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libros y cAPÍTULOS

Algas. Una introducción a la ficología

Santiago : RIL editores • Universidad Andrés Bello, 2022.

Alexis Bellorín Romero, Cristian Bulboa Contador, Loretto Contreras-Porcia

Ramírez ML, Bulboa C, Contreras-Porcia L & Mora, AM.

ISBN:  978-956-01-0536-3

Ril Editores
2018
Flora Marina Bentónica de Quintay

Loretto Contreras-Porcia, Matías Araya, Elizabeth Garrido, Cristian Bulboa, Jean Pierre Remonsellez, Javier Zapata, Camila Espinoza & Jorge Rivas.

Biochar production from seaweeds.
Protocols for Macroalgae Research. Edited by Charrier B, Wichard T, Reddy CRK, Eds CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.
2018

Manoj Kumar, Loretto-Contreras Porcia, Nirali M. Kumar, John Bothwell, Peter J. Ralph.

Quantification and Localization of Reactive Oxygen Species in Marine Macrophytes.
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Protocols for Macroalgae Research. Edited by Charrier B, Wichard T, Reddy CRK, Eds CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
2018

M. Kumar, U. Kuzhiumparambil, P.J. Ralph, L. Contreras-Porcia.

Polyamines: Stress Metabolite in Marine Macrophytes.
Algal green chemistry: Recent progress in biotechnology. Elsevier.
2017

Loretto Contreras-Porcia, Camilo López-Cristoffanini, Andrés Meynard & Manoj Kumar.

Tolerance pathways to desiccation stress in seaweeds.
System Biology of Marine Ecosystems. Springer.
2017

Loretto Contreras-Porcia, Andrés Meynard, Camilo López-Cristoffanini, Nicolas Latorre & Manoj Kumar.

Marine metal pollution and effects on seaweed species.
System Biology of Marine Ecosystems. Springer.
2017

Loretto Contreras-Porcia & Camilo López-Cristoffanini.

Proteomics in Seaweeds: Ecological Interpretations

Publicaciones

seleccionadas

Journals
Ancla 1

Sustainable Biorefinery of Ulva stenophylloides, a Green-Tide Species from the South Pacific Coast: A study on Antioxidant, Oligosaccharide, and Ulvan Extraction

Algal Research, 2024, 103785,
ISSN 2211-9264,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2024.103785.

Loretto Contreras-Porcia, María Dolores Torres, Herminia Domínguez, Julie Queffelec, Florentina Piña, Sheyma Inoubli, Rebeca Aldunate, Francisca C. Bronfman, Nancy Pizarro, Fernanda Toro-Mellado, Maximillian Pozo-Sotelo, María Gallardo-Campos, Benjamín Pinilla-Rojas, Jorge Rivas, Jean Pierre Remonsellez

A physiological analysis of desiccation stress in the green tide species Ulva stenophylloides and Ulva uncialis in the South Pacific

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2024, 12(11), 1893; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12111893

 

Javiera Mutizabal-Aros; Andrés Meynard; Loretto Contreras-Porcia

Morphological and Molecular Identification of Ulva spp. (Ulvophyceae;
Chlorophyta) from Algarrobo Bay, Chile: Understanding the composition of
Green Tides

Plants 2024, 13(9), 1258; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13091258

Javiera Mutizabal-Aros, María Eliana Ramírez, Pilar A. Haye,
Andrés Meynard, Benjamín Pinilla-Rojas, Alejandra Núñez Gallego, Nicolás
Latorre-Padilla, Francesca V. Search, Fabian J. Tapia, Gonzalo S. Saldías,
Sergio A. Navarrete, Loretto Contreras-Porcia

Expansion of marine pollution along the coast: negative effects on kelps and contamination transference to benthic herbivores?

