Línea 1: Enriquecimiento del ambiente por metales: de los efectos a los remediosLine 1 (Rosanna Ginnochio): Metal enrichment of the environment: from the effects to the remedy.

DESCRIPCIÓN:

La industria minera se relaciona de distintas formas con el medio ambiente. Algunas de estas interacciones han sido sobre-focalizadas, particularmente las percibidas por la sociedad como “negativas”; otras interacciones con posibles efectos neutros o positivos han sido, por otro lado, sub-consideradas o subvaloradas no sólo por la sociedad sino también por el propio sector minero. Adicionalmente, existe un extenso debate entre los actores involucrados (reguladores, empresarios, comunidades e investigadores, entre otros) sobre la factibilidad de realizar minería en forma sustentable. En esta línea de investigación del CAPES aportaremos antecedentes que permitan objetivizar los efectos de las interacciones del sector minero con el medio ambiente, con énfasis en el enriquecimiento con metales de distintas matrices ambientales (suelos, aguas superficiales y marinas), y determinar cuan sustentable es este sector productivo ante distintos escenarios productivos. Por ejemplo, se abordarán aspectos relacionados con la evaluación de riesgo ecológico de los enriquecimientos con metales (biodisponibilidad, toxicidad para los organismos y movilidad ambiental), aportando con herramientas metodológicas apropiadas para la identificación de riesgos. Se desarrollarán distintas alternativas de rehabilitación ecológica para sitios perturbados por la industria minera, basadas en la reconstrucción de ecosistemas autosustentables. Todos estos conocimientos, herramientas y enfoques serán transferidos a la industria minera, los reguladores y a la sociedad en general, de forma de posibilitar el desarrollo sustentable del sector minero. Adicionalmente, se propenderá a la formación de capital humano especializado en estas líneas de trabajo.

OBJETIVOS:

  • Objetivizar los efectos de las interacciones del sector minero con el medio ambiente, con énfasis en el enriquecimiento con metales de distintas matrices ambientales (suelos, aguas superficiales y marinas).
  • Determinar cuan sustentable es el sector minero nacional ante distintos escenarios productivos y alternativas de mitigación y rehabilitación ambiental.
  • Evaluar la relevancia de los aspectos históricos y sociales en la relación minería y medio ambiente a nivel nacional.
  • Desarrollar y validar metodologías de rehabilitación ambiental adecuadas a la realidad nacional.
  • Apoyar a los reguladores en la generación de nuevas regulaciones y guías metodológicas pertinentes, además de apoyar la revisión de normativas existentes.
  • Transferir los conocimientos a los actores involucrados y aportar a la formación de nuevo capital humano a nivel nacional en el ámbito de la interacción minería y medio ambiente.

PROYECCIONES:

Dentro de los desafíos relevantes para esta línea está el mejorar la coordinación entre los actores involucrados a nivel nacional en el ámbito de la minería y el medio ambiente (reguladores, empresas mineras, empresas consultoras ambientales, comunidades, ONGs, etc). El mejorar la vinculación entre los actores es fundamental, de alto impacto y relevancia. Adicionalmente, la transferencia de distintos productos (apoyo a normativas, metodologías, formación de capital humano avanzado, difusión de conocimientos a la sociedad civil, etc.) resultará clave para apoyar esta vinculación.

COLABORACIONES INTERNACIONALES:

Dra. Sally Brown, School of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

Dra. Raina Maier, Soil, Water and Environmental Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona, Arizona, USA.

Dr. David Mulligan, Sustainable Minerals Institute International Centre of Excellence Chile (SMI-ICE-Chile)

EQUIPO:

Investigador Principal:

Rosanna Ginocchio

Investigadores Asociados:

Loretto Contreras, Pablo Becerra, Alexander Neaman y Juan Francisco Ovalle.

Postdoctorados:

Fabiola Orrego.

Profesionales y Técnicos:

Luz María de la Fuente y Camila Rey.

Estudiantes de Postgrado:

Camila Espinoza, Matías Araya, Milena Carpio, Marjorie Correa, Nicolás Latorre, Tomás Schoffer, Verónica Morales y Estefanía Torres.

Estudiantes de Pregrado:

María José Díaz, Michael Pineda, Rocío Rivera y Valentina Beltrán.

