Rubén Escribano, PhD.

Deputy Director @ IMO
Professor @ UDEC

Contact

rescribano@udec.cl
56-41-2661236

Roles

Deputy Director @ IMO
Associate Researcher @ IMO
Professor @ UDEC

Education

Doctor in Oceanography @ DAL

Biography

Dr. Rubén Escribano (Chile, 1957) received his PhD in Oceanography from the University of Dalhousie, Canada in 1991.

He developed his postdoctoral research at the same institution where he started working on his main lines of research centered on marine zooplankton, pelagic food chains and population biology.

After six years abroad, Dr. Escribano returned to Chile and in 1999 he joined the Instituto de Investigación del Océano at Universidad de Antofagasta where he worked in plankton dynamics in the upwelling zone in the north of Chile. In 2002 he moves to Concepcion where he currently holds the position of Professor at the Department of Oceanography at the University of Concepcion.

He is the Head of the Doctoral Program in Oceanography of the University of Concepcion.

His most important contributions to oceanography are the generation of new knowledge on the ecology of marine plankton in Chile; developing models and methods for estimating secondary production in the ocean; the training of new researchers in biological oceanography in Chile; and international projection of biological oceanography that is developed in our country and in the eastern South Pacific.

Currently, Dr. Escribano is responsible for the Chilean office of Antares, a collaborative network between American countries for the study of the oceanographic and climatic variability of the continent. Antares is partially financed by the Interamerican Institute for Climate Change.

He is also responsible for the regional office in the eastern South Pacific of OBIS (Ocean Biogeographic Information System).

Students

Tutor of

Katerin Aniñir

Master in Sciences, mention Oceanography @ UDEC

Liliana Espinosa

Doctorate in Oceanography @ UDEC

Pamela Fierro

Master in Sciences, mention Oceanography @ UDEC

Carolina González

Doctorate in Oceanography @ UDEC

Constanza Larson

Marine Biology @ UDEC

Pritha Tutasi

Doctorate in Oceanography @ UDEC

Ana Venegas

Doctorate in Oceanography @ UDEC

Co-tutor of

Carollina Burgos

Master in Ecology and Aquatic Systems @ UANTOF

Eric Orellana

Marine Biology @ UDEC

Luís Ñacari, M.

@ UANTOF

Publications

Upwelling modulation of functional traits of a dominant planktonic grazer during "warm-acid" El Niño 2015 in a year-round upwelling area of Humboldt Current.

PLOS One | Volume 14, Issue 1, Article e0209823

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0209823January, 2019

Aguilera, V.M.Escribano, R.Vargas, C.A.González, M.T.
A

Zooplankton taxonomic and trophic community structure across biogeochemical regions in the Eastern South Pacific

Frontiers in Marine Science | Volume 5, Article 498

doi:10.3389/fmars.2018.00498January, 2019

González, C.E.Escribano, R.Bode, A.Schneider, W.
T

Metazoan parasite communities of two deep-sea elasmobranchs: the southern lanternshark, Etmopterus granulosus, and the largenose catshark, Apristurus nasutus, in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean

Parasite | Volume 25, Article 53

doi:10.1051/parasite/2018054November, 2018

Espínola-Novelo, J.F.Escribano, R.Oliva, M.E.
T

Nitrogen and phosphorus recycling mediated by copepods and response of bacterioplankton community from three contrasting areas in the western tropical South Pacific (20° S)

Biogeosciences | Volume 15, Pages 6019-6032

doi:10.5194/bg-15-6019-2018October, 2018

Valdés, V.Carlotti, F.Escribano, R.Donoso, K.Pagano, M.Molina, V.Fernandez, C.
T

BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene

Global Ecology and Biogeography | Volume 27, Issue 7, Pages 760-786

doi:10.1111/geb.12729July, 2018

Dornelas, M.Antão, L.H.Moyes, F.Bates, A.E.Magurran, A.E.Adam, D....Escribano, R....Hidalgo, P....Zettler, M.L.
T

Spatial variability of zooplankton community structure in Colombian Caribbean waters during two seasons

Revista de Biología Tropical | Volume 66, Issue 2, Pages 688-708

doi:10.15517/rbt.v66i2.33401June, 2018

Medellín-Mora, JohanaEscribano, R.Schneider, W.Correa-Ramírez, M.
A

Morphological and molecular characterization of digenean parasites of the Galapagos sheephead Semicossyphus darwini (Jenyns) with the re-description of Labrifer secundus Manter 1940 (Lepidapedidae) from the Humboldt Current Large Marine Ecosystem

