Alejandro Perez

Integrating Experiments with Subtidal Death Assemblages to Unveil the Predatory Habits of Muricid Gastropods from the Southeastern Pacific.

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JC Martinelli, CS Ruz, A Pérez-Matus, MM Rivadeneira. 2022
class Palaios 37(10):574-584.

A quantitative synthesis of approaches, biases, successes and failures in marine forest restoration with considerations for future work. Journal Aquatic Conservation:

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H Earp, D Smale, A Pérez-Matus, A Gouraguine, P Shaw, PJ Moore. 2022.
class Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 32(11):1717-1731.

Effects of harvesting on subtidal kelp forests (Lessonia trabeculata) in central Chile.

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B Bullarz, M Fernandez, MD Subida, EA Wieters, A Pérez-Matus. 2022.
class Ecosphere13(3):e3958.

Reef fish diversity across the temperate South Pacific Ocean.

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A Pérez-Matus, P Naubauer, JS Shima, M Rivadeneira. 2022
class Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10:768707

The contribution of macroalgal associated fishes to small-scale tropical reef fisheries.

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S Wilson, C Fulton, N Graham, R Abesamis, C Berkström, D Coker, M Depczynski, R Evans, R Fisher, J Goetze, A Hoey, T Holmes, M Kulbicki, M Noble, J Robinson, M Bradley, C Åkerlund, L Barrett, M Birt, A Bucol, D Chacin, K Chong-Seng, L Eggertsen, M Eggertsen, D Ellis, P Leung, P Lam, J van Lier, P Matis, A Pérez-Matus, C Piggott, B Radford, S Tano, P Tinkler. 2022.
class Fish and Fisheries. 23:847-861.

Independent Effects of Species Removal and Asynchrony on Invariability of an Intertidal Rocky Shore Community.

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E Fica-Rojas, AM Catalán, BR Broitman, A Pérez-Matus, N Valdivia. 2022.
class Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10.

Mismatch between shape changes, early growth, and condition for a temperate reef fish from an oceanic island.

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F Mauricio, Y Figueroa-González, G Moyano, J Vera-Duarte, A Pérez-Matus, G Plaza. 2022.
class Marine and Freshwater Research 73:624-636.

DNA reconciles morphology and colouration in the drunk blenny genus Scartichthys (Teleostei: Blenniidae) and provides insights into their evolutionary history.

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E Delrieu‐Trottin, H Hartmann‐Salvo, P Saenz‐Agudelo, M Landaeta, A Pérez-Matus. 2022.
class Journal of Fish Biology 100(2):507-518.

Different kelp species support unique macroinvertebrate assemblages, suggesting the potential community‐wide impacts of kelp harvesting along the Humboldt current system.

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P Carbajal, A Gamarra Salazar, PJ Moore, A Pérez-Matus. 2022.
class Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 32(1):14-27.

The MPA Guide: a framework to achieve global goals for the ocean.

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K Grorud-Colvert, J Sullivan-Stack, C Roberts, V Constant, B Horta e Costa, E Pike, K Kingston, D Laffoley, E Sala, J Claudet, A Friedlander, D Gill, S Lester, D Day, E Gonçalves, G Ahmadia, M Rand, A Villagomez, N Ban, G Gurney, A Spalding, N Bennett, J Briggs, L Morgan, R Moffitt, M Deguignet, E Pikitch, E Darling S Jessen, S Hameed, G Di Carlo, P Guidetti, J Harris, J Torre, Z Kizilkaya, T Agardy, P Cury, N Shah, K Sack, L Cao, M Fernández, J Lubchenco. 2021.
class Science 373:1215.

Kelp harvesting rather than oceanographic conditions shape the population structure of the foundation species Lessonia trabeculata along the Chilean coastline.

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A Gouragine, PJ Moore, MT Burrows, E Velasco, L Ariz, L Figueroa-Fábrega, R Muñoz-Cordovez, I Fernandez-Cisternas, D Smale, A Pérez-Matus. 2021.
class Marine Biology 168:66.

Endemic species dominate reef fish interaction networks on two isolated oceanic islands.

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I Fernández-Cisternas, J Majlis, M Thieme-Avila, R Lamb, A Pérez-Matus. 2021.
class Coral Reefs 40:1081–1095.

Pseudanthias hangapiko, a new anthiadine serranid from Rapa Nui (Easter Island).

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B Shepherd, HT Pinheiro, T Phelps, A Pérez-Matus, L Rocha. 2021.
class Zookeys 1054:1-13.

One of the last undisturbed marine coastal ecosystems on Earth: Spatial and temporal persistence of Darwin´s subantarctic giant kelp forests.

