Leonardo R. Castro, José Luis Iriarte, Samuel Soto, Humberto González | Patagonia, Zooplankton, Carbon flux, Fjords,· Vertical migrations, Estuaries | 2022 |
| Small differences in diet facilitate the coexistence of three forage fish species in an inshore Northern Patagonian habitat | Lauren E. Wiesebron, Leonardo R. Castro, Samuel Soto, Jorge Castillo | Trophic ecology, Northern Patagonia, forage fish, stable isotopes, zooplankton, diet partitioning, competition | 2022 |
| Intraseasonal variation in southeast Pacific blue whale acoustic presence, zooplankton backscatter, and oceanographic variables on a feeding ground in Northern Chilean Patagonia. | Susannah J. Buchan, Iván Pérez-Santos, Diego Narváez, Leonardo Castro, Kathleen M. Stafford, Mark F. Baumgartner, Arnoldo Valle-Levinson, Paulina Montero, Laura Gutiérrez, Constanza Rojas, Giovanni Daneri, Sergio Neira | Blue whales, Euphausiids, Passive acoustics, Active acoustics, Estuaries, Backscatter, Tidal forcing, Wind stress | 2021 |
| Isotopic niche and niche overlap in benthic crustacean and demersal fish associated to the bottom trawl fishing in south-central Chile. | Tania Ponce, Luis A. Cubillos,Javier Ciancio, Leonardo R. Castro, Miguel Araya | Isotopes, Isotopic niche, Niche overlap, Community, Trophic dimension | 2021 |
| Separate feeding between the pelagic stage of the squat lobster Munida gregaria and the larger body sized zooplankton crustacean groups in the Beagle Channel as revealed by stable isotopes. | Leonardo R. Castro, Humberto E. González, José Garcés-Vargas and Pamela Barrientos | Beagle channel, Stable isotopes, Munida gregaria, Euphausia vallentini, Zooplankton, Patagonia | 2021 |
| Physical and Biogeochemical Regionalization of the Southern Ocean and the CCAMLR Zone 48.1 | Giovanni Testa, Andrea Piñones, Leonardo R. Castro | Southern Ocean, CCAMLR 48.1, regionalization, spatial variability, biogeochemistry | 2021 |
| Prey items of baleen whale species off the coast of Chile from fecal plume analysis. | Susannah J. Buchan, Paulina Vásquez, Carlos Olavarría, Leonardo R. Castro | N/A | 2021 |
| Distribution, abundance and ecological requirements of the benthic phase of Munida gregaria (Anomura; Munididae) in the Puyuhuapi Fjord (Chilean Patagonia). | F.Bettia, L.R.Castro, G.Bavestrello, F.Enrichetti, G.Daneri | Lobster krill, Munididae, Aggregations, Feeding ecology, Habitat conservation | 2020 |
| Effects of salinity changes on hatching, hatching gene expression and hatching enzyme expression in Engraulis ringens eggs. | Leonardo Castro, Violeta Morín, Oger Tiznado, Andrea Miranda, Samuel Soto, Matías González. | N/A | 2020 |
| Connectivity in early life stages of the southern hake, Merluccius australis, in northern Chilean Patagonia. | Eduardo A. Flores, Carolina Parada, Leonardo R. Castro, Diego A. Narvaez, Hector H. Sepúlveda | Merluccius australis, Early life stages, Individual-based model, Connectivity, Patagonia | 2020 |
| Daily anchovy Engraulis ringens egg mortality rates in different spawning zones along the Chilean coast. | Bustos Blanca, Cubillos Luis A., Claramunt Gabriel, Castro Leonardo R. | Egg survival, Patchiness index, Spawning area, Dispersion, Aggregation, Small pelagic fish, Northern Chile, Central-southern Chile | 2020 |
| Elucidating trophic pathways of the most abundant fish larvae in northern Patagonia using δ13C and δ15N isotopes. | Ainhoa Bernal Bajo, Leonardo R. Castro, David Costalago | Fuentes de Carbono, Ichtioplancton, Isótopos estables, Mar de Chiloé, Sistemas estuarinos, Patagonia, Fiordos | 2020 |