PUBLICACIONES:

  • Ignacio Pérez Massad, Marcela Ávila, Loretto Contreras-Porcia, Cristian Bulboa Contador. (2020) Spores re-suspending technology, a new system improving spore seeding for culture of commercial red seaweeds. Aquaculture. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735374
  • Alexander Neaman, Patricio Valenzuel, Jaime Tapia-Gatica, Iván Selles, Alexey A. Novoselov, Elvira A. Dovletyarova, Carolina Yáñez, Yurii A. Krutyakov, Jason W. Stuckey. (2020) Chilean regulations on metal-polluted soils: The need to advance from adapting foreign laws towards developing sovereign legislation. Enviromental Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109429
  • Nilo Lizardi, Marcelo Aguilar, Manuel Bravo, Tatyana A. Fedorova & Alexander Neaman. (2020) Human Health Risk Assessment from the Consumption of Vegetables Grown near a Copper Smelter in Central Chile. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-020-00226-w
  • Fabiola Orrego, Claudia Ortiz-Calderón, Stanley Lutts. Rosanna Ginocchio. (2020) Effect of single and combined Cu, NaCl and water stresses on three Atriplex species with phytostabilization potential. South African Journal of Botany. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2020.02.021
  • Alexander Neaman, Iván Selles, Carmen Enid Martínez, Elvira A. Dovletyarova. (2020 Analyzing Soil Metal Toxicity: Spiked or Field‐Contaminated Soils?. Enviromental Toxicology and Chemistry. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.4654
  • Manuel Acevedo, Rafael Rubilar, R. Kasten Dumroese, Juan F. Ovalle, Simón Sandoval & Rodrigo Chassin-Trubert. (2020) Nitrogen loading of Eucalyptus globulus seedlings: nutritional dynamics and influence on morphology and root growth potential. New Forests. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11056-020-09778-2
  • J. Tomás Schoffer, Sébastien Sauvé, Alexander Neaman & Rosanna Ginocchio. (2020) Role of Leaf Litter on the Incorporation of Copper-Containing Pesticides into Soils Under Fruit Production: a Review. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-020-00186-1
  • Ekaterina Tarasova, Svetlana Drogobuzhskaya, Felipe Tapia-Pizarro, Vasyl A. Brykov, Elvira A. Dovletyarova, Marina Slukovskaya, Claudia Navarro-Villarroel, Anna A. Paltseva & Alexander Neaman. (2020) Vermiculite-Lizardite Industrial Wastes Promote Plant Growth in a Peat Soil Affected by a Cu/Ni Smelter: a Case Study at the Kola Peninsula, Russia. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-020-00188-z
  • Camila B. García, Gabriella L. Svensson, Camila Bravo, María I. Undurraga, Javiera Díaz-Forestier, Karina Godoy, Alexander Neaman, Olga Barbosa , Sebastián Abades and Juan L. Celis-Diez. (2020) Remnants of native forests support carnivore diversity in the vineyard landscapes of central Chile. Oryx. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605319000152
  • Jaime Tapia-Gatica, Isabel González Miranda, Eduardo Salgado, Manuel A. Bravo, Catherine Tessini, Elvira A. Dovletyarova, Anna A. Paltseva, Alexander Neaman. (2019) Advanced determination of the spatial gradient of human health risk and ecological risk from exposure to As, Cu, Pb, and Zn in soils near the Ventanas Industrial Complex (Puchuncaví, Chile). Environmental Pollution. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113488
  • Cristian Bulboa Contador, Ignacio Pérez Massad, Loretto Contreras-Porcia, Javier Zapata, Francisco Castañeda, María Eliana Ramírez, Patricia Gil-Kodaka. (2019) Concise review of genus Chondracanthus (Rhodophyta: Gigartinales). Journal of Applied Phycology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-019-01956-w
  • Nicolás Latorre, Francisco Castañeda, Andrés Meynard, Jorge Rivas, Loretto Contreras-Porcia. (2019) First approach of characterization of bioactive compound in Pyropia orbicularis during the daily tidal cycle. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3856/vol47-issue5-fulltext-12