Marine Environmental Research
Volume 192, November 2023
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.106229

Loretto Contreras-Porcia, Andrés Meynard, Cristian Bulboa, Paulina Vargas, Jorge Rivas, Nicolás Latorre-Padilla, Sergio Navarrete, Francesca Search, Carolina Oyarzo-Miranda, Fernanda Toro-Mellado 

Controlled cultivation of different stages of Pyropia orbicularis (Rhodophyta; Bangiales) from the South Pacific coast

Aquaculture Reports
Volume 30, June 2023, 101594
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2023.101594

Florentina Piña, Alejandra Núñez, Matías Araya, Jorge Rivas, Constanza Hernández, Cristian Bulboa and Loretto Contreras-Porcia

Seaweed Biochar (Sourced from Marine Water Remediation Farms) for Soil Remediation: Towards an Integrated Approach of Terrestrial-Coastal Marine Water Remediation

BioResources 

Vol. 18 No. 3 (2023)
DOI: 10.15376/biores.18.3.4637-4656

Rosanna Ginocchio, Matías Araya, Jéssica Machado, Luz María de la Fuente, Fabiola Orrego, Eduardo C. Arellano and Loretto Contreras-Porcia

Indoor and Outdoor Cultures of Gracilaria chilensis: Determination of Biomass Growth and Molecular Markers for Biomass Quality Evaluation

Plants 2023, 12(6), 1340
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12061340 
2023

Caroca-Valencia S, Rivas J, Araya M, Núñez A, Piña F, Toro-Mellado F, Contreras-Porcia L.

Seaweed restocking along the Chilean coast: History, Present, and inspiring Recommendations for sustainability

Front. Mar. Sci.
Sec. Marine Fisheries, Aquaculture and Living Resources

9:1062481.
doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.1062481
2023

Oyarzo-Miranda C, Otaíza R, Bellorín A, Vega JMA, Tala F, Lagos NA, Oyarzún FX, Estévez RA,

Latorre-Padilla N, Mora AM, Figueroa-Fa´ brega L, Jara-Yáñez R, Bulboa C and Contreras-Porcia L

Desiccation Stress Tolerance in Porphyra and Pyropia Species: A Latitudinal Analysis along the Chilean Coast

PLANTS 
2023, 12(1), 12

Contreras-Porcia, Loretto, Andrés Meynard, Florentina Piña, Manoj Kumar, Carlos Lovazzano, Alejandra Núñez, and María Rosa Flores-Molina.

Heavy Metal Depuration Steps for Gracilaria chilensis in Outdoor Culture Systems

MOLECULES
27(20): 6832, 2022

Rivas, Jorge, Florentina Piña, Matías Araya, Nicolás Latorre-Padilla, Benjamín Pinilla-Rojas, Sofía Caroca, Francisca C. Bronfman, and Loretto Contreras-Porcia.

Indoor cultivation of Agarophyton chilense (Florideophyceae, Rhodophyta) from microthalli

RBMO
Vol. 56, N°3: 186-199, 2021

Jorge Rivas, Alejandra Núñez, Francisco Castañeda, Francisca Erazo, Matias Araya, Loretto Contreras-Porcia

Effect of pyrolysis temperature on copper aqueous removal capability of biochar derived from the kelp Macrocystis pyrifera

Applied Sciences
2021, 11(19), 9223

Matías Araya, Jorge Rivas, Graciela Sepúlveda, Camila Espinoza-González, Sebastián Lira, Andrés Meynard, Rosanna Ginocchio, Elizabeth Garrido-Ramírez, Loretto Contreras-Porcia

Transfer of Pollutants from Macrocystis pyrifera to Tetrapygus niger in a Highly Impacted Coastal Zone of Chile

Toxics
2021, 9(10), 244

Nicolás Latorre-Padilla, Andrés Meynard, Jorge Rivas & Loretto Contreras-Porcia

Assessment of the independent and combined effects of Copper and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on gametophytes and sporophytes development of the kelp Lessonia spicata (Phaeophyceae, Ochrophyta)

