44 publications

2018

• 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(448). doi: 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. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.10.096

2017

• 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. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.10.009

2016

• 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. doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2016.01.002

2015

• 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. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.09.023

2014

• 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. doi: 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. doi: 10.1080/19475721.2014.900113

2013

• 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, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2013.04.002
• Zirino, A., Neira, C., Maicu, F., & Levin, L. A. (2013). Comments on and implications of a steady-state in coastal marine ecosystems. Chemistry & Ecology, 29(1), 86-99. doi: 10.1080/02757540.2012.696613

2011

• 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. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.01.027

2010

• 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. doi: 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. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00332.x
• Gooday, A. J., Bett, B. J., Escobar, E., Ingole, B., Levin, L. A., Neira, C., ... Sellanes, J. (2010). Habitat heterogeneity and its influence on benthic biodiversity in oxygen minimum zones. Marine Ecology-an Evolutionary Perspective, 31(1), 125-147. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00348.x

2009

• Rathburn, A. E., Levin, L. A., Tryon, M., Gieskes, J. M., Martin, J. M., Perez, M. E., ... Ziebis, W. (2009). Geological and biological heterogeneity of the Aleutian margin (1965-4822 m). Progress in Oceanography, 80(1-2), 22-50. doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2008.12.002
• Levin, L. A., Ekau, W., Gooday, A. J., Jorissen, F., Middelburg, J. J., Naqvi, S. W. A., ... Zhang, J. (2009). Effects of natural and human-induced hypoxia on coastal benthos. Biogeosciences, 6(10), 2063-2098. doi: 10.5194/bg-6-2063-2009
• 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. doi: 10.1080/02757540903334197
• 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. Human impacts on salt marshes : a global perspective (pp. 23-40). Berkeley: University of California Press.
• 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. doi: 10.1016/j.ode.2008.09.004

2008

• 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. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn099

2007

• 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. doi: 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. doi: 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. doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.08.030

2006

• 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. doi: 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. doi: 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. doi: 10.1890/04-1752
• Arntz, W. E., Gallardo, V. A., Gutierrez, D., Isla, E., Levin, L. A., Mendo, 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.

2005

• 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.
• 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. doi: 10.3354/meps292111

2004

• 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. doi: 10.4067S0716-078X2004000200009

2003

• 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. doi: 10.4067S0716-078X2003000300006.

2002

• Levin, L., Gutierrez, D., Rathburn, A., Neira, C., Sellanes, J., Munoz, P., ... 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. doi: 10.1016/s0079-6611(02)00022-8

2001

• 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. doi: 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. doi: 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.

2000

• Gutierrez, D., Gallardo, V. A., Mayor, S., Neira, C., Vasquez, C., Sellanes, J., ... 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. doi: 10.3354/meps202081

1999

• Sellanes, J., Neira, C., Gallardo, V. A., Gutierrez, D., & Soto, A. (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).

1998

• 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. doi: 10.1007/BF02764227

1996

• 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. doi: 10.1016/s1385-1101(96)90786-8

1994

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

1993

• 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.

1992

• 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. , Ph.D..

1985

• 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. doi: 10.1021/np50041a031

1984

• 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. doi: 10.1021/np50031a031