  • Rosanna Ginocchio, Oscar Melo, Patricio Pliscoff, Pablo Camus, y Eduardo Arellano. (2019) Conflicto entre la intensificación de la agricultura y la conservación de la biodiversidad en Chile: alternativas para la conciliación. Temas de la Agenda Pública. URL: https://politicaspublicas.uc.cl/publicacion/serie-temas-de-la-agenda/conflicto-entre-la-intensificacion-de-la-agricultura-y-la-conservacion-de-la-biodiversidad-en-chile-alternativas-para-la-conciliacion/
  • Felipe Lillo-Robles, Jaime Tapia-Gatica, Pablo Díaz-Siefer, Héctor Moya, Cristián Youlton, Juan L. Celis-Diez, Javier Santa-Cruz, Rosanna Ginocchio, Sébastien Sauvé, Vasyl A. Brykov, Alexander Neaman. (2019) Which soil Cu pool governs phytotoxicity in field-collected soils contaminated by copper smelting activities in central Chile?. Chemosphere. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125176
  • Fabiola Orrego, Claudia Ortiz-Calderón, Stanley Lutts. Rosanna Ginocchio. (2019) Growth and physiological effects of single and combined Cu, NaCl, and water stresses on Atriplex atacamensis and A. halimus. Environmental and Experimental Botany. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2019.103919
  • Javier Zapata, Andrés Meynard, Cristóbal Anguita, Camila Espinoza, Manoj Kumar, Loretto Contreras‐Porcia. (2019) Non‐Random Distribution and Ecophysiological Differentiation of Pyropia Species (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) Through Environmental Gradients. Journal of Phycology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12900
  • Verónica Morales-Casa, José Rebolledo, Rosanna Ginocchio, César Saéz-Navarrete. (2019) The effect of “moss bag” shape in the air monitoring of metal(oid)s in semi-arid sites: Influence of wind speed and moss porosity. Atmospheric Pollution Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2019.08.005
  • María Teresa Varnero, J. Ramirez, Rosanna Ginocchio, Ian Homer. (2019) Ex-situ evaluation of cactus pear ( Opuntia ficus-indica ): establishment on amended mine tailings. ISHS Acta Horticulturae. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2019.1247.31
  • Alejandro Miranda, Inao A. Vásquez, Pablo Becerra, Cecilia Smith-Ramirez,Cristian Delpiano, Ángela Hernández-Moreno, Adison Altamirano. (2019) Traits of perch trees promote seed dispersal of endemic fleshy-fruit species in degraded areas of endangered Mediterranean ecosystems. Journal of Arid Environments. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.103995
  • Felipe Lillo, Rosanna Ginocchio, Christopher Ulriksen, Elvira A.Dovletyarova, Alexander Neaman (2019) Evaluation of connected clonal growth of Solidago chilensis as an avoidance mechanism in copper-polluted soils. Chemosphere. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.04.199
  • Maite Berasaluce, Pedro Mondaca, Marta Schuhmacher, Manuel Bravo, Sébastien Sauvé, Claudia Navarro-Villarroel, Elvira A. Dovletyarova, Alexander Neaman (2019) Soil and indoor dust as environmental media of human exposure to As, Cd, Cu, and Pb near a copper smelter in central Chile. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtemb.2019.04.006
  • Becerra PI, Catford JA, Inderjit, McLeod ML, Andonian K, Aschehoug ET, Montesinos D & Callaway RM (2018) Inhibitory effects of Eucalyptus globulus on understorey plant growth and species richness are greater in non-native regions. Global Ecology and Biogeography 27: 68-76. Doi: 10.1111/geb.12676. PDF
  • Silva-Rodríguez EA, Ovando E, González D, Zambrano B, Sepúlveda MA, Svensson GL, Cárdenas R, Contreras P & Farías AA (2018) A large-scale assessment of the presence of the Darwin’s fox across its newly discovered range. Mammalian Biology. Doi: 10.1016/j.mambio.2018.04.003. PDF
  • De La Fuente LM, Ovalle JF, Arellano EC & Ginocchio R (2017) Use of alternative containers for promoting deep rooting of native forest species used for dryland restoration: The case of Acacia caven. Iforest 10: 776-782. Doi: 10.3832/ifor2101-010. PDF
  • Espinoza-Gallardo D, Contreras-Porcia L & Ehrenfeld N (2017) ß-glucanos, su producción y propiedades en microalgas con énfasis en el género Nannochloropsis (Ochrophyta, Eustigmatales). Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía 52: 33-49. Doi: 10.4067/S0718-19572017000100003. PDF
