Skelton, Z. R., McCormick, L. R., Kwan, G. T., Lonthair, J., Neira, C., Clements, S. M., Martz, T. R., Bresnahan, P. J., Send, U., Giddings, S. N., Sevadjian, J. C., Jaeger, S., Feit, A., Frable, B. W., Zerofski, P. J., Torres, M., Crooks, J. A., McCullough, J., Carter, M. L., … Wegner, N. C. (2024). Organismal responses to deteriorating water quality during the historic 2020 red tide off Southern California. Elem Sci Anth, 12(1), 00067. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2023.00067

Levin, L. A., Mendoza, G. F., Neira, C., Giddings, S. N., & Crooks, J. A. (2022). Consequences of Mouth Closure and Hypoxia-Induced State Changes in Low-Inflow Estuaries: Benthic Community and Trait-Based Response. Estuaries and Coasts. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-022-01132-3

Neira, C., Ingels, J., Mendoza, G., Hernandez-Lopez, E., & Levin, L. A. (2018). Distribution of meiofauna in bathyal sediments influenced by the oxygen minimum zone off Costa Rica. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00448

Neira, C., Vales, M., Mendoza, G., Hoh, E., & Levin, L. A. (2018). Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in recreational marina sediments of San Diego Bay, southern California. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 126, 204–214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.10.096

Neira, C., Cossaboon, J., Mendoza, G., Hoh, E., & Levin, L. A. (2017). Occurrence and distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surface sediments of San Diego Bay marinas. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 114(1), 466–479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.10.009

Zirino, A., Elwany, H., Facca, C., Maicu, F., Neira, C., & Mendoza, G. (2016). Nitrogen to phosphorus ratio in the Venice (Italy) Lagoon (2001-2010) and its relation to macroalgae. Marine Chemistry, 180, 33–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2016.01.002

Neira, C., Mendoza, G., Porrachia, M., Stransky, C., & Levin, L. A. (2015). Macrofaunal recolonization of copper-contaminated sediments in San Diego Bay. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 101(2), 794–804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.09.023

Neira, C., Levin, L. A., Mendoza, G., & Zirino, A. (2014). Alteration of benthic communities associated with copper contamination linked to boat moorings. Marine Ecology-an Evolutionary Perspective, 35(1), 46–66. https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12054

Zirino, A., Elwany, H., Neira, C., Maicu, F., Mendoza, G., & Levin, L. A. (2014). Salinity and its variability in the Lagoon of Venice, 2000–2009. Advances in Oceanography and Limnology, 5(1), 41–59. https://doi.org/10.1080/19475721.2014.900113

Neira, C., King, I., Mendoza, G., Sellanes, J., De Ley, P., & Levin, L. A. (2013). Nematode community structure along a central Chile margin transect influenced by the oxygen minimum zone. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 78(0), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2013.04.002

Zirino, A., Neira, C., Maicu, F., & Levin, L. A. (2012). Comments on and implications of a steady-state in coastal marine ecosystems. Chemistry & Ecology, 29(1), 86–99. https://doi.org/10.1080/02757540.2012.696613

Neira, C., Mendoza, G., Levin, L. A., Zirino, A., Delgadillo-Hinojosa, F., Porrachia, M., & Deheyn, D. D. (2011). Macrobenthic community response to copper in Shelter Island Yacht Basin, San Diego Bay, California. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 62(4), 701–717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.01.027

Thurber, A. R., Kroger, K., Neira, C., Wiklund, H., & Levin, L. A. (2010). Stable isotope signatures and methane use by New Zealand cold seep benthos. Marine Geology, 272(1–4), 260–269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2009.06.001

Sellanes, J., Neira, C., Quiroga, E., & Teixido, N. (2010). Diversity patterns along and across the Chilean margin: a continental slope encompassing oxygen gradients and methane seep benthic habitats. Marine Ecology-an Evolutionary Perspective, 31(1), 111–124. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00332.x

Gooday, A. J., Bett, B. J., Escobar, E., Ingole, B., Levin, L. A., Neira, C., Raman, A. V., & Sellanes, J. (2010). Habitat heterogeneity and its influence on benthic biodiversity in oxygen minimum zones. Marine Ecology-an Evolutionary Perspective, 31(1), 125–147. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00348.x

