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List of works by Ricardo Barra

A Global Overview of Exposure Levels and Biological Effects of Trace Elements in Penguins.

scientific article published on 13 September 2017

A preliminary study of trace metals and porphyrins in excreta of Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) at two locations of the Antarctic Peninsula

Aerobic secondary utilization of a non-growth and inhibitory substrate 2,4,6-trichlorophenol by Sphingopyxis chilensis S37 and sphingopyxis-like strain S32.

scientific article published in August 2003

Analysis of CYP4501A1, PAHs metabolites in bile, and genotoxic damage in Oncorhynchus mykiss exposed to Biobío River sediments, Central Chile

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Antioxidant responses in the polychaetePerinereis gualpensis(Nereididae) exposed to the carbon nanomaterial fullerene (C60)

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Assessment and optimization of an ultrasound-assisted washing process using organic solvents for polychlorinated biphenyl-contaminated soil.

scientific article published on 14 June 2013

Assessment of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Atmosphere of Latin America

Assessment of trace metals and porphyrins in excreta of Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) in different locations of the northern coast of Chile.

scientific article published on 25 October 2013

Bioavailability of PAHs in the Biobio river (Chile): MFO activity and biliary fluorescence in juvenile Oncorhynchus mykiss

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Biochemical and behavioral responses in the estuarine polychaete Perinereis gualpensis (Nereididae) after in situ exposure to polluted sediments

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Biochemical biomarker responses and chlorinated compounds in the fish Leusciscus cephalus along a contaminant gradient in a polluted river.

scientific article published in May 2001

Biochemical responses and physiological status in the crab Hemigrapsus crenulatus (Crustacea, Varunidae) from high anthropogenically-impacted estuary (Lenga, south-central Chile).

scientific article published on 8 November 2012

Biomonitoring of antioxidant and oxidative stress responses in Perinereis gualpensis (Polychaeta: Nereididae) in Chilean estuarine regions under different anthropogenic pressure.

scientific article published on 18 January 2010

Changes in diatom assemblages in an Andean lake in response to a recent volcanic event

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Comparison of haloacetic acids in the environment of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

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EROD activity and biliary fluorescence in Schroederichthys chilensis (Guichenot 1848): biomarkers of PAH exposure in coastal environments of the South Pacific Ocean

scientific article published in October 2005

Ecological role of benthic crustaceans in Chilean north Patagonian lakes and rivers (Araucania region, 39°S)

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Effect of Irrigation Levels on Dissolved Organic Carbon Soil Distribution and the Depth Mobility of Chlorpyrifos

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Effects of pulp and paper mill discharges on caged rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): biomarker responses along a pollution gradient in the Biobio River, Chile

scientific article published in September 2006

Embryo-larvae and juvenile toxicity of Pb and Cd in Northern Chilean scallop Argopecten purpuratus

scientific article published on 13 December 2017

Estrogenicity and intersex in juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exposed to Pine/Eucalyptus pulp and paper production effluent in Chile.

scientific article published on 2 May 2015

Ethylene vinyl acetate polymer as a tool for passive sampling monitoring of hydrophobic chemicals in the salmon farm industry

scientific article published on 02 October 2014

Evaluation of water quality in the Chillán River (Central Chile) using physicochemical parameters and a modified water quality index

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First report on chlorinated pesticide deposition in a sediment core from a small lake in central Chile.

scientific article published in November 2001

Fish cytochrome P4501A1 activity induced by biobio river sediments, South Central Chile

scientific article published on 01 August 2000

Fuzzy model for risk assessment of persistent organic pollutants in aquatic ecosystems.

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Health status of native fish (Percilia gillissi and Trichomycterus areolatus) downstream of the discharge of effluent from a tertiary-treated elemental chlorine-free pulp mill in Chile

scientific article published on 16 June 2011

Herbicides induce change in metabolic and genetic diversity of bacterial community from a cold oligotrophic lake

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In situ methods of measurement--an important line of evidence in the environmental risk framework.

scientific article published on April 2007

Influence of Climate and Land Cover/Use Change on Water Balance: An Approach to Individual and Combined Effects

scientific article published in 2022

Liver ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase and brain acetylcholinesterase in two freshwater fish species of South America; the effects of seasonal variability on study design for biomonitoring

scientific article published on 3 October 2012

Mucus phosphoproteins as an indirect measure of endocrine disruption in native small-bodied freshwater fish, exposed to wastewater treatment plant and pulp and paper mill effluents

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Multibiomarker approach at different organization levels in the estuarine Perinereis gualpensis (Polychaeta; Nereididae) under chronic and acute pollution conditions

scientific article published on 7 October 2011

Occupational and environmental exposure to tribromophenol used for wood surface protection in sawmills

scientific article published in June 2005

Occurrence and behavior of natural and anthropogenic (emerging and historical) halogenated compounds in marine biota from the Coast of Concepcion (Chile).

