Articles, Books and Book Chapters

Arafeh-Dalmau, N., Erlania, Cebrian, E., Dunga, L. V., Horta, P., Layton, C., Macaya, E. C., Mangialajo, L.,  Moore, P. J.,  Mora-Soto, A., Reddy M. M.,  Smit J.,  Spector, P.,  Nguyen, V. T., Verdura J., Pocklington, J. B. (2024). Introducing the Seaweed Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. Oryx, 58(2): 147–148 link

Assis, J., Alberto, F., Macaya, E. C., Castilho Coelho, N., Faugeron, S., Pearson, G. A., Ladah, L., Reed, D. C., Raimondi P., Mansilla A., Brickle P., Zuccarello G. C. & Serrão, E. A. (2023). Past climate-driven range shifts structuring intraspecific biodiversity levels of the giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) at global scales. Scientific Reports, 13(1): 12046 link

Jofré-Madariaga D. A., González M. T., Díaz Bórquez C., Macaya E. C., Harrod C., & Thiel, M. 2023. Successful intertidal colonization of the invasive macroalga Codium fragile near its equatorial/warm range limit in the South-East Pacific. Biological Invasions link

Fraser C. I., Dutoit L., Morrison A. K., Pardo L. M., Smith S. D. A., Pearman W. S., Parvizi E., Waters J. M. & Macaya E. C. Southern Hemisphere coasts are biologically connected by frequent, long-distance rafting events. 2022. Current Biology 32: 3154-3160 link

Mora-Soto A., Aguirre C., Iriarte J.L., Palacios M., Macaya E. C., & Macias-Fauria M. 2022. A song of wind and ice increased frequency of marine cold-spells in southwestern Patagonia and their possible effects on giant kelp forests. Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans 127: e2021JC017801. link

Jofre J., Dubrasquet H., Ramírez M.E., Navarro N.P. & Macaya, E.C. 2021 Guía de Macroalgas Subantárticas: Región de Magallanes y Antártica Chilena. Primera Edición, Punta Arenas, Chile, 160 pp. ISBN 978-956-404-851-2 link

Macaya E.C., González Garraza G., Navarro N. P., Ramírez M. E., Albornoz, W., Bagur M., Basualdo J. P., Bessega F.,  Cáceres-Ccaccya D., Jeldres R., Kaminsky J., López E., Marcangeli M.,  Matula, C. Monachesi R., Novoa L., Perez-Alania M., Reyes-Gómez V.,  Poblet C. T., Bentivoglio E., Salas J., Silva M. R. 2021. Guía fotográfica: Macroalgas marinas de Ushuaia. Segunda Edición. Editora Cultural Tierra del Fuego. Ushuaia. Argentina. 88 pp. ISBN: 978-987-3642-66-1

Valdivia, N., Garcés-Vargas, J., Garrido, I., Gómez, I., Huoninen, P., Navarro, N. ., Macaya, E. C., & Pardo, L. 2021. Beta diversity of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic benthic communities reveals a major role of stochastic assembly processes. Frontiers in Marine Science 8:780268. link

Montes, E., J.S. Lefcheck, E. Guerra-Castro, E. Klein, M.T. Kavanaugh, A.C.A. Mazzuco, G. Bigatti, C.A.M.M. Cordeiro, N. Simoes, E.C. Macaya, N. Moity, E. Londoño-Cruz, B. Helmuth, F. Choi, E.H. Soto, P. Miloslavich, and F.E. Muller-Karger. 2021. Optimizing large-scale biodiversity sampling effort: Toward an unbalanced survey design. Oceanography 34(2). link

Mora-Soto A., Capsey A., Friedlander A. M., Palacios M., Brewin P. E., Golding N., Dayton P., Van Tussenbroek B., Montiel A., Goodell W., Velasco-Charpentier C., Hart T., Macaya E. C., Pérez-Matus A., Macias-Fauria M. 2021. One of the last undisturbed marine coastal ecosystems on Earth: Spatial and temporal persistence of Darwin’s sub-Antarctic giant kelp forests. Journal of Biogeography.48:2562–2577.