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A Mora-Soto, A Capsey, AM Friedlander, M Palacios, PE Brewin, N Golding, P Dayton, BV Van Tussenbroek, A Montiel, W Goodell, H Velasco-Charpertier, T Hart, E Macaya, A Pérez-Matus, M Macias-Fauria. 2021.
class Journal of Biogeography. 48:2562-2577

Different kelp species support unique macroinvertebrate assemblages suggesting community-wide impacts of kelp harvesting along the Humboldt Current System.

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P Carbajal, AG Salazar, PJ Moore, A Perez-Matus. 2021.
class Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystem 32:14-27

Alteration of coastal productivity and artisanal fisheries interact to affect a marine food-web.

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MI Ávila-Thieme, D Corcoran, A Pérez-Matus, EA Wieters, SA Navarrete, PA Marquet, FS Valdovinos. 2021.
class Scientific Reports 11:1-14.

Evolutionary origin of the Atlantic Cabo Verde nibbler (Girella stuebeli), a member of a primarily Pacific Ocean family of antitropical herbivorous reef fishes.

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R Beldade, GC Longo, KD Clements, DR Robertson, A Perez-Matus, S Itoi, H Sugita, G Bernardi. 2021.
class Molecular Phylogenetics Evolution 107021

Reef Life Survey: Establishing the ecological basis for conservation of shallow marine life.

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GJ Edgar, A Cooper, SC Baker, W Barker, NS Barrett, MA Becerro, AE Bates, D Brock, DM Ceccarelli, E Clausius, M Davey, TR Davis, PB Day, A Green, SR Griffiths, J Hicks, IA Hinojosa, BK Jones, S Kininmonth, MF Larkin, N Lazzari, JS Lefcheck, SD Ling, P Mooney, E Oh, A Pérez- Matus, JB Pocklington, R Riera, JA Sanabria-Fernandez, Y Seroussi, I Shaw, D Shields, J Shields, M Smith, GA Soler, J Stuart-Smith, J Turnbull, RD Stuart-Smith. 2021.
class Biological Conservation 252:108855.

Alteration of coastal productivity and artisanal fisheries interact to affect a marine food-web.

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MI Ávila-Thieme, D Corcoran, A Pérez-Matus, EA Wieters, SA Navarrete, PA Marquet, FS Valdovinos. 2020.
class bioRxiv Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Reef Life Survey: Establishing the ecological basis for conservation of shallow marine life.

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GJ Edgar, A Cooper, SC Baker, W Barker, NS Barrett, MA Becerro, MA Becerro, AE Bates, D Brock, DM Ceccarelli, E Clausius, M Davey, TR Davis, PB Day, A Green, SR Griffiths, J Hicks, IA Hinojosa, BK Jones, S Kininmonth, MF Larkin, N Lazzari, JS Lefcheck, SD Ling, P Mooney, E Oh, A Pérez-Matus, JB Pocklington, R Riera, JA Sanabria-Fernandez, Y Seroussi, I Shaw, D Shields, J Shields, M Smith, GA Soler, J Stuart-Smith, J Turnbull, RD Stuart-Smith. 2020.
class Biological Conservation 252:108855.

Evolutionary origin of the Atlantic Cape Verde nibbler (Girella stuebeli), a member of a primarily Pacific Ocean family of antitropical herbivorous reef fishes.

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R Beldade, GC Longo, KD Clements, DR Robertson, A Perez-Matus, G Bernardi. 2020.
class Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107021.

New Species of Chromis (Teleostei: Pomacentridae) from Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and Salas y Gómez, Chile.

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B Shepherd, HT Pinheiro, TAY Phelps, EE Easton, A Pérez-Matus, LA Rocha. 2020.
class Copeia 108(2):326-332.

Macroalgal meadow habitats support fish and fisheries in diverse tropical seascapes.

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CJ Fulton, C Berkström, SK Wilson, RA Abesamis, M Bradley, C Åkerlund, LT Barrett, AA Bucol, DH Chacin, KM Chong‐Seng, DJ Coker, M Depczynski, L Eggertsen, M Eggertsen, D Ellis, RD Evans, NAJ Graham, AS Hoey, TH Holmes, M Kulbicki, PTY Leung, PKS Lam, J van Lier, PA Matis, MM Noble, A Pérez‐Matus, C Piggott, BT Radford, S Tano, P Tinkler. 2020.
class Fish and Fisheries 21:700–717.

A High-Resolution Global Map of Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) Forests and Intertidal Green Algae (Ulvophyceae) with Sentinel-2 Imagery.

