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Leonardo R. Castro

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University of Concepción

Marine and fisheries researchMarine Biology and Ecology ResearchFish Biology and Ecology StudiesMarine and coastal ecosystemsOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes

Leonardo R. Castro works in Marine and fisheries research, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes. Recorded institutional associations include University of Concepción.

124Publications
2,694Citations
28H-index

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Selected research works

Up to 100 highly cited works; DOI links open the original research. Counts reflect the collected record, not real-time citation totals.

  1. The Humboldt Current System of Northern and Central Chile

    2007 · 419 citations

  2. Relation of coral reef fish larval distributions to island scale circulation around Barbados, West Indies

    1994 · 147 citations

  3. Land–ocean gradient in haline stratification and its effects on plankton dynamics and trophic carbon fluxes in Chilean Patagonian fjords (47–50°S)

    2013 · 99 citations

  4. Is the spawning frequency dependent on female size? Empirical evidence in Sardinops sagax and Engraulis ringens off northern Chile

    2007 · 83 citations

  5. Vertical distribution of decapod larvae in the entrance of an equatorward facing bay of central Chile: implications for transport

    2005 · 66 citations

  6. Spawning, daily egg production, and spawning stock biomass estimation for common sardine (Strangomera bentincki) and anchovy (Engraulis ringens) off central southern Chile in 2002

    2007 · 65 citations

  7. The distribution of chlorophyll-a and dominant planktonic components in the coastal transition zone off Concepción, central Chile, during different oceanographic conditions

    2007 · 65 citations

  8. Larval distribution and growth of the rockfish, Sebastes capensis (Sebastidae, Pisces), in the fjords of southern Chile

    2006 · 61 citations

  9. Environmental factors affecting the early life history of bay anchovy Anchoa mitchilli in Great South Bay, New York

    1991 · 54 citations

  10. Early Life Survival of the AnchovetaEngraulis ringensOff Central Chile during the 1995 and 1996 Winter Spawning Seasons

    2000 · 47 citations

  11. Flow induced by upwelling winds in an equatorward facing bay: Gulf of Arauco, Chile

    2003 · 47 citations

  12. Distribution of Pleuroncodes monodon larvae over the continental shelf of south-central Chile: Field and modeling evidence for partial local retention and transport

    2011 · 46 citations

  13. Short-term variations in mesozooplankton, ichthyoplankton, and nutrients associated with semi-diurnal tides in a patagonian Gulf

    2010 · 46 citations

  14. Hydrographic and Biological Impacts of a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) in a Patagonian Fjord

    2018 · 44 citations

  15. Fine-scale vertical distribution of coastal and offshore copepods in the Golfo de Arauco, central Chile, during the upwelling season

    2007 · 42 citations

  16. Carbon cycling through the pelagic foodweb in the northern Humboldt Current off Chile (23°S)

    2004 · 41 citations

  17. Turbulence and hypoxia contribute to dense biological scattering layers in a Patagonian fjord system

    2018 · 40 citations

  18. Seasonal and vertical distributional patterns of siphonophores and medusae in the Chiloé Interior Sea, Chile

    2010 · 38 citations

  19. Spawning and larval survival of the Chilean hake Merluccius gayi under later summer conditions in the Gulf of Arauco, central Chile

    2005 · 36 citations

  20. Larval fish assemblages off central Chile upwelling ecosystem

    2008 · 36 citations

  21. Latitudinal and seasonal egg-size variation of the anchoveta (Engraulis ringens) off the Chilean coast

    2004 · 35 citations

  22. Feeding ecology of dominant larval myctophids in an upwelling area of the Humboldt Current

    2005 · 34 citations

  23. Twilight vertical migrations of zooplankton in a Chilean fjord

    2014 · 33 citations

  24. Distribution of carnivorous gelatinous zooplankton in the upwelling zone off central Chile (austral spring 2001)

    2010 · 33 citations

  25. Vertical distribution of copepods and the utilization of the chlorophyll a-rich layer within Concepcion Bay, Chile

    1991 · 32 citations

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