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Chilea a Taяctic Scie Ce Prоgraм 2OI9—202O ilAiA | chilean antarctic science program 2019-2020 Chilean Antarctic Science Program cHilEA� 2019-2020 a�tAяCtic sCiE�ce pRОgrAМ he Chilean Antarctic Science laboration. In this respect, we see that Here are some points that illustrate this Program (procien) for 2019- more than 22 countries are affiliated significant degree of growth: 2020 anticipates 112 research with procien. These include Argenti- Tprojects. These include primarily na, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, the initiatives selected by the Chil- Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, 106 researchers leading these projects. 2OI9—202O ean Antarctic Institute (inach) and France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mex- the National Commission for Sci- ico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, entific and Technological Research the Republic of Korea, Russia, South 28 (conicyt), through several competi- Africa, Spain, the United Kingdom, Chilean institutions, including inach, are involved. tive financing sources. The program and the United States. also contains institutional projects for We are also tearing down gender inach and several involving interna- stereotypes, as we see that Chilean 330 scientists now make up the procien academic tional cooperation efforts. Antarctic science enjoys significant community, with the addition of Principal Given the large body of research contributions by a number of wom- Investigators (pi’s) and the Co-Investigators. involved, the participation of coop- en. Of the total projects, 52 are led by erative international efforts, and the women as principal researchers (pi’s) The average age of pi’s is number of scientists taking part, this (46.4% of the projects). This figure promises to be the season offering the amply demonstrates the growing in- 40 years greatest level of support for Antarctic terest and quality of Antarctic science science in national history, led by women in the country.• This effort coincides with the 73.2% of the projects on on-site. 26.8% are laboratory 25th anniversary of the existence of or offsite work. inach’s national Antarctic science and technology research projects inach finances competition, which invites qualified persons to present their proposals for 62.5% investigation of Antarctic topics. of these initiatives, with two competitions; Since 2013, the addition of multi- conicyt sponsors ple national funding sources and oth- er factors has resulted in a 77 percent 34.8%, through six programs. growth in procien-related projects. For the year 2019 we are celebrating a record of 112 such projects. 2.7% inach is encouraging greater link- have other sources of funding, including the Australian ing and strengthening of global net- Council for International Development (acfid), and works. 37% of these projects reflect the Centro de Estudios Cientı´ficos (cecs). the involvement of international col- r. quinán instituto antártico chileno | 53 ilAiA | chilean antarctic science program 2019-2020 ilAiA | chilean antarctic science program 2019-2020 I. The State of the Antarctic Ecosystem w. jouanneau w. iological diversity is under- Through research being carried h. díaz stood to be the variety of life out in this area, it has been possible i. garrido forms, including various levels to: 1) evaluate the contribution of Bof organization, such as species, their environmental changes in evolution- genes, populations, and communities. ary processes in both marine and ter- Collectively, the interaction of these restrial ecosystems in Antarctic and varieties at different levels determines sub-Antarctic regions; 2) understand the functioning of ecosystems and the spatial-temporal factors that de- supports the planet’s biosphere. termine the distribution of species This line of work is closely asso- and populations; and 3) quantify the ciated with the Scientific Committee degree of sensitivity and risk for spe- on Antarctic Research (scar) Antarc- cies, populations and ecosystems to tic Ecosystem (anteco) program. Its environmental changes, such as cli- The project “Comparative phylogeography of macro sub-Antarctic and Antarctic Dr. Elie Poulin (University of Chile) is a leading Antarctic ecologist Fisheries in the waters off the Antarctic Peninsula have increased considerably in the last ten to twenty years. New impacts, algae: studying the impact of historical events on endemism and genetic diversity who is studying speciation patterns and processes on several related to climate change, have already been detected in krill-dependent food chains. There is convincing evidence that objective is to understand current di- mate change, pollution, and fishery in the Southern Ocean,” by Marie-Laure Guillemin, is funded by INACH. This geographic and temporal scales. He has