  • Fellous A, Andrade S, Vidal-Ramirez F, Ricardo Calderón, Jessica Beltran & Juan A. Correa (2017). Modulatory effect of the exudates released by the brown kelpLessonia spicata on the toxicity of copper in early developmental stages of ecologically related organisms Environ Sci Pollut Res 24: 3900. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-8120-0. PDF
  • Fierro C, López-Cristoffanini C, Meynard A, Lovazzano C, Castañeda F, Guajardo E & Contreras-Porcia L (2017) Expression profile of desiccation tolerance factors in intertidal seaweed species during the tidal cycle.Planta. 245(6):1149-1164. doi: 10.1007/s00425-017-2673-0. PDF
  • Ginocchio R, León-Lobos P, Arellano EC, Anic V, Ovalle JF & Baker AJM (2017) Soil physicochemical factors as environmental filters for spontaneous plant colonization of abandoned tailing dumps.Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 24(15):13484-13496. doi: 10.1007/s11356-017-8894-8. PDF
  • Gutierrez I & Becerra P (2017) The effect of native forest replacement byPinus radiata plantations on riparian plant communities in Chile. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 10 (1): 65-75. DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2017.1294630. PDF
  • Kumar M, Padula MP, Davey P, Pernice M, Jiang Z, Sablok G, Contreras-Porcia L & Ralph PJ (2017) Proteome Analysis Reveals Extensive Light Stress-Response Reprogramming in the SeagrassZostera muelleri (Alismatales, Zosteraceae) Metabolism.  Plant Sci. 7:2023. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.02023. PDF
  • Glade FE, Miranda MD, Meza FJ & van Leeuwen W (2016) Productivity and phenological responses of natural vegetation to present and future inter-annual climate variability across semi-arid river basins in Chile. Environ Monit Assess188: 676. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-016-5675-7. PDF
  • Guajardo E, Correa JA & Contreras-Porcia L (2016) Role of abscisic acid (ABA) in activating antioxidant tolerance responses to desiccation stress in intertidal seaweed species. Planta 243(3):767-81. PDF
  • Guillemin ML, Contreras-Porcia L, Ramírez ME, Macaya EC, Contador CB, Woods H, Wyatt C & Brodie J (2016) The bladed Bangiales (Rhodophyta) of the South Eastern Pacific: Molecular species delimitation reveals extensive diversity.Mol Phylogenet Evol 94(Pt B):814-26. PDF
  • Hernández A, Miranda MD, Arellano EC & Dobbs C (2016) Landscape trajectories and their effect on fragmentation for a Mediterranean semi-arid ecosystem in Central Chile. Journal of Arid Environments127: 74-81. PDF
  • Hernández A, Arellano EC, Morales-Moraga D & Miranda MD (2016) Understanding the effect of three decades of land use change on soil quality and biomass productivity in a Mediterranean landscape in Chile. Catena140: 195-204. PDF
  • Ovalle JF, Arellano EC, Ginocchio R & Becerra P (2016).  Fertilizer location modifies root zone salinity, root morphology, and water-stress resistance of tree seedlings according to the watering regime in a dryland reforestation.  Plant Nutr. Soil Sci.,179: 223–233. PDF
  • Petitpas R, Ibarra JT, Miranda M & Bonacic C (2016) Spatial patterns in a 24-year period show a case of increase forest cover and decrease fragmentation in Andean temperate landscapes,  Cien. Inv. Agr.43(3):384-395. PDF
  • Rodríguez-Córdova LA, Sáez-Navarrete CA, Ishanoglu V, Herrera L & Ginocchio R (2016) Tolerance of Magellan fungi in peat to anthracene and n-dodecane for potential use in bioremediation.  Inv. Agr.43(1):85-93. PDF
  • Valenzuela P, Arellano EC, Burger JA & Becerra P (2016) Using facilitation microsites as a restoration tool for conversion of degraded grasslands to forests in Southern Patagonia. Ecological Engineering.95: 580-587. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.06.116. PDF
  • Bravo-Fritz CP, Sáez-Navarrete CA, Herrera Zeppelin LA & Ginocchio Cea R (2015) Site selection for microalgae farming on an industrial scale in Chile. Algal Research11: 343-349. PDF
