National University of Tierra del Fuego

Home Sweet Home? Habitat Occupancy of the Fuegian Sprat Sprattus fuegensis in a Sub‐Antarctic Marine Protected Area and Surrounding Environments

ABSTRACT The Fuegian sprat Sprattus fuegensis is an unexploited small pelagic fish that occupies a central position in sub‐Antarctic marine food webs of southern South America. Because of its role as a key forage species in wasp‐waist trophic systems, understanding the environmen...

Timber harvesting and wildfires drive long-term modification in forest structure of Nothofagus pumilio: resilience characterization based on disturbance legacies

Abstract Background Forests are intrinsically resilient to natural disturbances but can be vulnerable to anthropogenic impacts (e.g. fires and harvesting), especially in high latitude temperate ecosystems. Changes in the natural dynamic pathways can lead to changes in the ecosyst...

eDNA Metabarcoding Reveals Spatial Patterns of Marine Communities Along the Beagle Channel (Tierra del Fuego, Argentina)

The Beagle Channel, located south of Tierra del Fuego (~54° S), is South America’s southernmost intracoastal ecosystem. Here, we applied environmental DNA metabarcoding using a partial sequence of the 12sRNA mitochondrial gene to evaluate the seasonal and spatial dynamics of mari...