Journal of Applied Phycology
02 Agosto 2021

Camila Espinoza-González, Andrés Meynard, Alejandra Núñez, Francisco Castañeda, Carolina Oyarzo-Miranda, Jorge Rivas & Loretto Contreras-Porcia

Negative Consequences on the Growth, Morphometry, and Community Structure of the Kelp Macrocystis pyrifera (Phaeophyceae, Ochrophyta) by a Short Pollution Pulse of Heavy Metals and PAHs

Toxics
2021, 9(8), 190

Roddy Jara-Yáñez, Andrés Meynard, Gladys Acosta, Nicolás Latorre-Padilla, Carolina Oyarzo-Miranda, Francisco Castañeda, Florentina Piña, Jorge Rivas, Cristian Bulboa & Loretto Contreras-Porcia

Enhancement of Xanthophyll Synthesis in Porphyra/Pyropia Species (Rhodophyta, Bangiales) by Controlled Abiotic Factors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Marine Drugs
2021, 19(4), 221

Florentina Piña & Loretto Contreras-Porcia

Characterization of an Agarophyton chilense oleoresin containing PPARγ natural ligands with insulin-sensitizing effects in a C57BL/6J mouse model of diet-induced obesity and antioxidant activity in Caenorhabditis elegans

Nutrients
2021, 13(6), 1828

Claudio Pinto, María,Raquel Ibañez, Gloria Loyola, Luisa León, Yasmin Salvatore, Carla Gonzalez, Victor Barraza, Francisco Castañeda, Rebeca Aldunate, Loretto Contreras-Porcia, Karen Fuenzalida & Francisca C Bronfman

Enhancement of Xanthophyll Synthesis in Porphyra/Pyropia Species (Rhodophyta, Bangiales) by Controlled Abiotic Factors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Marine Drugs
2021, 19(4), 221

Florentina Piña & Loretto Contreras-Porcia

Ingestion of contaminated kelps by the herbivore Tetrapygus niger: negative effects on food intake, growth, fertility, and early development

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumen 167, Junio 2021, 112365

Nicolás Latorre, Andrés Meynard, Fernanda Oyarzun, Loretto Contreras-Porcia

Synergistic, antagonistic, and additive effects of heavy metals (copper and cadmium) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) under binary and tertiary combinations in key habitat-forming kelp species of Chile

Environmental Science and Pollution Research
28, 18300–18307(2021)

Andrés Meynard, Camila Espinoza, Alejandra Núñez, Francisco Castañeda, Loretto Contreras-Porcia

Secondary attachment disc of edible seaweed Chondracanthus chamissoi (Rhodophyta, Gigartinales): establishment of permanent thalli stock
Aquaculture 
530 (2021) 735954

Sebastián Oyarzo Barria, Marcela Ávila, Paula Alvear, Jean Pierre Remonsellez, Loretto Contreras-Porcia, Cristian Bulboa

Coastal pollution from the industrial park Quintero bay of central Chile: effects on abundance, morphology, and development of the kelp Lessonia spicata (Phaeophyceae)
PLoS ONE 
15 (2020) e0240581

Carolina Oyarzo-Miranda ; Nicolás Latorre; Andrés Meynard; Jorge Rivas; Cristian Bulboa; Loretto Contreras-Porcia

Molecular identification, growth, and reproduction of Colaconema daviesii (Rhodophyta; Colaconematales) endophyte of the edible red seaweed Chondracanthus chamissoi
Journal of Applied Phycology
(32, 3533–3542 (2020)

Valentina Montoya, Andrés Meynard, Loretto Contreras-Porcia, Cristian Bulboa Contador

Spores re-suspending technology, a new system improving spore seeding for culture of commercial red seaweeds
Aquaculture
526, 2020, 735374.