Rincón-Díaz N., Macaya E. C. & Guzmán-Henao SE. 2021.  Contributions to the knowledge of macroalgae of the Gerlache Strait – Antarctica. Bulletin of Marine and Coastal Research. 50:213-220. link

Macaya E.C. 2020. ¿Qué esconde la vida submarina de Juan Fernández?: La diversidad de un ecosistema único. En: Portflitt, M.; Thiel, M. (eds.) Explorando los Secretos del Mar de las Islas Oceánicas Chilenas, Primera Edición. Sello Ediciones Universitarias de la Universidad Católica del Norte. pp. 41-45. link

Macaya E.C. 2020. Guía fotográfica de las algas marinas de Chile - Chile continental, Juan Fernández y Rapa Nui. Primera Edición. Laboratorio Algalab. Concepción, Chile. 6 pp. ISBN: 978-956-402-004-4 link

Macaya E.C.
, González Garraza G., Navarro N. P., Ramírez M. E., Albornoz, W., Bagur M., Basualdo J. P., Bessega F.,  Cáceres-Ccaccya D., Jeldres R., Kaminsky J., López E., Marcangeli M.,  Matula, C. Monachesi R., Novoa L., Perez-Alania M., Reyes-Gómez V.,  Poblet C. T., Bentivoglio E., Salas J., Silva M. R. 2020. Guía fotográfica: Macroalgas marinas de Ushuaia. Primera Edición. Concepción, Chile. 72 pp. ISBN: 978-956-402-014-3 link

Cruz-Motta JJ., Miloslavich P., Guerra-Castro E., Hernández-Agreda A., Herrera C., Klein E., Barros F., Navarrete S A., Sepúlveda R., Glasby TM., Bigatti G., Cárdenas-Calle M., Carneiro PBM., Carranza A., Flores A., Gil-Kodaka P., Gobin J., Gutiérrez J., Klein E., Krull M., Lazarus J F., Londoño-Cruz E., Lotufo T., Macaya E. C., Mora E., Palomo G., Parragué M., Pellizzari F., Retamales R., Rocha R., Romero. 2020. Latitudinal patterns of species diversity on South American rocky shores: Local processes lead to contrasting trends in regional and local species diversity. Journal of Biogeography. 47: 1966-1979. link

Cruz-Motta JJ., Miloslavich P., Guerra-Castro E., Hernández-Agreda A., Herrera C., Klein E., Barros F., Navarrete S A., Sepúlveda R., Glasby TM., Bigatti G., Cárdenas-Calle M., Carneiro PBM., Carranza A., Flores A., Gil-Kodaka P., Gobin J., Gutiérrez J., Klein E., Krull M., Lazarus J F., Londoño-Cruz E., Lotufo T., Macaya E. C., Mora E., Palomo G., Parragué M., Pellizzari F., Retamales R., Rocha R., Romero. In press. Latitudinal patterns of species diversity on South American rocky shores: Local processes lead to contrasting trends in regional and local species diversity. Journal of Biogeography. link

Macaya E. C., Tala, F., Hinojosa, I. & Rothäusler, E. 2020. Detached seaweeds as important dispersal agent across the Southern Ocean. In: Gómez, I. & Huovinen, P. (eds.) Antarctic Seaweeds: Diversity, adaptation and ecosystem services. Springer Verlag. pp 56-81. link

Velásquez M., Fraser C. I., Nelson, W, Tala F. & Macaya E. C. 2020. Concise Review of the genus Durvillaea Bory of Saint-Vincent, 1825. In: Synopses of biological data on seaweeds of current and future economic value. Journal of Applied Phycology.32: 3-21 link