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A Mora-Soto, M Palacios, EC Macaya, I Gómez, P Huovinen, A Pérez-Matus, M Young, N Golding, M Toro, M Yaqub, M Macias-Fauria. 2020.
class Remote Sensing 12(4):694.

Abundance, composition and succession of sessile subtidal assemblages in high wave-energy environmens of Central Chile: temporal and depth variation.

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SA Navarrete, M Parragué, N Osiadacz, F Rojas, J Bonicelli, M Fernández, C Arboletda-Baena, A Perez-Matus, R Finke. 2019.
class Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 512: 51-62.

Macroalgal meadow habitats support fish and fisheries in diverse tropical seascapes.

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C Fulton, C Berkström, SK Wilson ; RA Abesamis, A Bradley, C Åkerlund, LT Barrett, AA Buco, D Chacin, KM Chong-Seng, DJ Coker, M Depczynski, L Eggertsen, M Eggertsen, Ellis, D Richard, NAJ Graham, AS Hoey, TH Holmes, M Kulbicki, PT Leung, PKS Lam, J Van Lier, PA Matis, MA Noble, A Pérez-Matus, C Piggott, B Radford, S Tano, P Tinkler. 2019.
class Fish and Fisheries 21:700-717.

A New Species of Chromis (Teleostei: Pomacentridae) from Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and Salas y Gómez, Chile.

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B Shepherd, HT Pinheiro, T Phelps, E Easton, A Pérez-Matus, LA Rocha. 2019.
class Copeia 108: 326–332.

Variation in consumer pressure along 2500 km in a major upwelling system: crab predators are more important at higher latitudes.

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CA Musrri, AGB Poore, IA Hinojosa, EC Macaya, A Pacheco, A Pérez-Matus, O Pino-Olivares, N Riquelme, W Stotz, N Valdivia, V Villalobos, M Thiel. 2019.
class Marine Biology 166: 142

Luzonichthys kiomeamea (Teleostei: Serranidae: Anthiadinae), a new species from a mesophotic coral ecosystem of Rapa Nui (Easter Island).

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B Shepherd, HT Pinheiro, T Phelps, A Pérez-Matus, LA Rocha. 2019.
class Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 33: 17-27.

Embryonic and larval traits of the temperate damselfish Chromis crusma reveal important affinities with early stages of Pomacentridae across their variety of thermal ranges.

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R Muñoz, L de la Maza, A Pérez-Matus, S Carrasco. 2019.
class Journal of Fish Biology 95: 613-623.

Spatial and short-term variability of larval, post-larval and macrobenthic assemblages associated with subtidal kelp forest ecosystems in Central Chile.

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SA Carrasco, L Vandecasteele, MM Rivadeneira, M Fernández, A Perez-Matus. 2017.
class Marine Biology Research 13: 1041-1058.

Exploring the effects of fishing pressure and upwelling intensity over subtidal kelp forest communities in Central Chile.

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A Perez-Matus, S Carrasco, S Gelcich,M Fernández, E Wieters. 2017.
class Ecosphere 8(5): 1-18.

Temperate rocky subtidal reef community reveals human impacts across the entire food web.

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A Perez-Matus, A Ospina-Alvarez, P Camus, S Carrasco, M Fernández, S Gelcich, N Godoy, P Ojeda, N Rozbascylo, MD Subida, M Thiel, E Wieters, SA Navarrete. 2017.
class Marine Ecology Progress 517: 1-16.

Diet reveals links between morphology and foraging in a cryptic temperate reef fish.

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N Winkler, MP Goicoechea, RW Lamb, A Perez-Matus. 2017.
class Marine Biology Research 7: 11124-11134.

Inshore spawning grounds of the squid Doryteuthis gahisuggest the consistent use of defoliated kelp Lessonia trabeculatain Central Chilean waters.

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Carrasco, S. A. & Perez Matus, A. (2016)
class Marine Biology Research

Global regime shift dynamics of catastrophic sea urchin overgrazing.

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Ling SD, Scheibling RE, Rassweiler A, Johnson CR, Shears N, Connell SD, Salomon AK, Norderhaug KM, Pérez-Matus A, Hernández JC, Clemente S, Blamey L, Hereu B, Ballesteros E, Sala E, Garrabou J, Cebrian E, Zabala M, Fujita D & Johnson, L (2015).
class Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.

Nest building and description of parental care behaviour in a temperate reef fish, Chromis crusma (Pisces: Pomacentridae).

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Navarrete-Fernández, T, Landaeta M, Bustos C. & Pérez-Matus, A. (2014)
class Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 87: 30.

Community structure of temperate reef fishes in kelp dominated subtidal habitats of northern Chile.