Ignacio Pérez Massad, Marcela Ávila, Loretto Contreras-Porcia, Cristian Bulboa Contador

Development of six novel microsatellite markers for the Chilean red alga Pyropia orbicularis
Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía 55, 2020, 85-89

Gabriel Pérez-Lara, Andrés Meynard, Paula Alvear, Cristian Bulboa Contador &

Loretto Contreras-Porcia

Concise review of genus Chondracanthus (Rhodophyta: Gigartinales)

Journal of Applied Phycology

32 (2020) 773-785 

Cristian Bulboa Contador, Ignacio Pérez Massad, Loretto Contreras-Porcia, Javier

Zapata, Francisco Castañeda, Maria Eliana Ramírez & Patricia Gil Kodaka.

First approach of characterization of bioactive compound in Pyropia orbicularis during the daily tidal cycle
Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research 47 (2019) 826-840.

Nicolás Latorre, Francisco Castañeda, Andrés Meynard, Jorge Rivas &

Loretto Contreras-Porcia.

Non-Random distribution and and ecophysiological differentiation of Pyropia species (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) through environmental gradients
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Journal of Phycology 
55 (2019) 1140-1153

Javier Zapata, Andrés Meynard, Cristóbal Anguita, Camila Espinoza, Paula Alvear, Manoj Kumar & Loretto Contreras Porcia.

Genetic and morphological differentiation of Porphyra and Pyropia species (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) coexisting in a rocky intertidal in Central Chile
Journal of Phycology, 55 (2019) 297–313

Andrés Meynard, Javier Zapata, Nicolás Salas, Claudia Betancourtt, Gabriel Pérez, Francisco Castañeda,  María Eliana Ramírez, Cristian Bulboa Contador, Marie-Laure Guillemin & Loretto Contreras-Porcia.

Spatio-temporal variation in the composition of the macroalgae assemblage of the intertidal rocky zone from Maitencillo, Valparaíso, central coast of Chile

Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía
53, 1 (2018) 105 -117

Claudia Betancourtt, Javier Zapata, Nicolás Latorre, Francisco Castañeda, Andrés Meynard, Camila Fierro, Camila Espinoza, Eduardo Guajardo, Alejandra Núñez, Constanza González, María-Eliana Ramírez, Cristian Bulboa Contador, Loretto Contreras-Porcia.

Differential responses of Emiliania huxleyi (Haptophyta) strains to copper excess
Cryptogamie, Algologie
2018

Daniella Mella-Flores, Julia Machon, Loretto Contreras-Porcia, Sabina Mesa-Campbell & Peter von Dassow.

Expression profile of desiccation tolerance factors in intertidal seaweed species during the tidal cycle
Planta
245 (2017) 1149-1164

Camila Fierro, Camilo López-Cristoffanini, Andrés Meynard, Carlos Lovazzano, Francisco Castañeda, Eduardo Guajardo & Loretto Contreras-Porcia.

Sorption of apolar pesticides by units of benzoic acid propyl ester in cyclic phosphazene
J. Chil. Chem. Soc. 62 (2017)
3783 - 3787

Jorge Rivas &  María Luisa Valenzuela.

Proteome analysis reveals extensive light stress-response reprogramming in the seagrass Zostera muelleri (Alismatales, Zosteraceae) metabolism
Frontiers in Plant Science, 17 (2017) 1 - 19

Manoj Kumar, Matthew P. Padula, Peter A. Davey, Mathieu Pernice, Zhijan Jiang, Gaurav Sablok, Loretto Contreras-Porcia, Peter J Ralph.

B-glucans, production and properties in microalgae with emphasis on Nannochloropsis genus (Ochrophyta, Eustigmatales)
Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía, 52 (1): 33-49.
2017

Diego Espinoza-Gallardo, Loretto Contreras-Porcia & Nicole Ehrenfeld.

Marine macrophytes proteomics: where are we heading?
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International Society for Applied Phycology  NEWSLETTER (ISAP). Issue 1-2017, 1-19.