| Ichthyoplankton distribution and feeding habits of fish larvae at the inshore zone of northern Patagonia, Chile. | Ainhoa Bernal Bajo, Leonardo R. Castro, Samuel Soto & Luis A. Cubillos | Estadios tempranos de peces, Sistema estuarino, Composición dietaria, Patagonia, Fiordos, Estrategia alimenticia, Cambios de mesoescala | 2020 |
| Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) Events and Water Response in a Patagonian Fjord. | Lauren Ross, Iván Pérez-Santos, Brigitte Parady, Leonardo Castro, Arnoldo Valle-Levinson, Wolfgang Schneider | Zooplankton, GLOF, Patagonia, Migración vertical diel, Sedimentos | 2020 |
| Stable isotopes (δ13C, δ15N) seasonal changes in particulate organic matter and in different life stages of anchoveta (Engraulis ringens) in response to local and large scale oceanographic variations in north and central Chile. | Leonardo R. Castro, Valeria González, Gabriel Claramunt, Pamela Barrientos, Samuel Soto | Isotopos Estables, Corriente de Humboldt, La Niña, Peces pelágicos, Ictioplancton | 2020 |
| Otolith elemental composition reveals separate spawning areas of anchoveta, Engraulis ringens, off central Chile and northern Patagonia | María José Cuevas, Konrad Górski, Leonardo R. Castro, Aurélien Vivancos, Malcolm Reid | Patagonia, Sistema de Corrientes de Humboldt, Pequeños Pelágicos, Otolitos, Anchoveta | 2019 |
| Vertical distribution, specific gravity, and free amino acids in anchoveta Engraulis ringens eggs under contrasting spawning habitat conditions | Castro L.R., Claramunt G., Espinoza R., Azocar C., Soto-Mendoza S., Krautz M.C., Pantoja S. | N/A | 2019 |
| Inter-annual and seasonal variations in the Outer and Inner Sea spawning zones of southern hake, Merluccius australis, inferred from early life stages distributions in Chilean Patagonia. | Flores E.A., Castro L.R., Narváez D.A., Lillo S., Balbontín F., Osorio-Zúñiga F. | Merluccius australis, Early life stages, Chilean Patagonia, Spawning zones, Hydrographic data, Environmental conditions, Merlucciidae | 2019 |
| Ontogenetic and short-term fluctuations in the residence depth of young pelagic stages of Munida gregaria in different zones of northern Patagonia. | Castro L.R., Soto-Mendoza S., González-Saldías F. | Squat lobster, Munida, Diel vertical migrations, Patagonia, Fjords, Zoea, Megalopa | 2018 |
| Low spring primary production and microplankton carbon biomass in Sub-Antarctic Patagonian channels and fjords (50–53°S). | Iriarte J.L., Cuevas L.A, Cornejo F, Silva N., González H.E., Castro L., Montero P., Vargas C.A., Daneri G. | Plankton carbon, Fjords system, Patagonia primary production, Freshwater haline stratification | 2018 |
| Turbulence and hypoxia contribute to dense biological scattering layers in a Patagonian fjord system. | Pérez-Santos I., Castro L., Ross L., Niklitschek E., Mayorga N., Cubillos L., Gutierrez M., Escalona E., Castillo M., Alegría N., Daneri G. | N/A | 2018 |
| Hydrographic and Biological Impacts of a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) in a Patagonian Fjord. | Meerhoff E., Castro L.R., Tapia J.F.,Pérez-Santos I. | GLOF, Fjord, Mixing, Squat lobster, Stable isotope, Trophic level | 2018 |
| The impact of kraft pulping effluent on egg survival and hatching success in two species of Clupeiformes (Teleostei). | Llanos-Rivera A, Castro L.R., Vásquez P., Silva J., Bay-Schmith E. | Egg mortality, Engraulis, Hatching, Secondary-treated effluent, Strangomera, Toxicity test | 2018 |