Mora-Soto A., Palacios M., Macaya E. C., Gómez I., Huovinen P., Pérez-Matus A., Young M., Golding N., Toro M., Yaqub M., Macias-Fauria M. 2020. A high-resolution global map of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forests and intertidal green algae (Ulvophyceae) with Sentinel-2 imagery. Remote Sensing12, 694. link

Fraser C. I., Velásquez M., Nelson, Macaya E. C. & Hay, C. 2020. The biogeographic importance of buoyancy in macroalgae: a case study of the southern bull‐kelp genus Durvillaea (Phaeophyceae), including descriptions of two new species. Journal of Phycology. 56: 26-33 link

Diaz-Tapia P., Maggs C.A., Nelson W., Macaya E. C. & Verbruggen H. 2020. Reassessment of the genus Lophurella (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) from Australia and New Zealand reveals four cryptic species. European Journal of Phycology. 55: 113-128 link

Musrri, C.A., Poore, A.G.B., Hinojosa, I.A., Macaya E.C., Pacheco, A.S., Perez-Matus, A., Pino-Olivares, O., Stotz, W., Valdivia, N., Villalobos, V. & Thiel, M. 2019. Variation in consumer pressure along 2,500 km in a major upwelling system: crab predators are more important at higher latitudes. Marine Biology. 166: 142 link

Küpper F. C., Peters A. K., Kytinou E., Asensi A. O., Vieira C., Macaya E. C. & De Clerck O. 2019. Dictyota falklandica sp. nov. (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) from the Falkland Islands and southernmost South America. Phycologia. 58: 640-647 link.

Bringloe T. T., Macaya E. C., & Saunders G. W. 2019The phylogeographic history of amphitropical Callophyllis variegata (Florideophyceae, Rhodophyta) in the Pacific Ocean. Algae. 34: 91-97. link

Tala F, Lopez B., Velásquez M, Jeldres, R., Macaya E. C., Mansilla A, Ojeda, J., & Thiel M. 2019.  Long-term persistence of the floating bull kelp Durvillaea antarctica from the South-East Pacific: potential contribution to local and transoceanic connectivity. Marine Environmental Research. 149: 67-79. link

Valdivia, N., Pardo, L., Macaya, E. C., Huoninen, P. & Gómez, I. 2019. Different ecological mechanisms lead to similar grazer controls of the functioning of periphyton communities from Antarctic and sub-Antarctic communities. Progress in Oceanography. 174: 7-16. link

Lopez B., Macaya E. C., Jeldres, R., Valdivia, N., Bonta, C. C., Tala F., & Thiel M. 2019. Spatio-temporal variability of strandings of the southern bull kelp Durvillaea antarctica (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) on beaches along the coast of Chile - linked to local storms. Journal of Applied Phycology 31:2159–2173 link

Salavarría, E., Macaya, E. C., Gil-Kodaka, P., Paul, S. & Troccoli, L. 2018.  Haplotype diversity of Macrocystis pyrifera (Phaeophyceae: Laminariales) in the central and southern coast of Peru. Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences. 13: 311-319. link

Díaz-Tapia, P., Maggs, C., Macaya, E. C., Verbruggen H. 2018.  Widely distributed red algae often represent hidden introductions, complexes of cryptic species or species with strong phylogeographic structure. Journal of Phycology. 54: 829-839. link

Fraser C. I., Morrison A. K., Hogg A., Macaya E. C., Van Sebille E., Ryan P. G., Padovan A., Jack C., Valdivia N., and Waters J.M. 2018. Antarctica's ecological isolation will be broken by storm-driven dispersal and warming. Nature Climate Change. 8:704-708. link

López B., Macaya E. C., Rivadeneira M., Tala F., Tellier F. & Thiel M. 2018. Epibiont communities on stranded kelp rafts of Durvillaea antarctica (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) – do positive interactions facilitate range extensions? Journal of Biogeography. 45: 1883-1845. link

Villaseñor-Parada, C., Pauchard A., Ramírez, M. E. & Macaya E. C. 2018. Macroalgas exóticas en la costa de Chile continental: patrones espaciales y temporales en el proceso de invasión. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research. 46(1): 147-165 link 