Rathburn, A. E., Levin, L. A., Tryon, M., Gieskes, J. M., Martin, J. M., Perez, M. E., Fodrie, F. J., Neira, C., Fryer, G. J., Mendoza, G., McMillan, P. A., Kluesner, J., Adamic, J., & Ziebis, W. (2009). Geological and biological heterogeneity of the Aleutian margin (1965-4822 m). Progress in Oceanography, 80(1–2), 22–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2008.12.002

Levin, L. A., Ekau, W., Gooday, A. J., Jorissen, F., Middelburg, J. J., Naqvi, S. W. A., Neira, C., Rabalais, N. N., & Zhang, J. (2009). Effects of natural and human-induced hypoxia on coastal benthos. Biogeosciences, 6(10), 2063–2098. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-6-2063-2009

Neira, C., & Decraemer, W. (2009). Desmotersia levinae, a new genus and new species of free-living nematode from bathyal oxygen minimum zone sediments off Callao, Peru, with discussion on the classification of the genus Richtersia (Chromadorida: Selachinematidae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 9(1), 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ode.2008.09.004

Grosholz, E. D., Levin, L. A., Tyler, A. C., & Neira, C. (2009). Changes in community structure and ecosystem function following Spartina alterniflora invasion of Pacific estuaries. In B. R. Silliman, E. Grosholz, & M. D. Bertness (Eds.), Human impacts on salt marshes : a global perspective (pp. 23–40). University of California Press.

Neira, C., Delgadillo-Hinojosa, F., Zirino, A., Mendoza, G., Levin, L. A., Porrachia, M., & Deheyn, D. D. (2009). Spatial distribution of copper in relation to recreational boating in a California shallow-water basin. Chemistry and Ecology, 25(6), 417–433. https://doi.org/10.1080/02757540903334197

Sellanes, J., Quiroga, E., & Neira, C. (2008). Megafauna community structure and trophic relationships at the recently discovered Concepcion Methane Seep Area, Chile, ~36°S. Ices Journal of Marine Science, 65(7), 1102–1111. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsn099

Neira, C., Levin, L. A., Grosholz, E. D., & Mendoza, G. (2007). Influence of invasive Spartina growth stages on associated macrofaunal communities. Biological Invasions, 9(8), 975–993. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-007-9097-x

Sellanes, J., Quiroga, E., Neira, C., & Gutierrez, D. (2007). Changes of macrobenthos composition under different ENSO cycle conditions on the continental shelf off central Chile. Continental Shelf Research, 27(7), 1002–1016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2007.01.001

Contreras, S., Pantoja, S., Neira, C., & Lange, C. B. (2007). Biogeochemistry of surface sediments off Concepcion (~36°S), Chile: El Nino vs. non-El Nino conditions. Progress in Oceanography, 75(3), 576–585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2007.08.030

Neira, C., Grosholz, E. D., Levin, L. A., & Blake, R. (2006). Mechanisms generating modification of benthos following tidal flat invasion by a Spartina hybrid. Ecological Applications, 16(4), 1391–1404. https://doi.org/10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[1391:mgmobf]2.0.co;2

Sellanes, J., & Neira, C. (2006). ENSO as a natural experiment to understand environmental control of meiofaunal community structure. Marine Ecology-an Evolutionary Perspective, 27(1), 31–43. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2005.00069.x

Levin, L. A., Neira, C., & Grosholz, E. D. (2006). Invasive cordgrass modifies wetland trophic function. Ecology, 87(2), 419–432. https://doi.org/10.1890/04-1752

Arntz, W. E., Gallardo, V. A., Gutierrez, D., Isla, E., Levin, L. A., Mendo, J., Neira, C., Rowe, G. T., Tarazona, J., & Wolff, M. (2006). El Niño and similar perturbation effects on the benthos of the Humboldt, California, and Benguela Current upwelling ecosystems. Advances in Geosciences, 6, 243–265.

Neira, C., Levin, L. A., & Grosholz, E. D. (2005). Benthic macrofaunal communities of three sites in San Francisco Bay invaded by hybrid Spartina, with comparison to uninvaded habitats. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 292, 111–126. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps292111

Neira, C., Decraemer, W., & Backeljau, T. (2005). A new species of Glochinema (Epsilonematidae : Nematoda) from the oxygen minimum zone off Baja California, NE Pacific and phylogenetic relationships at species level within the family. Cahiers De Biologie Marine, 46(2), 105–126.