  • Hernández A, Miranda M, Arellano EC,Saura S, Ovalle C (2015) Landscape dynamics and their effect on the functional connectivity of a Mediterranean landscape in Chile. Ecological Indicators48: 198-206. Doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.08.010. PDF
  • Krueger-Hadfield SA, Roze D, Destombe C, Correa J & Valero M (2015) O father, where art thou?  Paternity analyses in a natural population of the red seaweed Chondrus crispus.  Heredity114: 185–194. PDF
  • López-Cristoffanini C, Zapata J, Gaillard F, Potin P, Correa JA & Contreras-Porcia L (2015) Identification of proteins involved in desiccation tolerance in the red seaweed Pyropia orbicularis(Rhodophyta, Bangiales). Proteomics 15: 3954–3968. PDF
  • Morales NS, Becerra PI, Arellano EC & Gilabert HB (2015). Effect of large and small herbivores on seed and seedling survival of Beilschmiedia miersii in central Chile. Bosque (Valdivia),36(1), 127-132. PDF
  • Ovalle JF, Arellano EC & Ginocchio R (2015). Trade-Offs between Drought Survival and Rooting Strategy of Two South American Mediterranean Tree Species: Implications for Dryland Forests Restoration. Forests6(10):3733-3747. PDF
  • Picco L, Sitzia T, Mao L, Comiti F & Lenzi MA (2015) Linking riparian woody communities and fluviomorphological characteristics in a regulated gravel-bed river (Piave River, Northern Italy). doi: 10.1002/eco.1616. PDF
  • Vieira VMNCS,Oppliger LV, Engelen AH, Correa JA (2015) A New Method to Quantify and Compare the Multiple Components of Fitness-A Study Case with Kelp Niche Partition by Divergent Microstage Adaptations to Temperature. PLoS ONE10(3):  doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119670. PDF
  • Verdejo J, Ginocchio R, Sauvé S, Salgado E & Neaman A (2015) Thresholds of copper phytotoxicity in field-collected agricultural soils exposed to copper mining activities in Chile.Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety122: 171-177. PDF
  • Yangüez K, Lovazzano C, Contreras-Porcia L & Ehrenfeld N (2015) Response to oxidative stress induced by high light and carbon dioxide (CO2) in the biodiesel producer model Nannochloropsis salina (Ochrophyta, Eustigmatales).  Mar. Oceanogr.50(S1): 163-175. PDF
  • Flores-Molina MR, Thomas D, Lovazzano C, Núñez A, Zapata J, Kumar M, Correa JA & Contreras-Porcia L (2014) Desiccation stress in intertidal seaweeds: Effects on morphology, antioxidant responses and photosynthetic performance. Aquatic Botany113: 90-99. doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2013.11.004. PDF
  • Kaless G, Mao L, Moretto J, Picco L & Lenzi MA (2015) The response of a gravel-bed river planform configuration to flow variations and bed reworking: a modelling study.  Process.doi: 10.1002/hyp.10504. PDF
  • Martin MJ, Fredes C, Nuñez G, Ginocchio R & Montenegro G (2014) Comparison of methods for determining the color of Chilean honeys and the relationship of color with botanical origin in central Chile.  Inv. Agr.41(3): 411-418. PDF
  • Oppliger LV, von Dassow P, Correa J, Bouchemousse S, Robuchon M, Valero M, Mauger S & C Destombe (2014) Alteration Of Sexual Reproduction And Genetic Diversity In The Kelp Species Laminaria digitataAt The Southern Limit Of Its Range. Plos One 9: 1-11. PDF
  • Ramírez ME, Contreras-Porcia L, Guillemin ML, Brodie J, Valdivia C, Flores-Molina MR, Núñez A, Contador CB & Lovazzano C (2014) Pyropia orbicularis sp. nov. (Rhodophyta, Bangiaceae) based on a population previously known as Porphyra columbina from the central coast of Chile. Phytotaxa158(2): 133-153. PDF
  • Ritter A, Correa J, Dittami S, Goulitquer S, Boyen C, Potin P & T Tonon (2014) Transcriptomic And Metabolomic Analysis Of Copper Stress Acclimation In Ectocarpus siliculosusHighlights Signaling And Tolerance Mechanisms In Brown Algae. Bmc Plant Biology 14:1-17. PDF
  • Sordet C, Andrade S, Correa J, Contreras-Porcia, L, Lovazzano C, Goulitquer S & P Potin (2014)Physiological Plasticity of Dictyota kunthii (Phaeophyceae) To Copper Excess. Aquatic Toxicology 150: 220-228. PDF