Santiañez, W. J. E., Macaya E. C., Lee, K. M., Cho, G. Y., Boo, S . M. & Kogame, K. 2018. Taxonomic reassessment of the Indo-Pacific Scytosiphonaceae (Phaeophyceae): Hydroclathrus rapanuii sp. nov. and Chnoospora minima from Easter Island, with proposal of Dactylosiphon gen. nov. and Pseudochnoospora gen. nov. Botanica Marina. 61(1): 47-63  link

Lopez B., Tellier F., Retamal-Alarcón JC, Pérez-Araneda K, Fierro A., Macaya E. C., Tala F. & Thiel M. 2017. Phylogeography of two intertidal seaweeds, Gelidium lingulatum and G. rex (Rhodophyta: Gelidiales), along the South East Pacific - patterns explained by rafting dispersal? Marine Biology: 164:188 link

Villaseñor-Parada, C., Pauchard A & Macaya E. C. 2017. Ecología de invasiones marinas en Chile continental: ¿qué sabemos y que nos falta por saber? Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía.52: 1-17. link

Lopez B., Macaya E. C., Tala F., Tellier F., & Thiel M. 2017. The variable routes of rafting: stranding dynamics of floating bull-kelp Durvillaea antarctica (Fucales, Phaeophyceae). Journal of Phycology. 53: 70-84. link

Robinson N. R., Fernández-Garcia C., Riosmena-Rodríguez R., Rosas Alquicira E., Konar B., Chenelot H., Jewett S., Melzer R. R., Meyer R., Försterra G., Häussermann V. & Macaya E.C. 2017. Eastern Pacific. In: Riosmena-Rodriguez, R.; Nelson, W.; and Aguirre, J. (eds.), Rhodolith/Maerl Beds: A Global Perspective. Dordrecth, The Netherlands: Springer. 319-334 link

Costa J.F., Lin S.M., Macaya E.C., Fernandez-García C. & Verbruggen H. 2016. Chloroplast genomes as a tool to resolve red algal phylogenies: a case study in the Nemaliales. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16:205 link

Miloslavich P., Cruz-Motta JJ., Hernández A., Herrera C., Klein E., Barros F., Bigatti G., Cárdenas M., Carranza A., Flores A., Gil P., Gobin J., Gutiérrez J., Krul K., Lazarus J F., Londoño E., LotufoT., Macaya E. C., Mora E., Navarrete S., Palomo G., Parragué M., Pellizzari F., Rocha R., Romero L., Retamales R., Sepúlveda R., Silva M C., Soria S. 2016. Benthic Assemblages in South American Intertidal Rocky Shores: Biodiversity, Services, and Threats. In: Riosmena-Rodríguez (ed) Marine Benthos: Biology, Ecosystem Functions and Environmental Impact. Nova Science Publishers. 83-138.  ISBN: 978-1-63484-930-2 link

Tala F, Velásquez M, Mansilla A, Macaya E. C, Thiel M. 2016. Latitudinal and seasonal effects on short-term acclimation of floating kelp species from the South-East Pacific. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 483: 31-41. link

Salvador Soler N., Macaya E. C., Rull Lluch J., Gómez Garreta A. 2016.  Nuclear DNA content in Gelidium chilense (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta) from the Chilean Coast. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía. 51:113-122. link

Guillemin M. L., Contreras-Porcia L., Ramírez M. E., Macaya E. C.; Bulboa Contador C. R., Woods H., Wyatt C., Brodies J. 2016. The bladed Bangiales (Rhodophyta) of the South Eastern Pacific: molecular species delimitation reveals extensive diversity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 96: 814-826. link

Macaya E. C., Lopez B., Tala F., Tellier F., & Thiel M. 2016. Float and Raft: role of buoyant seaweeds in phylogeography and genetic structure of non-buoyant associated flora. In: Zi-Min Hu & Ceridwen Fraser (eds) Seaweed Phylogeography: Adaptation and evolution of seaweeds under climate and environment changes. Springer Verlag. pp 97-130. link