been the trainer for scavenging seabirds populations are increasing due to growing interaction with fisheries (i.e., feeding on discarded fish versity patterns in order to differenti- activities. • research focuses on six commonly found species of red macro-algae (seaweed) several polar researchers and is currently working two PROCIEN and offal) in other parts of the world, but almost nothing is known about the interaction of the scavenging seabirds with of great ecological importance, which have wide geographical distribution, projects. One, which is funded by CONICYT through its Antarctic fisheries south of latitude 60º S. Dr. Lucas Krüger’s research hopes to: (1) compare year-round coastal-inland habitat use, ate these from process impacts from to test these scenarios in the Antarctic Peninsula. Four species (Curdieara Rings program, is called “Genomics insight into the past and and pelagic habitat use, of Southern Giant Petrels (Macronectes giganteus); (2) quantify year-round overlap of Southern covitzae, Gigartina skottsbergii, Iridaea cordata and Palmaria decipiens) inhabit present of Antarctic Biodiversity: a tool to assess the fate of a Giant Petrels with fisheries activities (trawlers and long-liners); (3) model fisheries efforts and distribution in response to past conditions, and to understand shallow intertidal pools and two of them (Georgiella confluens and Plocamium unique ecosystem in a changing world (GAB).” fish stocks and oceanographic factors; (4) project fisheries distribution and efforts into past conditions in order to test if and develop future scenarios based cartilagineum) are exclusive to the shallow sub-tidal area and grow as understory population dynamics of the Southern Giant Petrels are more or less dependent on fisheries activities during the breeding or of large brown seaweed. All these species are considered ecosystemic engineers non-breeding seasons; (5) project Southern Giant Petrel distribution and population into future scenarios of fishing activities on a multidisciplinary approach. (species that generate habitat and food to other organisms), so changes in their and climate change. This project also will provide data for two students for developing their theses and their specialized abundance and distribution have a profound impact on the ecosystem. studies of marine top-predators, fisheries management under climate change scenarios, and proposals and evaluations of Marine Protected Areas in Antarctica. CODE TITLE PI INSTITUTION YEARS CODE TITLE PI INSTITUTION YEARS AN_01-17 Genomics insight into the past and present of Antarctic Biodiversity: a tool to assess the Elie Poulin 2017-2021 RT_34-17 Dynamics of sponge-associated microbial photosynthetic eukaryotes during seasonal Nicole Trefault 2018-2021 fate of a unique ecosystem in a changing world (GAB) UCHILE transitions in Antarctica UMAYOR FR_01-15 Diversification of the spiny plunderfish Harpagifer in the Southern Ocean Elie Poulin UCHILE 2015-2018 RT_08-18 A matter of size: Coupling early life history traits of Antarctic fishes and Mauricio Landaeta 2019-2021 environmental forcing in a warming ocean UV Paleogeographic patterns v/s climate change in South America and the Antarctic FR_04-15 Peninsula during the latest Cretaceous: a possible explanation for the origin of the Marcelo Leppe INACH 2015-2019 RT_68-18 Trophic interactions and spatial overlap between krill Euphasia superba and Edwin Niklitschek ULOSLAGOS 2019-2021 Austral biota? mackerel icefish Champsocephalus gunnari, in the South Orkney Islands Deciphering the impact of historical events on regional endemism and genetic diversity FR_04-16 Phylogeography, population genetic structure and connectivity of the Subantarctic crab Karin Gerard 2016-2020 RG_15-16 Marie-Laure Guillemin UACH 2016-2019 Halicarcinus planatus, the first alien marine invertebrate discovered in Antarctica UMAG in the Southern Ocean: comparative phylogeography of macroalgae Phylogeography and diversification in species of genus Macvicaria (Digenea: RG_20-16 Trophic characterization of epibenthic fishes from the Western Antarctic Peninsula Luis Pardo UACH 2016-2019 FI_02-16 Opecoelidae) in Harpagiferidae (Perciformes: Notothenioidei) from the Antarctic and Isabel Valdivia CEQUA 2016-2018 sub Antarctic Zone RG_18-17 Biogeography of Laevilitorina caliginosa Gould 1849, across the Drake Passage Claudio González IEB 2018-2020 Present and future role of Salpa thompsoni and Euphausia superba in the pelagic FP_03-18 Juan Höfer UACH 2018-2020 RG_01-18 Assessment of new technology-critical elements on fauna from the Antarctic Peninsula José Celis 2019-2020 carbon fluxes of the Western Antarctic Peninsula area UDEC Unraveling the DNA of coralline algae: from molecular diversity to divergence time FP_06-18 Martha Calderón UMAG 2018-2020 RG_21-18 Functional Potential of
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