Team

– Principal Investigator:

Rosanna Ginocchio Cea

– Associate researchers:

Loretto Contreras

Pablo Camus

Eduardo Arellano

Marcelo Miranda

Pablo Becerra

– Postdoctoral associates:

  • Juan Francisco Ovalle: «Ecological Restauration»
  • Verónica Morgante: «Microbial indexes for soil health»

– Professionals and technicians:

Ana Paris Yon, Profesional

– Graduate students

PhD programs:

  • Fabiola Orrego
  • Verónica Morales
  • Tomás Schoffer
  • Helena España
  • Marjorie Correa

Master:

  • Ana Paris
  • Cesar Figueroa
  • Claudia Jara
  • Elizabeth Rincón
  • Gabriel Hernández
  • Guillermo Chuncho
  • Jessica Machado
  • Matías Araya
  • Melany Poppe
  • Milena Carpio
  • Natalia Gajardo
  • Nicolás Velasco
  • Nicole Montenegro
  • Pía Droguett
  • Rosa Madrid

– Undergraduate students:

  • Francisca Ibaceta
  • Valentina Beltran
  • Katherine Duarte

– International collaborators:

Dra. Sally Brown, School of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

Dra. Raina Maier, Soil, Water and Environmental Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona, Arizona, USA.

Research:

The mining industry is related in various ways to the environment. Some of these interactions have been over-focused, particularly perceived by society as «negative»; other potential interactions with neutral or positive effects have been, on the other hand, sub-considered or undervalued not only by society but also by the mining industry itself. Additionally, there is an extensive discussion among stakeholders (regulators, employers, communities and researchers, among others) on the feasibility of mining in a sustainable way. In this research the CAPES will bring history to allow objectify the effects of the interactions of the mining sector to the environment, with emphasis on enrichment with metals of different environmental matrices (soil, surface and marine waters), and determine how sustainable is this productive sector to various production scenarios. For example, aspects of ecological risk assessment of enrichment with metals (bioavailability, toxicity to organisms and environmental mobility), contributing to the identification of appropriate methodological tools will address risks. Various alternatives for ecological rehabilitation disturbed by the mining industry, based on rebuilding self-sustaining ecosystems sites will be developed. All this knowledge, tools and approaches will be transferred to the mining industry, regulators and society at large, so as to enable sustainable development of the mining sector. Additionally, he will tend to specialized training in these lines of human capital.

Objectives:

1) Objectify the effects of the mining sector interactions with the environment , with emphasis on metal enrichment in different environmental matrices (soil, surface and marine waters).

2) Determine how sustainable is the national mining sector to various alternative scenarios productive and environmental mitigation and rehabilitation.

3) Assess the relevance of the historical and social aspects of mining and environment relationship at the national level.

4) Develop and validate methodologies for environmental rehabilitation appropriate to the national reality.

5) Support regulators in generating new regulations and relevant methodological guides, in addition to supporting the review of existing regulations.

6) Transferring knowledge to stakeholders and contribute to the formation of new human capital at the national level in the field of mining and environmental interaction.

Actual research lines:

1) Integrate management of mining waste and organic waste for assisted phytostabilization cost-effective.

2) Methodology environmental rehabilitation post coal mining.

3) Improvement of propagation steps and post- transplant native woody species for the rehabilitation of degraded areas.

4) Improving the Competitiveness of Mining and Energy through Reduced uncertainty associated with environmental permitting.

5) Analysis of socio- environmental conflicts for mining.

6) Stress tolerance mechanisms for copper and other environmental stresses in intertidal marine algae. Bioavailability and toxicity of metals in the soil for the plants.

Projections and challenges:

Among the important challenges for this line is the better coordination among stakeholders at the national level in the field of mining and the environment (regulators, mining companies, environmental consulting companies, communities, NGOs, etc). Improving the linking between actors is fundamental, high impact and relevance. Additionally, the transfer of various products (support for standards, methodologies, training of advanced human capital, knowledge dissemination to civil society, etc. ) will be key to support this linkage .