Guillemin M-L.,Valero M., Tellier F., Macaya E. C., Destombe C., Faugeron F. 2016. Phylogeography of seaweeds in the South East Pacific: complex evolutionary processes along a latitudinal gradient. In: Zi-Min Hu & Ceridwen Fraser (eds) Seaweed Phylogeography: Adaptation and evolution of seaweeds under climate and environment changes. Springer Verlag. pp 251-277. link

Uribe R. A., Ortiz M., Macaya E. C., Pacheco A. S. 2015. Succesional patterns of hard-bottom macrobenthic communities at kelp bed (Lessonia trabeculata) and barren grounds sublittotal systems. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 472: 180-188. link

Mundaca E. A.,Macaya E C. & Vargas HA. 2015. Palatability and feeding preferences of Uresiphita maorialis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) for three Sophora species. New Zealand Journal of Zoology.42: 126-130. link

Macaya E. C. , Riosmena-Rodríguez .R, Melzer R. R., Meyer R.,  Försterra G. & Häussermann V. 2015. Rhodolith beds in the South-East Pacific. Marine Biodiversity. 45:153-154 link

Yang M.Y., Macaya E. C., Kim M.S. 2015. Molecular evidence for verifying the distribution of Chondracanthus chamissoi and C. teedei (Gigartinaceae, Rhodophyta). Botanica Marina. 58: 103-113 link

Lindstrom S C., Gabrielson P W. Hughey J R., E. C. Macaya & Nelson W A. 2015. Sequencing of historic and modern specimens reveals cryptic diversity in Nothogenia (Scinaiaceae, Rhodophyta). Phycologia. 54: 97-108. link

Villaseñor-Parada, C., Pauchard A & Macaya E C. 2014. Expansión del rango de distribución de la especie introducida Schottera nicaeensis(Rhodophyta: Gigartinales) en la costa chilena: ¿evidencia de una invasión? . Boletín de la Red Latinoamericana para el Estudio de Especies Invasoras. 4:19-27

Ortega, K., Saez, C A. & Macaya E C. 2014. Changes in invertebrate assemblages inhabiting Lessonia spicata (Phaeophyceae) holdfasts after the 2010 earthquake-mediated coastal uplift in Chile. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía. 49, 129-134.

Macaya E C., Pacheco S., Cáceres A. & Musleh S. 2013. Range extension of the Non‐Indigenous Alga Mastocarpus sp. along the South‐Eastern Pacific Coast. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía. 48, 661-665.

Villaseñor-Parada, C., Macaya E C., Jara-Rojas L M. & Neill, P. E. 2013. Variación espacial y temporal en la producción de gametangios en la macroalga exótica Codium fragile subsp. tomentosoides (Chlorophyta: Bryopsidales) en el submareal de Caldera. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía. 48, 213-218

Saez, C A., Lobos M G., Macaya E C., Oliva D., Quiroz W., Brown M. 2012. Variation in patterns of metal accumulation in thallus parts of Lessonia trabeculata (Laminariales; Phaeophyceae): implications for biomonitoring. PLoS ONE 7(11): e50170. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050170

Villaseñor-Parada, C.
& Neill, P. E. (2011). Distribución espacial de epifitos en el talo de la macroalga introducida Codium fragile subsp. tomentosoides en el submareal de Caldera. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía. 46, 257-262

Hinojosa, I., González, E.R.,Macaya E C.& M. Thiel. Fauna de crustáceos peracáridos y decápodos asociados a macroalgas flotando a la deriva en el mar interior de Chiloé, chile. Ciencia y Tecnología del Mar (Chile).

Macaya E C. & Zuccarello, G. 2010. Genetic structure of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera along the south-eastern Pacific. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 420, 103-112.