Systematic Parasitology | Volume 95, Issue 4, Pages 391-401

doi:10.1007/s11230-018-9787-zMay, 2018

Ñacari, L.Sepúlveda, F.A.Escribano, R.Bray, R.A.Oliva, M.E.
T

Mesozooplankton respiration and community structure in a seamount region of the eastern South Pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers | Volume 135, Pages 74-87

doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2018.03.008May, 2018

Frederick, L.Escribano, R.Morales, C.E.Hormazábal, S.Medellín-Mora, Johana
T

A new species of Proctoeces and reinstatement of Proctoeces humboldti George-Nascimento and Quiroga 1983 (Digenea: Fellodistomidae) based on molecular and morphological evidence

Parasitology International | Volume 67, Issue 2, Pages 159-169

doi:10.1016/j.parint.2017.10.004April, 2018

Oliva, M.E.Valdivia, I.M.Cárdenas, L.Muñoz, G.Escribano, R.George-Nascimento, M.
T

Acanthocotyle gurgesiella n. sp. (Monogenea: Acanthocotylidae) from the deep-sea skate Gurgesiella furvescens (Rajidae) in the south-eastern Pacific

Journal of Helminthology | Volume 92, Issue 2, Pages 223-227

doi:10.1017/S0022149X17000220March, 2018

Ñacari, L.Sepulveda, F.A.Escribano, R.Oliva, M.E.
T

Nitrogen excretion by copepods and its effect on ammonia-oxidizing communities in a coastal upwelling zone

Limnology and Oceanography | Volume 63, Issue 1, Pages 278-294

doi:10.1002/lno.10629January, 2018

Valdés, V.Fernández, C.Molina, V.Escribano, R.
T

Hypoxia effects on females and early stages of Calanus chilensis in the Humboldt Current ecosystem (23°S)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology | Volume 498, Pages 61-71

doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2017.09.018January, 2018

Ruz, P.M.Hidalgo, P.Escribano, R.Keister, J.E.Yebra, L.Franco-Cisterna, B.
A

Dissolved compounds excreted by copepods reshape the active marine bacterioplankton community composition

Frontiers in Marine Science | Volume 4, Article 343

doi:10.3389/fmars.2017.00343November, 2017

Valdés, V.Fernandez, C.Molina, V.Escribano, R.Joux, F.
T

Embryo and early larval stages of the Humboldt Current krill Euphausia mucronata (Crustacea: Euphausiacea)

Invertebrate Biology | Volume 136, Issue 3, Pages 260-270

doi:10.1111/ivb.12176September, 2017

Riquelme-Bugueño, R.Gómez-Gutiérrez, J.Silva-Aburto, J.Escribano, R.Schneider, W.
OT

Zooplankton community response to the winter 2013 deep convection process in the NW Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans | Volume 122, Issue 3, Pages 2319-2338

doi:10.1002/2016JC012176March, 2017

Donoso, K.Carlotti, F.Pagano, M.Hunt, B.P.V.Escribano, R.Berline, L.
T

Scaling copepod grazing in a coastal upwelling system: The importance of community size structure for phytoplankton C flux

Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research | Volume 45, Issue 1, Pages 41-54

doi:10.3856/vol45-issue1-fulltext-5March, 2017

Valdés, V.Escribano, R.Vergara, O.
T

Water-column cooling and sea surface salinity increase in the upwelling region off central-south Chile driven by a poleward displacement of the South Pacific High

Progress in Oceanography | Volume 151, Pages 38-48

doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2016.11.004February, 2017

Schneider, W.Donoso, D.Garcés-Vargas, J.Escribano, R.
O

Micro-phytoplankton community structure in the coastal upwelling zone off Concepción (central Chile): Annual and inter-annual fluctuations in a highly dynamic environment

Progress in Oceanography | Volume 149, Pages 174-188

doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2016.10.011December, 2016

Anabalón, V.Morales, C.E.Gonzáles, H.E.Menschel, E.Schneider, W.Hormazábal, S.Valencia, L.Escribano, R.

Non-limiting food conditions for growth and production of the copepod community in a highly productive upwelling zone.

Continental Shelf Research | Volume 126, Pages 1-14

doi:10.1016/j.csr.2016.07.018September, 2016

Escribano, R.Bustos-Rios, E.Hidalgo, P.Morales, C.E.