Manoj Kumar, Loretto Contreras-Porcia, Matthew P. Padula, Peter J. Ralph.

The bladed Bangiales (Rhodophyta) of the South Eastern Pacific: molecular species delimitation reveals extensive diversity
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 94 (2016) 814-826

Marie-Laure Guillemin, Loretto Contreras-Porcia, María Eliana Ramírez, Erasmo C. Macaya, Cristian Bulboa Contador, Helen Woods, Christopher Wyatt & Juliet Brodie.

Methylglyoxal metabolism in seaweeds during desiccation
Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía
51, 1 (2016) 187-191

Camila Fierro, Camilo López-Cristoffanini, Nicolas Latorre, Jorge Rivas & Loretto Contreras-Porcia.

Role of abscisic acid (ABA) in activating antioxidant tolerance responses to desiccation stress in intertidal seaweeds species
Planta, 243 (2016) 767-781

Eduardo Guajardo, Juan A. Correa & Loretto Contreras-Porcia

Response to oxidative stress induced by high light and carbon dioxide (CO2) in the biodiesel producer model Nannochloropsis salina (Ochrophyta, Eustigmatales)
Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía,  50, S1: 163-175.
2015

Karen Yangüez, Carlos Lovazzano, Loretto Contreras-Porcia & Nicole Ehrenfeld.

Identification of proteins involved in desiccation tolerance in the red seaweed Pyropia orbicularis (Rhodophyta, Bangiales)
Proteomics, 15 (2015) 3954-3968

Camilo López-Cristoffanini, Javier Zapata, Fanny Gaillard, Philippe Potin, Juan A. Correa & Loretto Contreras-Porcia.

Pyropia orbicularis sp. nov. (Rhodophyta, Bangiaceae) based on a population previously known as Porphyra columbina from the central coast of Chile
Phytotaxa, 158 (2014) 133-153

Maria Eliana Ramírez, Loretto Contreras-Porcia, Marie-Laure Guillemin, Juliet Brodie, Catalina Valdivia, Maria Rosa Flores-Molina, Alejandra Núñez, Cristian Bulboa Contador, Carlos Lovazzano.

Physiological plasticity of Dictyota kunthii (Phaeophyceae) to copper excess
Aquatic Toxicology, 150 (2014)  220-228

Sordet C, Contreras-Porcia L, Lovazzano C, Goulitquer S, Andrade S, Potin P, Correa JA.

Desiccation stress in intertidal seaweeds: effects on morphology, antioxidant responses and photosynthetic performance 
Aquatic Botany, 113 (2014) 90-99

María R. Flores-Molina, Daniela Thomas, Carlos Lovazzano, Alejandra Núñez, Javier Zapata, Manoj Kumar, Juan A. Correa, Loretto Contreras-Porcia.

Differential gene expression in Pyropia columbina (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) under natural hydration and desiccation conditions
Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research. 41 (2013) 933-958

Contreras-Porcia L, López-Cristoffanini C, Lovazzano C, Flores-Molina M.R, Thomas D, Núñez A, Fierro C, Guajardo E, Correa J.A, Kube M & Reinhardt R.

Tolerance to air exposure: a feature driving the latitudinal distribution of two sibling kelp species
Botánica Marina, 56 (2013) 431-440

López-Cristoffanini C, Tellier F, Otaíza R, Correa JA & Contreras-Porcia L.

Comparative analysis of the peroxiredoxin activation in the brown macroalgae Scytosiphon gracilis and Lessonia nigrescens (Phaeophyceae) under copper stress
Physiologia Plantarum
149 (2013)378-388

Lovazzano C, Serrano C, Correa JA & Contreras-Porcia L.

Seaweeds early development: detrimental effects of desiccation and attenuation by algal extracts
Planta
235 (2012) 337-348

Contreras-Porcia L, Callejas S, Thomas D, Sordet C, Pohnert G, Contreras A, Lafuente A, Flores-Molina MR, Correa JA.

