Neira Publications:
Neira, C., M. Hoeneisen, M. Silva & P. Sammes (1984). Marine Organic
Chemistry III. Isolation of 3ß,6-dihydroxy-5-cholest-9(11)-en-23-one
from the starfish Stichaster striatus. J. Natural Products 47: 182-183.
Neira, C., M. Hoeneisen, M. Silva & L. Minale (1985). Marine Organic Chemistry
IV. Structure of the principal aglycones from the starfish Meyenaster
gelatinosus (Meyen, 1834). J. Natural Products 48: 848.
Neira, C., M. Silva, M. Iorizzi & L. Minale (1992). Marine Organic Chemistry V.
Asterosaponins from the starfish Heliaster helianthus. Bol. Soc. Chil.
Quim. 37: 139-142.
Neira, C. (1992). Benthic fecal pellets. Cycling of sediment and organic carbon
by Heteromastus filiformis. Ph.D. thesis, Universität Oldenburg.
Neira, C. & T. Höpner (1992). Production of fecal pellets by Heteromastus
filiformis and role in the organic carbon cycle. The Challenge to Marine
Biology in a Changing World. 100 Years Biologische Anstalt Helgoland.
Abstract Volume, Isle of Helgoland: 149–150.
Neira, C. & T. Höpner (1993). Fecal pellet production and sediment reworking
potential of Heteromastus filiformis show a tide dependent periodicity.
Ophelia 37: 175-185.
Neira, C. & T. Höpner (1994). The role of Heteromastus filiformis (Capitellidae,
Polychaeta) in organic carbon cycling. Ophelia 39: 55-73.
Neira, C. & M. Rackemann (1996) Black spots produced by buried macroalgae in
intertidal sandy sediments of the Wadden Sea: Effects on the
meiobenthos. J. Sea Research 36: 153-170. PDF
Neira, C., T. Höpner & M. Rackemann (1998). Annual course of sediment
parameters and meiofauna on a sandy tidal flat in the Wadden Sea after
the severe winter of 1995/96. Dt. hydrogr. Z. - German Journal of
Hydrography 50: 301–311. PDF
Sellanes, J., C. Neira, V.A. Gallardo, D. Gutiérrez, A. Soto (1999). Meiofauna
metazoaria en una zona de surgencia costera de Chile central: relaciones
con factores abióticos durante El Niño 1997-98. VIII COLACMAR, Trujillo,
Perú: 752-753.
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Gutiérrez, D., V.A. Gallardo, S. Mayor, C. Neira, C. Vásquez, J. Sellanes, M.
Rivas, A. Soto, F.D. Carrasco & M. Baltazar (2001). 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 Niño. Marine Ecology Progress Series 202: 81-99. PDF
Neira, C., J. Sellanes, L.A. Levin, &. W.E. Arntz (2001). Meiofaunal distributions
on the Peru margin: relationship to oxygen and organic matter availability.
Deep-Sea Research I 48: 2453-2472. PDF
Neira, C., J. Sellanes, A. Soto, D. Gutiérrez & V.A. Gallardo (2001) Meiofauna
and sedimentary organic matter off central Chile: response to changes
caused by the 1997-98 El Niño. Oceanologica Acta 24: 313-328. PDF
Neira, C., G. Gad, N.L. Arroyo, & W. Decraemer (2001). Glochinema
bathyperuvensis sp. n. (Nematoda, Epsilonematidae): a new species from
Peruvian bathyal sediments, SE Pacific Ocean. Contributions to Zoology
70: 147-159. PDF
Levin, L., D. Gutiérrez, A. Rathburn, C. Neira, J. Sellanes, P. Muñoz, V. Gallardo,
M. Salamanca (2002). Benthic processes on the Peru margin: a transect
across the oxygen minimum zone during the 1997-98 El Niño. Progress in
Oceanography 53: 1-27. PDF
Sellanes, J., C. Neira & E. Quiroga (2003). Composición, estructura y flujo
energético del meiobentos frente a Chile central. Revista Chilena de
Historia Natural 76: 401-415. PDF
Muñoz, P., MA Salamanca, C. Neira & J sellanes (2004). Nitrogen sediment
fluxes in an upwelling system off central Chile (Concepción Bay and
adjacent shelf) during the 1997-98 El Niño. Revista Chilena de Historia
Natural 77:305-318. PDF
Neira, C., L.A. Levin & E.D. Grosholz (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. PDF
Neira, C., W. Decraemer & T. Backeljau (2005). A new species of Glochinema
(Epsilonematidae, Nematoda) from the oxygen minimum zone of Baja
California, NE Pacific and phylogenetic relationships at species level
within the family. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 292: 105-126. PDF
Levin L.A., C. Neira & E.D. Grosholz (2005). Invasive Cordgrass modifies
wetland trophic Function. Ecology 87: 419-432. PDF
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Neira, C., E.D. Grosholz, L.A. Levin & R. Blake (2006). Mechanisms generating
modification of benthos following tidal flat invasion by a Spartina hybrid.