First measurements of euphausiid growth rates in the northern Humboldt Current (23ºS)

Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía | Volume 51, Issue 2, Pages 435-440

doi:10.4067/S0718-19572016000200020August, 2016

Riquelme-Bugueño, R.Gómez-Gutiérrez, J.Escribano, R.Ruz, P.M.Hidalgo, P.Schneider, W.
A

Growth of the Humboldt Current krill in the upwelling zone off central Chile

Journal of Marine Systems | Volume 163, Pages 1-11

doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2016.06.001June, 2016

Riquelme-Bugueño, R.Silva-Aburto, J.Escribano, R.Peterson, W.T.Schneider, W.

Community response of zooplankton to oceanographic changes (2002–2012) in the central/southern upwelling system of Chile

Progress in Oceanography | Volume 142, Pages 17-29

doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2016.01.005January, 2016

Medellín-Mora, JohanaEscribano, R.Schneider, W.

Electrophoretic protein profiles of mid-sized copepod Calanoides patagoniensis steadily fed bloom-forming diatoms

Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research | Volume 43, Issue 4, Pages 798-806

doi:10.3856/vol43-issue4-fulltext-20September, 2015

Aguilera, V.M.Escribano, R.Martínez-Oyanedel, J.
A

Intra-seasonal variation and its effects on copepod community structure off Central/southern Chile (2002-2009)

Hydrobiologia | Volume 758, Issue 1, Pages 61-74

doi:10.1007/s10750-015-2265-6April, 2015

González, C.E.Escribano, R.Hidalgo, P.
M

Mesoscale variability in the habitat of the Humboldt Current krill, spring 2007

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans | Volume 120, Issue 4, Pages 2769-2783

doi:10.1002/2014JC010460April, 2015

Riquelme-Bugueño, R.Correa-Ramírez, M.Escribano, R.Nuñez, S.Hormazábal, S.
M

Egg production and hatching success of Calanus chilensis and Acartia tonsa in the northern Chile upwelling zone (23°S), Humboldt Current System

Journal of Marine Systems | Volume 148, Pages 200-212

doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2015.03.007March, 2015

Ruz, P.M.Hidalgo, P.Yañez, S.Escribano, R.Keister, J.
MA

Copepod community response to variable upwelling conditions off central-southern Chile during 2002-2004 and 2010-2012

Marine Ecology Progress Series | Volume 515, Pages 83-95

doi:10.3354/meps11001November, 2014

Pino-Pinuer, P.Escribano, R.Hidalgo, P.Riquelme-Bugueño, R.Schneider, W.

Re-assessing copepod growth using the Moult Rate method

Journal of Plankton Research | Volume 36, Pages 1224-1232

doi:10.1093/plankt/fbu045June, 2014

Hirst, A.G.Keister, J.E.Richardson, A.J.Ward, P.Shreeve, R.S.Escribano, R.

Temperature effects on development and reproduction of copepods in the Humboldt Current: the advantage of rapid growth

Journal of Plankton Research | Volume 36, Issue 1, Pages 104-116

doi:10.1093/plankt/fbt095January, 2014

Escribano, R.Hidalgo, P.Valdés, V.Frederick, L.
A

News

Research Projects on the Importance of the Marine Biosphere for a Sustainable Ocean: Main Topics of IMBIZO 5 Congress Held in the US

The Millennium Institute of Oceanography (IMO) took part in the IMBIZO 5 workshop, whose overall theme was “Marine biosphere research for a sustainable ocean: linking ecosystems, future states and resource management.” This meeting took place in Woods Hole, MA, USA October 2-6, 2017.

Millennium Institute of Oceanography Runs Workshops on Board the Research Vessel Cabo de Hornos

The Millennium Institute of Oceanography (IMO) carried out an activity on board the Chilean Navy research vessel Cabo de Hornos. The activity was conducted in the framework of the IMPAC4 congress and under the auspices of the scientific camp “Nuestro Océano” (our ocean).

Rubén Escribano gave a lecture entitled "A tour through the deep ocean " to the general community

In the context of the series of talks "Chile more sea than land", on the occasion of the celebration of the Month of the Sea, the IMO deputy director presented the talk entitled "A tour through the deep ocean".

IMO researchers attended the IMBER Open Science Conference

The associate researcher of the Millennium Institute of Oceanography, Dr. Rubén Escribano and the adjunct researcher Dr. Pamela Hidalgo travelled to Bergen, Norway to attend the IMBER Open Science Conference held on 23-27 June 2014.

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