Instituto BIOSFERA

Akcali, C. K., Adán Pérez-Mendoza, H., Salazar-Valenzuela, D., Kikuchi, D. W., Guayasamin, J. M., & Pfennig, D. W. (2019). Evaluating the utility of camera traps in field studies of predation. PeerJ, 7, e6487. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6487 .

Amador, L., Soto‐Gamboa, M., & Guayasamin, J. M. (2019). Integrating alpha, beta, and phylogenetic diversity to understand anuran fauna along environmental gradients of tropical forests in western Ecuador. Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5593 .

Atkinson, C. L., Alexiades, A. V., MacNeill, K. L., Encalada, A. C., Thomas, S. A., & Flecker, A. S. (2019). Nutrient recycling by insect and fish communities in high-elevation tropical streams. Hydrobiologia, 838(1), 13–28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-019-03973-9 .

Bremer, L. L., Farley, K. A., DeMaagd, N., Suárez, E., Cárate Tandalla, D., Vasco Tapia, S., & Mena Vásconez, P. (2019). Biodiversity outcomes of payment for ecosystem services: lessons from páramo grasslands. Biodiversity and Conservation, 28(4), 885–908. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-019-01700-3.

Brito, J., Tinoco, N., Curay, J., Vargas, R., Reyes-Puig, C., Romero, V., & Pardiñas, U. F. J. (2019). Diversidad insospechada en los andes de Ecuador: filogenia del grupo “cinereus” de Thomasomys y descripción de una nueva especie (Rodentia, Cricetidae). Mastozoología Neotropical, 26(2), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.31687/saremMN.19.26.2.0.04.

Carvajal-Endara, S., Coloma, L. A., Morales-Mite, M. A., Guayasamin, J. M., SzéKely, P., & Duellman, W. E. (2019). Phylogenetic systematics, ecology, and conservation of marsupial frogs (Anura: Hemiphractidae) from the Andes of southern Ecuador, with descriptions of four new biphasic species. Zootaxa, 4562(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4562.1.1.

Cordero–Rivera, A., Sanmartín–Villar, I., Sánchez Herrera, M., Rivas–Torres, A., & Encalada, A. C. (2019). Survival and longevity in neotropical damselflies (Odonata, Polythoridae). Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 293–300. https://doi.org/10.32800/abc.2019.42.0293.

Encalada, A. C., Flecker, A. S., Poff, N. L., Suárez, E., Herrera-R, G. A., Ríos-Touma, B., … Anderson, E. P. (2019). A global perspective on tropical montane rivers. Science, 365(6458), 1124–1129. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax1682.

Encalada AC, Guayasamin JM, Suárez E, Mena CF, Lessmann J, Sampedro C, Martínez P, Ochoa-Herrera V, Swing K, Celinšćak M, Schreckinger J, Vieira J, Tapia A, Serrano C, Barragán K, Andrade S, Alexiades A, Troya MJ. (2019) Los Ríos de las Cuencas Andino-Amazónicas: Herramientas y Guía de Invertebrados para el Diseño Efectivo de Programas de Monitoreo. Trama, Quito, 224 pp.

Gabela-Flores, M. V., Sanmartín-Villar, I., Rivas-Torres, A., Encalada, A. C., & Cordero-Rivera, A. (2019). Demography and territorial behavior of three species of the genus Hetaerina along three tropical stream ecosystems (Odonata: Calopterygidae). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2677691.

Guayasamin, J. M., Cisneros-Heredia, D. F., Vieira, J., Kohn, S., Gavilanes, G., Lynch, R. L., … Maynard, R. J. (2019). A new glassfrog (Centrolenidae) from the Chocó-Andean Río Manduriacu Reserve, Ecuador, endangered by mining. PeerJ, 7, e6400. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6400.

Guayasamin JM, Hutter CR, Tapia EE, Culebras J, Peñafiel N, Pyron RA, et al. (2017) Diversification of the rainfrog Pristimantis ornatissimus in the lowlands and Andean foothills of Ecuador. PLoS ONE 12(3): e0172615. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172615.

Hargreaves, A. L., Suárez, E., Mehltreter, K., Myers-Smith, I., Vanderplank, S. E., Slinn, H. L., … Morales M., P. A. (2019). Seed predation increases from the Arctic to the Equator and from high to low elevations. Science Advances, 5(2), eaau4403. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau4403.

Hoorn, C., Guayasamin, J. M., Ortega-Andrade, H. M., Linder, P., & Bonaccorso, E. (2019). Celebrating Alexander von Humboldt’s 250 th anniversary: Exploring bio- and geodiversity in the Andes (IBS Quito 2019). Frontiers of Biogeography, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.21425/F5FBG44178.