Ecological Applications 16: 1391-1404. PDF
Sellanes, J. & C. Neira (2006). ENSO as a natural experiment to understand
environmental control of meiofaunal community structure. Marine Ecology
27: 31-43. PDF
Arntz, W.E., V.A. Gallardo, D. Gutiérrez, E. Isla, L.A. Levin, J. Mendo, C. Neira,
G. Rowe, J. Tarazona & M. Wolff (2006). ENSO and similar perturbation
effects on the benthos of the Humboldt, California, and Benguela Current
upwelling ecosystems. Advances in Geosciences 6: 243-265. PDF
Neira, C., L.A. Levin, E.D. Grosholz & G. Mendoza (2007). Influence of invasive
Spartina growth stages on associated macrofaunal communities.
Biological Invasions 9: 975-993. PDF
Sellanes, J., E. Quiroga, C. Neira & D. Gutierrez (2007) Changes of
macrobenthos composition under different ENSO cycle conditions on the
continental shelf off central Chile. Continental Shelf Research 27: 10021016. PDF
Contreras, S., S. Pantoja, C. Neira & C. Lange (2007). Biogeochemistry of
surface sediments during El Niño 1997-1998 in the coastal upwelling area
off central Chile (36.5ºS). Progress in Oceanography 75: 576-585. PDF
Sellanes, J., E. Quiroga & C. Neira (2008) Megafauna structure and trophic
relationships at the recently discovered Concepción Methane Seep Area,
Chile, ~36ºS. ICES Journal of Marine Science 65: 1102-1111. PDF
Grosholz, E.D. L.A. Levin, A.C. Tyler & and C. Neira (2009). Changes in
community structure and ecosystem function following Spartina alterniflora
invasion of Pacific estuaries, pp. 23-40. In: Silliman, B.R., Bertness, M.D.
and Grosholz, E.D. (eds) Anthropogenic modifications of North American
Salt Marshes. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles,
California.
Rathburn, A.E., L.A. Levin, M. Tryon, J.M. Gieskes, J.B. Martin, M.E. Pérez, F.J.
Fodrie, C. Neira, G.F. Fryer, G. Mendoza, P.A. McMillan, J. Kluesner, J.
Adamic & W. Ziebis (2009). Geological and biological heterogeneity of the
Aleutian margin (1965-4822 m). Progress in Oceanography 80: 22-50.
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Neira, C. & W. Decraemer (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: Selachinematida). Organisms, Diversity
& Evolution 9: 1-15. PDF
Neira, C., E.D. Grosholz & L.A. Levin (2010). Mechanistic processes driving
shifts in benthic infaunal communities following hybrid Spartina tidal flat
invasion. In: Ayres, D.R., Kerr, D.W., Ericson, S.D. and Olofson, P.R.
(eds.). Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Invasive
Spartina, 2004 Nov 8-10, San Francisco, CA, USA. San Francisco Estuary
Invasive Spartina Project of the California State Coastal Conservancy:
Oakland, CA., pp. 141-145.
Thurber, A.R., K. Kröger, C. Neira, H. Wilkund & L.A. Levin (2009). Stable
isotope signatures and methane use by New Zealand cold seep. Marine
Geology 272: 260-269. PDF
Levin, L.A., W. Ekau, A.J. Gooday, F. Jorissen, J.J. Middelburg, W. Naqvi, C.
Neira, N.N. Rabalais & J. Zhang (2009). Effects of natural and humaninduced hypoxia on coastal benthos. Biogeosciences 6: 2063-2098. PDF
Neira, C., F. Delgadillo-Hinojosa, A. Zirino, G. Mendoza, L.A. Levin, M. Porrachia
& Dimitri Deheyn (2009). Spatial distribution of copper in relation to
recreational boating in a California shallow-water basin. Chemistry &
Ecology 25: 417-433. PDF
Sellanes, J., C. Neira, E. Quiroga & N. Teixido (2010). Diversity patterns along
and across the Chilean margin: a continental slope encompassing oxygen
gradients and methane seep benthic habitats. Marine Ecology 31: 111124. PDF
Gooday, A.J., B.J. Bett, E. Escobar, B. Ingole, L.A. Levin, C. Neira, A.V. Raman
& J. Sellanes (2010). Habitat heterogeneity and ist influence on benthic
biodiversity in oxygen minimum zones. Marine Ecology 31: 125-147. PDF
Neira, C., G. Mendoza, L.A. Levin, A. Zirino, F. Delgadillo-Hinojosa, M. Porrachia
& D. Deheyn (2011). Macrobenthic community response to copper in
Shelter Island Yacht Basin, San Diego Bay, California. Marine Pollution
Bulletin 62: 701-717. PDF
Zirino, A., C. Neira, F. Maicu & L.A. Levin (2012). Comments on and implications
of steady-state in costal marine ecosystems. Chemistry & Ecology (doi:
10.1080/02757540.2012.696613). PDF
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