libros y cAPÍTULOS
Manual de Buenas Prácticas para el Repoblamiento de Algas Pardas
https://doi.org/10.53382/isbn.978-956-7247-97-4
Santiago, Chile.
ISBN: 978-956-7247-97-4;
72 pp. 2025.
Contreras-Porcia L, Broitman B, Meynard A, Pinilla-Rojas B, Bulboa C, Tala
F, Otaíza R, Pedrini C, Rosson A, Núñez M, Vera-Duarte J, Véliz G, Oyarzún FX,
González D, Lagos N, Mora AM, Segovia N I. Santiago de Chile.
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
Loretto Contreras-Porcia & Camilo López-Cristoffanini.
Proteomics in Seaweeds: Ecological Interpretations
Publicaciones
seleccionadas
Potential applications of Ulva spp.
Food Bioscience
Fernanda Toro-Mellado, Florentina Piña, Kai L. Baltrusch, S. Inoubli, Noelia Flórez-Fernández, María Dolores Torres, Loretto Contreras-Porcia, Herminia Domínguez
Growth rates and response to nutrient variability in the green tide forming alga Ulva stenophylloides from Algarrobo Bay, Chile.
Marine Environmental Research,
2025,
107338,
ISSN 0141-1136,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2025.107338.
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Navarrete, S.A., Andrés E. González, Juan Faúndez, Loretto Contreras-Porcia, Alejandra Núñez, Jorge Rivas, Sofia Chacano, Laura Farías, Gonzalo S. Saldías, Fabián J. Tapia
Enhancing the Biosorption Capacity of Macrocystis pyrifera: Effects of Acid and Alkali Pretreatments on Recalcitrant Organic Pollutants Removal
​International Journal of Molecular Sciences
​Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2025, 26(7), 3307; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26073307
2025
Magdalena Varas , Jorge Castro-Rojas , Loretto Contreras-Porcia, M. Soledad Ureta-Zañartu , Elodie Blanco , Néstor Escalona, Edmundo Muñoz and Elizabeth Garrido-Ramírez
Biocarbón a partir de macroalgas: Potencial uso en remediación, enmienda de suelos y secuestro de carbono
Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía
2025
Contreras-Porcia L; Benjamín Pinilla-Rojas, Jorge Rivas, Octavia Barra, Cristóbal Girardi, Rosanna Gionocchio, Nancy Pizarro y Jean Pierre Remonsellez
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Laminariocolax sp (Phaeophyceae) associated with galls developments in Lessonia nigrescens (Phaeophyceae)
Journal of Phycology
45 (2009) 1252-1258
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.