PUBLICATIONS

Genetics, Genomics and Aquaculture

Research articles (Aquaculture)

Diaz et al. 2020. Efficiency of Salicornia neei in removing nitrogen and producing biomass from a hypersaline and artificial wetland to treat aquaculture effluent. BioRxiv preprint.

Figueroa et al. 2020. Host genetic variation explains reduced protection of commercial vaccines against Piscirickettsia salmonis in Atlantic salmon. Scientific Reports in press

Verónica Rojas, Delany Sánchez, José A. Gallardo & Luis Mercado. 2018. Histopathological changes induced by Caligus rogercresseyi in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Lat. Am. J. Aquat. Res., 46 [4]: 843-848. PDF

Carolina Figueroa, Paulina Bustos, Débora Torrealba, Brian Dixon, Carlos Soto, Pablo Conejeros & José A. Gallardo. 2017. Coinfection takes its toll: Sea lice override the protective effects of vaccination against a bacterial pathogen in Atlantic salmon. Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 17817. PDF

Riquelme Javiera, Olaeta José Antonio, Gálvez Lena, Undurraga Pedro, Fuentealba Clauida, Osses Andrea, Orellana Jaime, Gallardo José, Pedreschi Romina. 2016. Nutritional and functional characterization of wild and cultivated Sarcocornia neei grown in Chile. Ciencia e Investigación Agraria 43 (2): 283-293. PDF

Lhorente, J.P., Gallardo, J.A., Villanueva, B., Araya, A.M., Torrealba, D.A., Toledo, X.E., Neira, R. 2014. Disease Resistance in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar): Coinfection of the Intracellular Bacterial Pathogen Piscirickettsia salmonis and the Sea LouseCaligus rogercressey. PLoS One, 9 (2014), p. e95397. PDF

Lhorente, J.P., Gallardo, J.A., Villanueva, B., Araya, A.M., Torrealba, D.A., Toledo, X.E., Neira, R. 2012. Quantitative genetic basis for resistance to Caligus rogercresseyi sea lice in a breeding population of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Aquaculture 324-325: 55–59. PDF

Araya, A., Mancilla, M., Lhorente, J.P., Neira, R., Gallardo, J.A. 2012. Experimental challenges of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar with incremental levels of copepodids of sea louse Caligus rogercresseyi: effects on infestation and early development. Aquaculture research 43 (12): 1904-1908. PDF

.Rojas, V., Morales-Lange, B., Guzmán, F., Gallardo, J.A., Mercado, L. 2012. Immunological strategy for detecting the pro-inflammatory cytokine TNF-alpha in salmonids. Electronic journal of Biotechnology 15 (5): 19. PDF

Santana, P., Palacios, C., Narváez, E., Guzmán, F., Gallardo, J.A., Mercado, L. 2012. Anti-peptide antibodies: A tool for detecting IL-8 in salmonids. Electronic journal of Biotechnology 15 (5): 15. PDF
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Bethke, J., Rojas, V., Berendsen, J., Cárdenas, C., Guzmán, F., Gallardo, J.A. & Mercado, L. 2012. Development of a new antibody for detecting natural killer enhancing factor (NKEF)-like in infected salmonids. Journal of Fish Diseases 35: 379-388. PDF

.Torrealba, D., Toledo, X.E., Gallardo, J.A. 2011. Artificial settlement of sea lice, Caligus rogercresseyi Boxshall & Bravo, 2000 (Copepoda, Caligidae), on tissues of fish used as substrate. Crustaceana 84 (8): 939-9481. PDF

Ferrada, S., Canales-Aguirre, C., Galleguillos, G., Barrera A., Gallardo, J.A. 2011. Characterization of microsatellite loci in the chilean sea lice Caligus rogercresseyi. Crustaceana 84: 375-381. PDF

Gallardo, J.A., Lhorente, J.P., Neira, R. 2010. The consequences of including non-additive effects on the genetic evaluation of harvest body weight in Coho salmon. Genetics, Selection and Evolution  42:19. PDF