Munoz, P., Salamanca, M. A., Neira, C., & Sellanes, J. (2004). Nitrogen sediment fluxes in an upwelling system off central Chile (Concepcion Bay and adjacent shelf) during the 1997-1998 El Nino. Revista Chilena De Historia Natural, 77(2), 305–318. https://doi.org/10.4067S0716-078X2004000200009

Sellanes, J., Neira, C., & Quiroga, E. (2003). Composition, structure and energy flux of the meiobenthos off central Chile. Revista Chilena De Historia Natural, 76(3), 401–415. https://doi.org/10.4067S0716-078X2003000300006.

Levin, L., Gutierrez, D., Rathburn, A., Neira, C., Sellanes, J., Munoz, P., Gallardo, V., & Salamanca, M. (2002). Benthic processes on the Peru margin: a transect across the oxygen minimum zone during the 1997-98 El Nino. Progress in Oceanography, 53(1), 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0079-6611(02)00022-8

Neira, C., Sellanes, J., Levin, L. A., & Arntz, W. E. (2001). Meiofaunal distributions on the Peru margin: relationship to oxygen and organic matter availability. Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers, 48(11), 2453–2472. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0967-0637(01)00018-8

Neira, C., Sellanes, J., Soto, A., Gutierrez, D., & Gallardo, V. A. (2001). Meiofauna and sedimentary organic matter off Central Chile: response to changes caused by the 1997-1998 El Nino. Oceanologica Acta, 24(3), 313–328. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0399-1784(01)01149-5

Neira, C., Gad, G., Arroyo, N. L., & Decraemer, W. (2001). Glochinema bathyperuvensis sp. n. (Nematoda, Epsilonematidae): A new species from Peruvian bathyal sediments, SE Pacific Ocean. Contributions to Zoology, 70(3), 147–159.

Gutierrez, D., Gallardo, V. A., Mayor, S., Neira, C., Vasquez, C., Sellanes, J., Rivas, M., Soto, A., Carrasco, F., & Baltazar, M. (2000). Effects of dissolved oxygen and fresh organic matter on the bioturbation potential of macrofauna in sublittoral sediments off Central Chile during the 1997/1998 El Nino. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 202, 81–99. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps202081

Sellanes, J., Neira, C., Gallardo, V. A., Gutierrez, D., Soto, A., Tresierra Aguilar, A. E., & Culquichicon Malpica, Z. G. (1999). Meiofauna metazoaria en una zona de surgencia costera de Chile central: relaciones con factores abioticos durante El Nino 1997-1998. Libro de resumenes ampliados : VIII COLACMAR (VIII Congreso Latinoamericano sobre Ciencias del Mar, 17-21 de octubre 1999, Trujillo, Perú), Trujillo, Peru.

Neira, C., Höpner, T., & Rackemann, M. (1998). Annual course of sediment parameters and meiofauna on a sandy tidal flat in the Wadden Sea after the severe winter of 1995/96. Deutsche Hydrografische Zeitschrift, 50(4), 301–311. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02764227

Neira, C., & Rackemann, M. (1996). Black spots produced by buried macroalgae in intertidal sandy sediments of the Wadden Sea: Effects on the meiobenthos. Journal of Sea Research, 36(3–4), 153–170. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1385-1101(96)90786-8

Neira, C., & Hopner, T. (1994). The role of Heteromastus filiformis (Capitellidae, Polychaeta) in organic carbon cycling. Ophelia, 39(1), 55–73.

Neira, C., & Hopner, T. (1993). Fecal pellet production and sediment reworking potential of the polychaete Heteromastus filiformis show a tide dependent periodicity. Ophelia, 37(3), 175–185.

Neira, C., Silva, M., Iorizi, M., & Minale, L. (1992). Marine organic chemistry .5. Asterosaponins from the starfish Heliaster helianthus. Boletin De La Sociedad Chilena De Quimica, 37(2), 139–142.

Neira, C. (1992). Benthic fecal pellets. Cycling of sediment and organic carbon by Heteromastus filiformis. Universität Oldenburg.

Neira, C., Hoeneisen, M., Silva, M., & Minale, L. (1985). Marine organic chemistry, IV. Structure of the principal aglycones from the starfish Meyenaster gelatinosus. Journal of Natural Products, 48(5), 848–848. https://doi.org/10.1021/np50041a031

Neira, C., Hoeneisen, M., Silva, M., & Sammes, P. G. (1984). Marine organic chemistry, III. Isolation of 3β, 6α-dihydroxy-5α-cholest-9(11)-en-23-one from the starfish Stichaster striatus. Journal of Natural Products, 47(1), 182–183. https://doi.org/10.1021/np50031a031