| Stable isotope (δ13C and δ15N) and trophic position in Patagonian sprat (Sprattus fuegensis) in the Northern zone of the Chilean Patagonia. | Montecinos S., Castro L.R. &. Neira S. | Small pelagic fish, Fjords, Sprat | 2016 |
| Record of a larval whalefish (family Cetomimidae) from near the Juan Fernández seamounts, southeastern Pacific Ocean. | Herrera G.A., Landaeta M.F., Castro L.R. | Cetomimidae, larva, whalefish, Juan Fernandez Seamounts | 2016 |
| Carbon flow through the pelagic food web in southern Chilean Patagonia: relevance of Euphausia vallentini as a key species. | González H.E., Graeve M., Kattner G., Silva N., Castro L., Iriarte J.L., Osmán L., Daneri G., Vargas C.A. | Chilean Patagonia, Euphausia vallentini, Pelagic carbon flux, Euphausiid diet | 2016 |
| UV radiation effects on the embryos of anchoveta Engraulis ringens and common sardine Strangomera bentincki off Central Chile. | Vásquez. P., Llanos-Rivera A., Castro L.R., Fernández. C. | Embryo buoyancy, Fish embryos, Hatching, Malformations, Natural mortality, Small pelagic fish, Survival, Vertical distribution. | 2015 |
| Carbon flows through the pelagic sub-foodweb in two basins of the Chilean Patagonian coastal ecosystem: The significance of coastal-ocean connection on ecosystem parameters. | Pavés H., González H.E., Castro L.R. & Iriarte J.L. | Ecopath, Microbial loop, Traditional food web, Patagonian coastal ecosystem | 2015 |
| Influence of estuarine and secondary circulation on crustacean larval fluxes – a case study from a Patagonian fjord. | Meerhoff E., Tapia F.J., Sobarzo M., Castro L. | Crustacean larvae, Flux, Fjord, Larval retention, Export | 2015 |
| Twilight vertical migrations of zooplankton in a Chilean fjord. | Valle-Levinson A., Castro L., Cáceres M., Pizarro O. | N/A | 2014 |
| Spatial structure of the meroplankton community along a Patagonian fjord – The role changing freshwaters inputs. | Meerhoff E., Tapia F.J., Castro L. | N/A | 2014 |
| Fatty acids in Merluccius australis tissues, a comparison between females from inshore and offshore spawning areas in the Chilean Patagonia. | Medina G., Castro L., Pantoja S. | Fatty acids, DHA and EPA, Patagonia, Southern hake, Demersal fish | 2014 |
| Development of free neuromasts in Engraulis ringens and Strangomera bentincki (Teleostei, Clupeiformes) early larvae. | Llanos-Rivera A., Herrera G., Tarifeño E., Castro L. | Neuromasts, Larvae, Engraulis, Strangomera, Clupeiforms, Chile | 2014 |
| Massive salp outbreaks in the inner sea of Chiloé Island (Southern Chile): possible causes and ecological consequences. | Giesecke R., Clement A., Garcés-Vargas J., Mardones J., González H., Caputo L. & Castro L. | Ihlea magalhanica, outbreak, salmon mortality, Chiloé Island, Southern Chile. | 2014 |
| Simulation of fishery-induced changes on the reproductive cycle of common sardine, Strangomera bentincki, off central southern Chile. | Cubillos L.A., Claramunt G., Castro L.R. | Spawning time, Small pelagic fish, Fishing mortality, Demographic effects | 2014 |
| Environmental conditions, early life stages distributions and larval feeding of patagonian sprat Sprattus fuegensis and common sardine Strangomera bentincki in fjords and channels of the northern Chilean Patagonia. | Contreras T., Castro L.R., Montecinos S., González H.E., Soto S., Muñoz M.I., Palma S. | N/A | 2014 |