Tolerance to oxidative stress induced by desiccation in Porphyra columbina (Bangiales, Rhodophyta)
Journal of Experimental Botany
 62 (2011) 1815-1829

Contreras-Porcia L, Thomas D, Flores V & Correa J.A.

Sorption of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in biosolid model samples
Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society. 57 (2012) 1087-1090

Jorge Rivas, M. Inés Toral & Pablo Richter.

Ferrospectral sorbed on DEAE sephadex A-25 for the solid phase spectrophotometric determination of iron and cobalt by batch and continuous flow modes
Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society. 56 (2011) 682-687

M. Inés Toral, Grisel Sánchez, Priscilla Fernández, Patricia Pizarro, Viviana Moncada, Jorge Rivas & Pablo Richter.

A identification of copper-induced genes in the marine alga Ulva compressa (Chlorophyta)
Marine Biotechnology
13 (2011) 544-556

Contreras-Porcia L, Dennett G, González A, Vergara E, Medina C, Correa J.A & Moenne.

Proteomic analysis and identification of copper stress-regulated proteins in the marine alga Scytosiphon gracilis (Phaeophyceae)
Aquatic Toxicology
 96 (2010) 85-89

Contreras L, Moenne A, Gaillard F, Photin P & Correa J.A.

Differential responses to copper-induced oxidative stress in the marine macroalga Lessonia nigrescens and Scytosiphon lomentaria (Phaeophyceae)
Aquatic Toxicology
94 (2009) 94-102

Contreras L, Mella D, Moenne A & Correa J.A.

Laminariocolax sp (Phaeophyceae) associated with galls developments in Lessonia nigrescens (Phaeophyceae)
Journal of Phycology
45 (2009) 1252-1258
A theoretical structure affinity relationship study of some cannabinoid derivatives
Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society 53 (2008) 1393 – 1399

Juan S. Gómez-Jeria, Francisco Soto-Morales, Jorge Rivas and Alejandra Sotomayor.

Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis analysis of brown algal protein extracts 
Journal of Phycology
44 (2008) 1315-1321

Contreras L, Ritter A, Dennett G, Boehmwald F, Guitton N, Pineau Ch, Moenne A, Potin P & Correa JA.

Simultaneous determination of acetaminophen and tramadol by second derivative spectrophotometry
Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society 53 (2008)1543 – 1547

M. Inés Toral, Marta Saldías, César Soto, Sandra Orellana & Jorge Rivas.

Effects of copper on early developmental stages of Lessonia nigrescens Bory (Phaeophyceae)
Environmental Pollution
147 (2007) 75-83 

Contreras L, Medina HM, Andrade S, Oppliger V & Correa JA.

Molecular and morphologically distinct Scytosiphon species (Scytosiphonales, Phaeophyceae) display similar antioxidant capacities
Journal of Phycology
43 (2007) 1320-1328

Contreras L, Dennett G, Moenne A, Palma E & Correa J.A.

Kinetics of copper accumulation in Lessonia nigrescens (Phaeophyceae) under conditions of environmental oxidative stress
Aquatic Toxicology
78 (2006) 398-401

Andrade S, Contreras L, Moffett J.W. & Correa J.A.

Experimental transplants of the large kelp Lessonia nigrescens (Phaeophyceae) in high-energy wave exposed rocky intertidal habitats of northern Chile: Experimental, restoration and management applications
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
335 (2006) 13-18

Correa JA, Lagos N, Medina HM, Castilla J., Cerda M, Ramírez M, Martínez E, Faugeron S, Andrade S, Pinto R & Contreras L.

Antioxidant responses in Scytosiphon lomentaria (Phaeophyceae) inhabiting copper-enriched coastal environments
Journal of Phycology
41 (2005) 1184-1195

Contreras L, Moenne A & Correa J.A.

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