Macaya E C. & Zuccarello, G. 2010. DNA barcoding and genetic divergence in the giant kelp Macrocystis (Laminariales). Journal of Phycology. 46: 736-742.

Gutow, L., Hinojosa, I.& Macaya E C. 2009. Epifauna on benthic macroalgae. Global Marine Environment. 9:27.

Macaya E C. & Thiel M. 2008. In situ tests on inducible defenses in Dictyota kunthii and Macrocystis integrifolia (Phaeophyceae) from the Chilean coast. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 354: 28–38.

Thiel M., Macaya E C., Acuña E., Arntz W., Bastias H., Brokordt K., Camus P, Castilla JC, Castro L., Cortés M., Dumont C., Escribano R., Fernandez M., Gajardo J., Gaymer C., Gomez I., González A., Gonzalez H., Haye P., Illanes JE, Iriarte JL., Lancellotti D., Luna-Jorquera G., Luxoro C., Manriquez P., Marín V., Muñoz P., Navarrete SA., Perez E., Poulin E., Sellanes J., Sepúlveda H., Stotz W., Tala F., Thomas A., Vargas C, Vásquez J. & Vega A. 2007. The Humboldt current system of northern-central Chile: Oceanographic processes, ecological interactions and socio-economic feedback. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review. 45:195-345.

Bulboa C.R., Macchiavello J., Veliz K.,Macaya E C.& Oliveira E.C. 2007. In vitro recruitment of Ulva sp. and Enteromorpha sp. on gametophytic and tetrasporophytic thalli of four populations of Chondracanthus chamissoi from Chile. Journal of Applied Phycology. 19: 247-254.

Hinojosa, I., Boltaña, S., González, E.,Macaya E C., Thiel, M., Ugalde, P. & Valdivia, N. 2007. Estados tempranos de desarrollo de crustáceos decápodos asociados a macroalgas flotando a la deriva en fiordos y canales del sur de Chile. Ciencia y Tecnología del Mar. 30(2):59-73.

Hinojosa, I., González, E., Ugalde, P., Valdivia, N.,Macaya E C. & Thiel, M. 2007. Distribución y abundancia de macroalgas flotando a la deriva y su fauna peracarida asociada en los canales de la XI región, Chile. Ciencia y Tecnología del Mar. 30(2):29-42.

Hinojosa I., Boltaña S.,Macaya E C., Ugalde P., Valdivia N., Vásquez N., Newman W. & Thiel M. 2006. Geographic distribution and description of four pelagic barnacles along the south east Pacific coast of Chile - a zoogeographical approximation. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 79: 13-27.

Rothäusler E.,Macaya E C., Molis M., Wahl M. & Thiel M. 2005. Laboratory experiments examining inducible defense show variable responses of temperate brown and red macroalgae. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 78: 603-614.

Macaya E C., Rothäusler E., Molis M., Wahl M. & Thiel M. 2005. Induction of defenses and within-alga variation of palatability in two brown algae from the northern-central coast of Chile: Effects of mesograzers and UV radiation. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 325: 214-227.

Macaya E C., Boltaña S., Buschmann A., Hinojosa I., Macchiavello J., Valdivia N., Vásquez N., Vásquez J., Vega J. & Thiel M. 2005. Presence of sporophylls in floating kelp rafts of Macrocystis spp. (Phaeophyceae) along the Chilean Pacific Coast. Journal of Phycology. 41: 913-922.

Hinojosa, I., Bravo, P., González,E., Macaya E C. & Thiel, M. 2005. Fauna de crustáceos peracáridos y decápodos asociados a macroalgas bentónicas y flotando a la deriva en el mar interior de la X región. Libro de Informes Preliminares, pág. 145-157. Taller sobre los resultados del Crucero Cimar 10 Fiordos. Valparaíso.

Thiel, M., Hinojosa, I., Vásquez, N. and Macaya E C. 2003. Floating marine debris in coastal waters of the SE-Pacific (Chile). Marine Pollution Bulletin 46: 224-231.