Publications:

2014

1) Flores-Molina MR, Thomas D, Lovazzano C, Núñez A, Zapata J, Kumar M, Correa JA & Contreras-Porcia L (2014) Desiccation stress in intertidal seaweeds: Effects on morphology, antioxidant responses and photosynthetic performance. Aquatic Botany 113: 90-99. doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2013.11.004. PDF: Flores-Molina et al. 2014  

2) Kaless G, Mao L, Moretto J, Picco L & Lenzi MA (2015) The response of a gravel-bed river planform configuration to flow variations and bed reworking: a modelling study. Hydrol. Process. doi: 10.1002/hyp.10504. PDF: Kaless_et_al-2015-Hydrological_Processes

3) Martin MJ, Fredes C, Nuñez G, Ginocchio R & Montenegro G (2014) Comparison of methods for determining the color of Chilean honeys and the relationship of color with botanical origin in central Chile. Cien. Inv. Agr. 41(3): 411-418. PDF: Martin et al. 2014

4) Oppliger LV, von Dassow P, Correa J, Bouchemousse S, Robuchon M, Valero M, Mauger S & C Destombe (2014) Alteration Of Sexual Reproduction And Genetic Diversity In The Kelp SpeciesLaminaria digitata At The Southern Limit Of Its Range. Plos One 9: 1-11. PDF: Oppliger et al. 2014

5) Ramírez ME, Contreras-Porcia L, Guillemin ML, Brodie J, Valdivia C, Flores-Molina MR, Núñez A, Contador CB & Lovazzano C (2014) Pyropia orbicularis sp. nov. (Rhodophyta, Bangiaceae) based on a population previously known as Porphyra columbina from the central coast of Chile. Phytotaxa 158(2): 133-153. PDF: Ramírez et al. 2014 (Phytotaxa)

6) Ritter A, Correa J, Dittami S, Goulitquer S, Boyen C, Potin P & T Tonon (2014) Transcriptomic And Metabolomic Analysis Of Copper Stress Acclimation In Ectocarpus siliculosus Highlights Signaling And Tolerance Mechanisms In Brown Algae. Bmc Plant Biology 14:1-17. PDF: Ritter at al 2014

7) Sordet C, Andrade S, Correa J, Contreras-Porcia, L, Lovazzano C, Goulitquer S & P Potin (2014) Physiological Plasticity Of Dictyota kunthii (Phaeophyceae) To Copper Excess. Aquatic Toxicology 150: 220-228. PDF: Sodet et al 2014_abstract

2015

1) Bravo-Fritz CP, Sáez-Navarrete CA, Herrera Zeppelin LA & Ginocchio Cea R (2015) Site selection for microalgae farming on an industrial scale in Chile. Algal Research 11: 343-349. PDF

2) Hernández A, Miranda M, Arellano EC,Saura S, Ovalle C (2015) Landscape dynamics and their effect on the functional connectivity of a Mediterranean landscape in Chile. Ecological Indicators 48: 198-206. Doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.08.010. PDF: Hernandez et al. 2015

3) Krueger-Hadfield SA, Roze D, Destombe C, Correa J & Valero M (2015) O father, where art thou?  Paternity analyses in a natural population of the red seaweed Chondrus crispus.  Heredity 114: 185–194. PDF: Krueger-Hadfield et al. 2015_abstract

4) López-Cristoffanini C, Zapata J, Gaillard F, Potin P, Correa JA & Contreras-Porcia L (2015) Identification of proteins involved in desiccation tolerance in the red seaweed Pyropia orbicularis (Rhodophyta, Bangiales). Proteomics 15: 3954–3968. PDF

5) Morales NS, Becerra PI, Arellano EC & Gilabert HB (2015). Effect of large and small herbivores on seed and seedling survival of Beilschmiedia miersii in central Chile. Bosque (Valdivia), 36(1), 127-132. PDF: Morales et al. 2015 Bosque

6) Ovalle JF, Arellano EC & Ginocchio R (2015). Trade-Offs between Drought Survival and Rooting Strategy of Two South American Mediterranean Tree Species: Implications for Dryland Forests Restoration. Forests 6(10):3733-3747. PDF

7) Picco L, Sitzia T, Mao L, Comiti F & Lenzi MA (2015) Linking riparian woody communities and fluviomorphological characteristics in a regulated gravel-bed river (Piave River, Northern Italy). Ecohydrology. doi: 10.1002/eco.1616. PDF: Picco_et_al-2015-Ecohydrology

8) Vieira VMNCS,Oppliger LV, Engelen AH, Correa JA (2015) A New Method to Quantify and Compare the Multiple Components of Fitness-A Study Case with Kelp Niche Partition by Divergent Microstage Adaptations to Temperature. PLoS ONE 10(3):  doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119670. PDF: Vieira et al. 2015 (1)

9)Verdejo J, Ginocchio R, Sauvé S, Salgado E & Neaman A (2015) Thresholds of copper phytotoxicity in field-collected agricultural soils exposed to copper mining activities in Chile. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 122: 171-177. PDF

