Carlos
Neira |
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(Project Scientist) |
Email: |
cneira@ucsd.edu |
Phone: |
(858) 534-1864/3579 |
Fax: |
(858) 822-0562 |
Address: |
Integrative Oceanography Division,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
9500 Gilman Drive,
La Jolla, California 92093-0218 |
Research Interests:
Marine benthic ecology, coastal wetland ecology, animal-sediment-plant interactions. Sediment biogeochemistry. Shelf and deep-sea meiofauna and macrofauna and trophic relationships. Consequences of species invasion to coastal ecosystems. Effects of copper pollution on macro and meiofauna communities |
Click here for Neira publication list (and download PDFs). |
Copper effects on macrofaunal communities of Shelter Island, San Diego Bay |
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Antifouling paints of recreational
boats are the main source of copper
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Study site: Shelter Island Yacht Basin, San Diego Bay
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New nematode species from SE Pacific oxygen minimum zones |
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Glochinema bathyperuvensis
First record of Epsilonematidae from
Peruvian OMZ, bathyal sediments
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Glochinema spinithorni
From OMZ, bathyal sediments off
Baja California, Mexico
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Effects of Spartina invasion on macrofaunal communities
and ecosystem function in San Francisco Bay |
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Hybrid Spartina invading mudflats
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Transplant experiments
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Predation experiments
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Plant removal experiments
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