scientific article published on 2 June 2013

Occurrence of antiparasitic pesticides in sediments near salmon farms in the northern Chilean Patagonia.

scientific article published on 25 November 2016

Occurrence of hydrophobic organic pollutants (BFRs and UV-filters) in sediments from South America.

scientific article published on 18 April 2013

Organochlorine compounds in soils and sediments of the mountain Andean Lakes

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PAH fluxes in the Laja Lake of south central Chile Andes over the last 50 years: evidence from a dated sediment core

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PCBs and HCHs in a salt-marsh sediment record from South-Central Chile: use of tsunami signatures and 137Cs fallout as temporal markers.

scientific article published in May 2004

PCBs and PBDEs in wild Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in the Northern Patagonia, Chile

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Passive-sampler derived air concentrations of persistent organic pollutants on a north-south transect in Chile.

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Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Eastern and Western South American Countries

Persistent organic pollutants and porphyrin levels in excreta of penguin colonies from the Antarctic Peninsula area

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Persistent organic pollutants and porphyrins biomarkers in penguin faeces from Kopaitic Island and Antarctic Peninsula

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Persistent toxic substances in soils and waters along an altitudinal gradient in the Laja River Basin, Central Southern Chile.

scientific article published on February 2005

Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in Concepción Bay, central Chile after the 2010 Tsunami.

scientific article published on 8 May 2015

Polybrominated diphenyl ether levels in wild and farmed Chilean salmon and preliminary flow data for commercial transport

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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in mussels along the Chilean coast.

scientific article published on January 2006

Polychlorinated biphenyls in farmed and wild Onchorhynchus kisutch and Onchorhynchus mykiss from the Chilean Patagonia

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons fluxes during the past 50 years observed in dated sediment cores from Andean mountain lakes in central south Chile

scientific article published on 5 October 2005

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the South American environment

scientific article published on January 2007

Porphyrin Levels in Excreta of Sea Birds of the Chilean Coasts as Nondestructive Biomarker of Exposure to Environmental Pollutants

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Potential immunohaematological effects of persistent organic pollutants on chinstrap penguin

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Prediction of surface water input of chloridazon and chlorpyrifos from an agricultural watershed in Chile

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Records of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in sediments of four remote Chilean Andean Lakes

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Remediation technologies for organochlorine-contaminated sites in developing countries

scientific article published on January 2008

Reproductive, physiological, and biochemical responses in juvenile female rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exposed to sediment from pulp and paper mill industrial discharge areas

scientific article published in August 2005

Seasonal changes in reproductive endpoints inTrichomycterus areolatus(Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) andPercilia gillissi(Perciformes, Perciliidae), and the consequences for environmental monitoring

Seasonal mercury concentrations and δ15N and δ13C values of benthic macroinvertebrates and sediments from a historically polluted estuary in south central Chile.

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Spatio-temporal population and reproductive responses inPerinereis gualpensis(Polychaeta: Nereididae) from estuaries under different anthropogenic influences

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Sublethal effects in Perinereis gualpensis (Polychaeta: Nereididae) exposed to mercury-pyrene sediment mixture observed in a multipolluted estuary.

scientific article published on 3 May 2017

TEMPORAL TRENDS OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHs) IN A DATED SEDIMENT CORE OF A HIGH ATITUDE MOUNTAIN LAKE: CHUNGARA LAKE- NORTHERN CHILE (18° S)

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Temperature dependence of the distribution of organochlorine compounds in the mosses of the Andean mountains

scientific article published in October 2004

Toward the next generation of air quality monitoring: Persistent organic pollutants

scholarly article by Hayley Hung et al published December 2013 in Atmospheric Environment

Towards a Chilean Water Governance: A Study on the Los Batros and Paicaví Wetland Reservoirs

scientific article published in 2022

Toxic effects of antiparasitic pesticides used by the salmon industry in the marine amphipod Monocorophium insidiosum

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Trophic transfer of cadmium in marine food webs from Western Chilean Patagonia and Antarctica

scientific article published on 16 October 2018

Use of Daphnia spp. for the ecotoxicological assessment of water quality in an agricultural watershed in South-Central Chile

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Use of biochemical biomarkers as a screening tool to focus the chemical monitoring of organic pollutants in the Biobio river basin (Chile)

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Use of biomarkers to evaluate effects of xenobiotic compounds in the Biobio basin (central Chile).

scientific article published in July 1995

Use of earthworms as a pesticide exposure indicator in soils under conventional and organic management

article published in 2016