SCIENTIFIC TRAINING
Marine Biology, Austral University of Chile, Chile, 2003
Master of Management and Conservation, University of Magallanes, Chile, 2009
PhD in Marine Biology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 2015
INSTITUTIONS
- Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH)
RESEARCH AREAS
- Biology and ecology of marine benthic organisms
- Sea sponges
- Effect of environmental variation on marine organisms
- Conservation of living Antarctic marine resources
- Marine Protected Areas, CCAMLR Coordinator WG-EMM
FEATURED RESEARCHES
- Happel L; Rondon R; Font A; González-Aravena M; & Cárdenas CA. 2022. Stability of the microbiome of the sponge Mycale (Oxymycale) acerata in the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Frontiers in Microbiology Front. Microbiol. 13:827863. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.827863
- Santa Cruz F; Krüger L; Cárdenas CA. 2022. Spatial and temporal concentrations for Antarctic krill: implications for fishing performance and precautionary management in the Southern Ocean. Ocean and Coastal Management 23, 106146,
- Krüger L; Huerta M; Santa Cruz F; & Cárdenas CA. 2021. Antarctic krill fishery effects over penguin populations under adverse climate conditions: implications for the management of fishing practices. AMBIO 50: 560-571 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-020-01386-w
- Rovelli L; Attard KM; Cárdenas CA; Glud RN. 2019. Benthic primary production and respiration of shallow rocky habitats: a case of study from South Bay (Doumer Island, Western Antarctic Peninsula). Polar Biology 42: 1445-1458. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-019-02533-0
- Cárdenas CA; González-Aravena M; Santibañez; PA. 2018. The importance of local settings: within-year variability in seawater temperature at South Bay, Western Antarctic Peninsula. PeerJ 6:e4289; DOI 10.7717/peerj.4289