| Variation in the spawning periods of Engraulis ringens and Strangomera bentincki off the coasts of Chile: A quantitative analysis. | Claramunt G., Cubillos L.A., Castro L., Hernández C., Arteaga M. | Spawning periods, Reproductive potential, Spawning, Anchovy, Sardine | 2014 |
| Metabolic responses of the squat lobster (Pleuroncodes monodon) larvae to low oxygen concentration. | Yannicelli B., Paschke K., González R.R., Castro L.R. | N/A | 2013 |
| Ecophysiological constraints on the larvae of Pleuroncodes monodon and the implications for its reproductive strategy in poorly oxygenated waters of the Chile-Peru undercurrent. | Yannicelli B., Castro L.R. | N/A | 2013 |
| Influence of freshwater discharges and tides on the abundance and distribution of larval and juvenile Munida gregaria in the Baker river estuary, Chilean Patagonia. | Meerhoff E., Castro L., Tapia F.J. | Freshwater discharge variability, Tidal scale variability, Crustacean larvae, Crustacean juveniles, Estuary | 2013 |
| Malformations in the embryonic development of Engraulis ringens (Clupeiformes) in a spawning area off central-southern Chile: description and rates. | Llanos-Rivera A., Vásquez A., Castro L. | Anchoveta, Central–southern Chile, Embryo, Malformation rate | 2013 |
| Vertical distribution and gas bladder inflation/deflation in postlarval anchoveta Engraulis ringens during upwelling events. | Landaeta M.F., Castro L.R. | Vertical migration, Ekman layer, Advection, Chile, Ichthyoplankton | 2013 |
| Concentration of ascorbic acid and antioxidant response in early life stages of Engraulis ringens and zooplankton during the spawning seasons of 2006-2009 off central Chile. | Krautz M. C., Castro L. R., González M., Llanos-Rivera A., Montes I., González H., Gonzalez R. R., Vera J. C. | N/A | 2013 |
| Land–ocean gradient in haline stratification and its effects on plankton dynamics and trophic carbon fluxes in Chilean Patagonian fjords (47–50°S). | González H. E., Castro L., Daneri G., Iriarte J.L., Silva N., Tapia F.J., Teca E., Vargas C.A. | N/A | 2013 |
| Distribution of Pleuroncodes monodon larvae over the continental shelf of south-central Chile: field and modeling evidence for partial local retention and transport. | Yannicelli B., Castro L., Parada C., Schneider W., Colas F., Donoso D. | N/A | 2012 |
| Effects of seasonal variability in across- and alongshore transport of anchoveta ( Engraulis ringens ) larvae on model-based pre-recruitment indices off central Chile. | Parada C., Colas F., Soto-Mendoza S., Castro L. | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00796611 | 2012 |
| Seasonal and annual variation in Chilean hake Merluccius gayi spawning locations and egg size off central Chile. | Landaeta M.F., Castro L.R. | N/A | 2012 |
| Concentration of ascorbic acid and innate immune effectors in Engraulis ringens and Strangomera bentincki during their main spawning period (2007–2008) in the Humboldt current system off Chile. | Krautz M.C., Castro L.R., González M., Vera J.C., González H.E. | N/A | 2012 |
| Inter-annual reproductive trait variation and spawning habitat preferences of Engraulis ringens off northern Chile. | Claramunt G., Castro L. R., Cubillos L. A., Hirche H. J., Perez G., Braun M. | Spawning areas, Egg production, Fecundity, Anchoveta. | 2012 |
| Variations in type, width, volume and carbon content of anchoveta Engraulis ringens food items during the early larval stages. | Yañez-Rubio A., Llanos-Rivera A., Castro L.R., Claramunt G., Herrera L | N/A | 2011 |