10) Yangüez K, Lovazzano C, Contreras-Porcia L & Ehrenfeld N (2015) Response to oxidative stress induced by high light and carbon dioxide (CO2) in the biodiesel producer model Nannochloropsis salina (Ochrophyta, Eustigmatales). Biol. Mar. Oceanogr. 50(S1): 163-175. PDF: Yanguez et al. 2015

2016

1) Glade FE, Miranda MD, Meza FJ & van Leeuwen W (2016) Productivity and phenological responses of natural vegetation to present and future inter-annual climate variability across semi-arid river basins in Chile. Environ Monit Assess 188: 676. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-016-5675-7. PDF

2) Guajardo E, Correa JA & Contreras-Porcia L (2016) Role of abscisic acid (ABA) in activating antioxidant tolerance responses to desiccation stress in intertidal seaweed species. Planta 243(3):767-81. PDF

3) Guillemin ML, Contreras-Porcia L, Ramírez ME, Macaya EC, Contador CB, Woods H, Wyatt C & Brodie J (2016) The bladed Bangiales (Rhodophyta) of the South Eastern Pacific: Molecular species delimitation reveals extensive diversity. Mol Phylogenet Evol 94(Pt B):814-26. PDF

4) Hernández A, Miranda MD, Arellano EC & Dobbs C (2016) Landscape trajectories and their effect on fragmentation for a Mediterranean semi-arid ecosystem in Central Chile. Journal of Arid Environments 127: 74-81. PDF

5) Hernández A, Arellano EC, Morales-Moraga D & Miranda MD (2016) Understanding the effect of three decades of land use change on soil quality and biomass productivity in a Mediterranean landscape in Chile. Catena 140: 195-204. PDF

6) Ovalle JF, Arellano EC, Ginocchio R & Becerra P (2016).  Fertilizer location modifies root zone salinity, root morphology, and water-stress resistance of tree seedlings according to the watering regime in a dryland reforestation. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci., 179: 223–233. PDF

7) Petitpas R, Ibarra JT, Miranda M & Bonacic C (2016) Spatial patterns in a 24-year period show a case of increase forest cover and decrease fragmentation in Andean temperate landscapes, Chile. Cien. Inv. Agr. 43(3):384-395. PDF

8) Rodríguez-Córdova LA, Sáez-Navarrete CA, Ishanoglu V, Herrera L & Ginocchio R (2016) Tolerance of Magellan fungi in peat to anthracene and n-dodecane for potential use in bioremediation. Cien. Inv. Agr. 43(1):85-93. PDF

9) Valenzuela P, Arellano EC, Burger JA & Becerra P (2016) Using facilitation microsites as a restoration tool for conversion of degraded grasslands to forests in Southern Patagonia. Ecological Engineering.95: 580-587. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.06.116. PDF

2017

1) Fellous A, Andrade S, Vidal-Ramirez F, Ricardo Calderón & Jessica Beltran & Juan A. Correa (2017). Modulatory effect of the exudates released by the brown kelp Lessonia spicata on the toxicity of copper in early developmental stages of ecologically related organisms Environ Sci Pollut Res 24: 3900. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-8120-0. PDF

2) Fierro C, López-Cristoffanini C, Meynard A, Lovazzano C, Castañeda F, Guajardo E & Contreras-Porcia L (2017) Expression profile of desiccation tolerance factors in intertidal seaweed species during the tidal cycle. Planta. 245(6):1149-1164. doi: 10.1007/s00425-017-2673-0. PDF

3) Ginocchio R, León-Lobos P, Arellano EC, Anic V, Ovalle JF & Baker AJM (2017) Soil physicochemical factors as environmental filters for spontaneous plant colonization of abandoned tailing dumps. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 24(15):13484-13496. doi: 10.1007/s11356-017-8894-8. PDF

4) Gutierrez I & Becerra P (2017) The effect of native forest replacement by Pinus radiata plantations on riparian plant communities in Chile. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 10 (1): 65-75. DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2017.1294630. PDF

5) Kumar M, Padula MP, Davey P, Pernice M, Jiang Z, Sablok G, Contreras-Porcia L & Ralph PJ (2017) Proteome Analysis Reveals Extensive Light Stress-Response Reprogramming in the Seagrass Zostera muelleri (Alismatales, Zosteraceae) Metabolism. Front. Plant Sci. 7:2023. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.02023. PDF