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Pérez-Matus A, Ferry-Graham L, Cea A, & Vásquez J. (2007)
class Marine and Freshwater Research. 58: 1069-1085. Cover issue

Líneas de Investigación

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Rodrigo Alarcón

Camila González

Valentina Correa

Juan Carlos Gonzáles

Ítalo Fernández

Juan Pablo Siñuela

Celeste Kroeger

Ana Navarro

Gabriela Paz Winkler

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Integrating Experiments with Subtidal Death Assemblages to Unveil the Predatory Habits of Muricid Gastropods from the Southeastern Pacific.

A quantitative synthesis of approaches, biases, successes and failures in marine forest restoration with considerations for future work. Journal Aquatic Conservation:

Effects of harvesting on subtidal kelp forests (Lessonia trabeculata) in central Chile.

Reef fish diversity across the temperate South Pacific Ocean.

The contribution of macroalgal associated fishes to small-scale tropical reef fisheries.

Independent Effects of Species Removal and Asynchrony on Invariability of an Intertidal Rocky Shore Community.

Mismatch between shape changes, early growth, and condition for a temperate reef fish from an oceanic island.

DNA reconciles morphology and colouration in the drunk blenny genus Scartichthys (Teleostei: Blenniidae) and provides insights into their evolutionary history.

Different kelp species support unique macroinvertebrate assemblages, suggesting the potential community‐wide impacts of kelp harvesting along the Humboldt current system.

The MPA Guide: a framework to achieve global goals for the ocean.

Kelp harvesting rather than oceanographic conditions shape the population structure of the foundation species Lessonia trabeculata along the Chilean coastline.

Endemic species dominate reef fish interaction networks on two isolated oceanic islands.

Pseudanthias hangapiko, a new anthiadine serranid from Rapa Nui (Easter Island).

One of the last undisturbed marine coastal ecosystems on Earth: Spatial and temporal persistence of Darwin´s subantarctic giant kelp forests.

Different kelp species support unique macroinvertebrate assemblages suggesting community-wide impacts of kelp harvesting along the Humboldt Current System.

Alteration of coastal productivity and artisanal fisheries interact to affect a marine food-web.

Evolutionary origin of the Atlantic Cabo Verde nibbler (Girella stuebeli), a member of a primarily Pacific Ocean family of antitropical herbivorous reef fishes.

Reef Life Survey: Establishing the ecological basis for conservation of shallow marine life.

Alteration of coastal productivity and artisanal fisheries interact to affect a marine food-web.

Reef Life Survey: Establishing the ecological basis for conservation of shallow marine life.

Evolutionary origin of the Atlantic Cape Verde nibbler (Girella stuebeli), a member of a primarily Pacific Ocean family of antitropical herbivorous reef fishes.

New Species of Chromis (Teleostei: Pomacentridae) from Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and Salas y Gómez, Chile.

Macroalgal meadow habitats support fish and fisheries in diverse tropical seascapes.

A High-Resolution Global Map of Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) Forests and Intertidal Green Algae (Ulvophyceae) with Sentinel-2 Imagery.

Abundance, composition and succession of sessile subtidal assemblages in high wave-energy environmens of Central Chile: temporal and depth variation.

Macroalgal meadow habitats support fish and fisheries in diverse tropical seascapes.

A New Species of Chromis (Teleostei: Pomacentridae) from Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and Salas y Gómez, Chile.

Variation in consumer pressure along 2500 km in a major upwelling system: crab predators are more important at higher latitudes.

Luzonichthys kiomeamea (Teleostei: Serranidae: Anthiadinae), a new species from a mesophotic coral ecosystem of Rapa Nui (Easter Island).

Embryonic and larval traits of the temperate damselfish Chromis crusma reveal important affinities with early stages of Pomacentridae across their variety of thermal ranges.

Spatial and short-term variability of larval, post-larval and macrobenthic assemblages associated with subtidal kelp forest ecosystems in Central Chile.

Exploring the effects of fishing pressure and upwelling intensity over subtidal kelp forest communities in Central Chile.

Temperate rocky subtidal reef community reveals human impacts across the entire food web.

Diet reveals links between morphology and foraging in a cryptic temperate reef fish.

Inshore spawning grounds of the squid Doryteuthis gahisuggest the consistent use of defoliated kelp Lessonia trabeculatain Central Chilean waters.

Global regime shift dynamics of catastrophic sea urchin overgrazing.

Nest building and description of parental care behaviour in a temperate reef fish, Chromis crusma (Pisces: Pomacentridae).

Community structure of temperate reef fishes in kelp dominated subtidal habitats of northern Chile.