| Seasonal and vertical distributional patterns of siphonophores and medusae in the Chiloé Interior Sea, Chile. | Palma S., Silva N., Retamal M.C., Castro L. | Siphonophores, Medusae, Seasonal distribution, Vertical distribution, Southern Chile | 2011 |
| Transition period from larva to juvenile in anchoveta Engraulis ringens . Length or age related? | Moreno P., Claramunt G., Castro L.R. | N/A | 2011 |
| Seasonal plankton variability in Chilean Patagonia fjords: Carbon flow through the pelagic food web of Aysen Fjord and plankton dynamics in the Moraleda Channel basin. | González H.E., Castro L., Daneri G., Iriarte J.L., Silva N., Vargas C.A., Giesecke R., Sánchez N. | Chilean Patagonia, Fjord and channel ecosystems, Plankton dynamics | 2011 |
| Short-term variations in mesozooplankton, ichthyoplankton, and nutrients associated with semi-diurnal tides in a patagonian Gulf. | Castro L.R., Cáceres M.A., Silva N., Muñoz M.I., León R., Landaeta M.F., Soto-Mendoza S. | Patagonian fjords, Tidal mixing, Mesozooplankton, Ichthyoplankton, Copepodites, Zoea | 2011 |
| Anormalidades durante el desarrollo embrionario de sardina común, Strangomera bentincki en el ambiente natural. | Vásquez P., Llanos-Rivera A., Castro L. | Frequency of abnormalities, Malformations, Fish eggs | 2010 |
| Distribution of carnivorous gelatinous zooplankton in the upwelling zone off central Chile (austral spring 2001). | Pavéz M.A., Landaeta M.F., Castro L.R., Schneider W. | N/A | 2010 |
| Distribution patterns, larval growth and hatch dates of early stages of the mote sculpin Normanichthys crockeri (Scorpaeniformes, Normanichthyidae) in the upwelling ecosystem off central Chile. | Landaeta M.F., Inostroza P.A., Ramírez A., Soto-Mendoza S., Castro L.R. | Ichthyoplankton, Spawning, Otolith, Southeast Pacific | 2010 |
| Changes in metabolic substrates during early development in anchoveta Engraulis ringens (Jenyns 1842) in the Humboldt Current. | Krautz M.C., Vásquez S., Castro L.R., González M., Llanos-Rivera A., Pantoja S. | N/A | 2010 |
| Primary production and plankton dynamics in the Reloncaví Fjord and the Interior Sea of Chiloé, Northern Patagonia, Chile. | González H.E., Calderón M.J., Castro L., Clement A., Cuevas L.A., Daneri, G., Iriarte J.L., Lizárraga L., Martínez R., Menschel E., Silva N., Carrasco C., Valenzuela C., Vargas C.A., Molinet C. | Interior Sea of Chiloé, Patagonia marine ecosystem, Carbon budget | 2010 |
| Fatty acids in eggs of anchoveta Engraulis ringens during two contrasting winter spawning seasons. | Castro L.R., Claramunt G., González H.E., Krautz M.C., Llanos-Rivera A., Méndez J., Schneider W., Soto, S. | Fatty acids, Anchovies, Fish eggs, Upwelling, Egg volume, Humboldt Current | 2010 |
| Variability in oocyte size and batch fecundity in anchoveta ( Engraulis ringens , Jenyns 1842) from two spawning areas off the Chilean coast. | Leal E.M., Castro L.R., Claramunt G. | Oocyte size, Inter-population variations, Humboldt Current, Small pelagic, Egg size, Latitudinal variations | 2009 |
| Egg trait variation in anchoveta Engraulis ringens : a maternal response to changing enviromental conditions in contrasting spawning habitats. | Castro L.R., Claramunt G., Krautz M.C., Llanos-Rivera A., Moreno P. | Anchoveta, Engraulis ringens, Upwelling, Reproductive strategy, Egg quality, Lipids, Humboldt Current, Small pelagic fishes | 2009 |
| Dispersal of Munida gregaria (Decapoda: Galatheidae) larvae in Patagonian channels of southern Chile. | León R., Castro L., Cáceres M. | N/A | 2008 |