.Narvaez, E., Berendsen, J., Guzmán, F., Gallardo, J.A., Mercado, L. 2010. An immunological method for quantifying antibacterial activity in Salmo salar (Linnaeus, 1758) skin mucus. Fish & Shellfish Immunology 28: 235-239. PDF

.Neira, R., Díaz, F., Gall, G., Gallardo, J.A., Lhorente, J.P., Manterola, R. 2006.  Genetic improvement in Coho salmon ( Oncorhynchus kisutch ).  I: Selection response and inbreeding depression on harvest weight. Aquaculture 257: 9-17. PDF

.Neira, R., Diaz, N., Gall, G., Gallardo, J.A. Lhorente, J.P., Alert. A. 2006. Genetic improvement in Coho salmon ( Oncorhynchus kisutch ). II: Selection response on early spawning date. Aquaculture 257: 1-8. PDF

Gallardo, J.A. and R. Neira. 2005. Environmental dependence of inbreeding depression in cultured Coho salmon: aggressiveness, dominance and intraespecific competition. Heredity 95: 449-456. PDF

Gallardo, J.A., X. García, J. P. Lhorente and R. Neira. 2004. Inbreeding and inbreeding depression of female reproductive traits in two populations of Coho salmon selected using BLUP predictors of breeding values. Aquaculture 234: 111-122. PDF

Gallardo, J.A., J.P. Lhorente, X. García and R. Neira. 2004. Effect of nonrandom mating schemes to delay the inbreeding accumulation in cultured populations of Coho salmon ( Oncorhynchus kisutch ). Can. J. Fish. Aqua. Sci. 61: 547-553. PDF

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Research articles (Marine Biology)

.Gallardo, J.A., Brante, A., Cancino, J.M., 2013. The effect of light intensity and tidal cycle on the hatching and larval behaviour of the muricid gastropod Chorus giganteus. Journal Experimental Marine Biology an Ecology 440, 69-73. PDF

.Cancino, J.M., Gallardo, J.A., Brante, A. 2011. The relationship between temperature, oxygen conditions and embryo encapsulation in the marine gastropod Chorus giganteus. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK : 91(3), 727–733. PDF

Gallardo, J.A. and J.M Cancino. 2009. Effects of temperature on development and survival of embryos and on larval production of Chorus giganteus (Lesson, 1829) (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía 44(3): 595-602. PDF

Cancino, J. and Gallardo, J.A. 2004. Effects of delaying settlement of the life expectancy of the bryozoan Bugula flabellate (Bryozoa: Gymnolaemata). Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 71: 303-311. PDF

Cancino J. M.,  Gallardo, J. A.and F. Torres. 2003. Combined effects of dissolved oxygen concentration and water temperature on embryonic development and larval shell secretion in the marine snail Chorus giganteus (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Marine Biology 142: 133-139. PDF

Cancino J. M., J. A. Gallardo , F. Torres, G. Leiva and J. Navarro. 2000. Effects of sessile protozoan on intracapsular dissolved oxygen concentration and embryonic shell calcification in the muricid Chorus giganteus . Marine Ecology Progress Series 200: 265-276. PDF

Hernandez C., S. Contreras, J.A. Gallardo, J.M. Cancino. 1998. Community structure of macroinfauna along sandy beach of Central Chile: Lenga, San Vicente Bay. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 71: 303-311. PDF

Extension publications

José A. Gallardo. 2013. Los peces son amigos, no comida. Diario estrategia: Lunes 10 de Junio, página 7. PDF

.Gallardo, J.A., J.P. Lhorente, R. Neira. 2012. Resistencia genética de salmón Atlántico a Caligus rogercresseyi y Piscirickettsia salmonis. SalmonXpert: Volumen 4: 41-46. PDF

Gallardo, J.A., Mercado, L., J.P. Lhorente. 2010. Identificación y selección de salmónidos genéticamente resistentes al ectoparásito Caligus rogercresseyi usando técnicas clásicas de genética cuantitativa y biomarcadores inmunológicos. FishfarmingXpert en Español: Volumen 1: 21-22. PDF.