Marcela Cornejo, PhD.

Junior Researcher @ IMO
Associate Professor @ PUCV

Contact

marcela.cornejo@ucv.cl

Roles

Junior Researcher @ IMO

Education

Doctor in Oceanography @ UDEC

Biography

Dr. Marcela Cornejo (Chile, 1977) is an Oceanographer from the P. Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile (2003). She received her Doctorate in Oceanography from the Universidad de Concepción, Chile (2010).

Her postdoctoral research was carried out in the frame of the CONICYT Proyect #3110158: "Vías alternativas de producción y consumo de N2O en la capa superficial del Pacífico Sur Oriental", Universidad de Concepción, Chile and with the MILOCO hipoxia Project (USA): "Modelamiento del N2O en la Zona de Mínimo de Oxígeno del Pacífico Sur Oriental", PROFC, Universidad de Concepción.

Currently, she is an associate professor at the Escuela de Ciencias del Mar, Facultad de Recursos Naturales, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile.

Marcela Cornejo

Publications

A source of isotopically light organic carbon in a low-pH anoxic marine zone

Nature Communications | Volume 12, Issue 1604, Pages 1-11

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21871-4March, 2021

Vargas, C.A.Sepúlveda, J.De Pol-Holz, R.Schneider, W.Cornejo, M.Cantarero, S.Galán, A.Farias, L.........,
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Size-Fractionated Contribution of Microbial Biomass to Suspended Organic Matter in the Eastern Tropical South Pacific Oxygen Minimum Zone

Frontiers in Marine Science | Volume 7, Pages 1-20

doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.540643October, 2020

Cantarero, S.Henríquez, C.Dildar, N.Vargas, C.A.Von Dassow, P.Cornejo, M.Sepúlveda, J.
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A country's response to tackling plastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems: The Chilean way

Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

doi:10.1002/aqc.3469October, 2020

Urbina, M.Thiel, M.Hinojosa, I.AAcuña-Ruz, T.González, M.Andrade-Díaz, C....Cornejo, M.

Greenhouse gas cycling by the plastisphere: The sleeper issue of plastic pollution

CHEMOSPHERE | Volume 246, Article 125709

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125709May, 2020

Cornejo, M.Molina, V.Pavez, J.Silva, N.
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Heavy metals’ content (Al, Fe, Cu, Mn, Pb and Hg) in sediments of Laguna Verde Bay Valparaíso, Chile

Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research | Volume 46, Pages 1116-1121

doi:10.3856/vol46-issue5-fulltext-24.December, 2018

Pavez, J.Silva, N.Cornejo, M.Rivera, C.
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Seasonality of the N2O cycle of the Biobío River during the megadrought

JOURNAL OF LIMNOLOGY | Volume 78, Pages 14-26

doi:10.4081/jlimnol.2018.1767September, 2018

Cornejo, M.Figueroa, R. Parra, O.
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Distribution of greenhouse gases in hyper-arid and arid areas of northern Chile and the contribution of the high altitude wetland microbiome (Salar de Huasco, Chile) Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICR | Volume 1432, Pages 111-1421

doi:10.1007/s10482-018-1078-9August, 2018

Molina, V.Eissier, Y.Cornejo, M.Galand, P.EDorador, C.Hengst, M.Fernandez, C.Francois, J.P
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Beyond chlorophyll fluorescence: The time is right to expand biological measurements in ocean observing programs

Limnology and Oceanography | Volume 27, Issue 3, Pages 89-90

doi:10.1002/lob.10243August, 2018

Boss, E.Waite, A.Muller-Karger, F.Yamazaki, H.Wanninkhof, R.Uitz, J....Cornejo, M....Acinas, SG
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The activity of nitrifying microorganisms in a high-altitude Andean wetland

FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY | Volume 94, Article fiy062

doi:10.1093/femsec/fiy062June, 2018

Molina, V.Dorador, C.Fernández, C.Bristow, L.Eissler, Y.Hengst, M....Cornejo, M.
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Front-eddy influence on water column properties, phytoplankton community structure, and cross-shelf exchange of diatom taxa in the shelf-slope area off Concepción (∼36–37°S)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans | Volume 122, Issue 11, Pages 8944-8965

doi:10.1002/2017JC013111November, 2017

Morales, C.E.Anabalón, V.Bento, J.P.Hormazábal, S.Cornejo, M.Correa-Ramírez, M.A.Silva, N.
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Vertical distribution of copepod eggs in the oxygen minimum zone off Mejillones Bay (23°S) in the Humboldt Current System

Marine Ecology Progress Series | Volume 571, Pages 83-96

doi:10.3354/meps12117May, 2017

Ruz, P.M.Hidalgo, P.Riquelme-Bugueño, R.Franco-Cisterna, B.Cornejo, M.
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Biogeochemical characteristics of a long-lived anticyclonic eddy in the eastern South Pacific Ocean

Biogeosciences | Volume 13, Issue 10, Pages 2971-2979

doi:10.5194/bg-13-2971-2016May, 2016

Cornejo, M.Bravo, L.Ramos, M.Pizarro, O.Karstensen, J.Gallegos, M.Correa-Ramirez, M.Silva, N.Farías, L.Karp-Boss, L.

An unaccounted for N2O sink in the surface water of the eastern subtropical South Pacific: Physical versus biological mechanisms

Progress in Oceanography | Volume 137, Pages 12-23

doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2014.12.016January, 2015

Cornejo, M.Murillo, A.A.Farías, L.
MO

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