Jiménez-Robles O, Guayasamin JM, Ron SR, De la Riva I. Reproductive traits associated with species turnover of amphibians in Amazonia and its Andean slopes. Ecol Evol. 2017;7:2489–2500. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2862.

Mateus, C., Guerrero, C. A., Quezada, G., Lara, D., & Ochoa-Herrera, V. (2019). An Integrated Approach for Evaluating Water Quality between 2007–2015 in Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos Archipelago. Water, 11(5), 937. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11050937.

Maurice, L., López, F., Becerra, S., Jamhoury, H., Le Menach, K., Dévier, M.-H., … Schreck, E. (2019). Drinking water quality in areas impacted by oil activities in Ecuador: Associated health risks and social perception of human exposure. Science of The Total Environment, 690, 1203–1217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.089.

Ramón, G. M., Pérez, R., & Jarrín, P. (2019). Francisco Campos-Rivadeneira and Roberto Levi- Castillo: Their lives and contributions to the study of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Ecuador. Biomédica, 39, 172–198. https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v39i3.4415.

Reyes-Puig, J. P., Reyes-Puig, C., Ron, S., Ortega, J. A., Guayasamin, J. M., Goodrum, M., … Yánez-Muñoz, M. H. (2019). A new species of terrestrial frog of the genus Noblella Barbour, 1930 (Amphibia: Strabomantidae) from the Llanganates-Sangay Ecological Corridor, Tungurahua, Ecuador. PeerJ, 7, e7405. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7405.

Salerno, P. E., Páez-Vacas, M., Guayasamin, J. M., & Stynoski, J. L. (2019). Male principal investigators (almost) don’t publish with women in ecology and zoology. PLOS ONE, 14(6), e0218598. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218598.

Scheele, B. C., Pasmans, F., Skerratt, L. F., Berger, L., Martel, A., Beukema, W., … Canessa, S. (2019). Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity. Science, 363(6434), 1459–1463. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aav0379.

Seena, S., Bärlocher, F., Sobral, O., Gessner, M. O., Dudgeon, D., McKie, B. G., … Graça, M. A. S. (2019). Biodiversity of leaf litter fungi in streams along a latitudinal gradient. Science of The Total Environment, 661, 306–315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.122.

Suarez, E., & Zapata‐Ríos, G. (2019). Managing subsistence hunting in the changing landscape of Neotropical rain forests. Biotropica, 51(3), 282–287. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12662.

Tiegs, S. D., Costello, D. M., Isken, M. W., Woodward, G., McIntyre, P. B., Gessner, M. O., Zwart, J. A. (2019). Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones. Science Advances, 5(1), eaav0486. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aav0486.

Zambrano-Romero, A., Herrera-Moreno, N., Trueba, G., Sierra-Alvarez, R., León-Reyes, A., & Ochoa-Herrera, V. (2019). Construcción y operación de una cámara anaeróbica de bajo costo para la siembra y el cultivo de bacterias sulfato reductoras. Avances En Ciencias e Ingeniería, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.v11i2.1303.

Borja-Serrano, P., Ochoa-Herrera, V., Bourgoin, L., Morales, G., Quilumbaqui, C., Tejera, E., Machado, A., (2020). Determination of the Microbial and Chemical Loads in Rivers from the Quito Capital Province of Ecuador (Pichincha)-A Preliminary Analysis of Microbial and Chemical Quality of the Main Rivers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, 5048.https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17145048

Boyero L. et al. (2020) Identifying Stream Invertebrates as Plant Litter Consumers. In: Bärlocher F., Gessner M., Graça M. (eds) Methods to Study Litter Decomposition. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30515-4_50.

Brunner, R., Guayasamin, J., (2020). Nocturnal visual displays and call description of the cascade specialist glassfrog Sachatamia orejuela. DOI 10.1163/1568539X-bja10048.

Cipriani-Avila, I., Molinero, J., Jara-Negrete, J., Barrado, M., Arcos, C., Mafla, S., Custode, C., Vilaña, G., Carpintero, N., Ochoa-Herrera, V. (2020). Heavy metal assessment in drinking waters of Ecuador: Quito, Ibarra and Guayaquil. J Water Health 1 December 2020; 18 (6): 1050–1064. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wh.2020.093

Chuctaya, J, Encalada, A.C, Barragán, K.S, Torres, M.T. Rojas, L.K.K, Ochoa‐Herrera, V., Carvalho T. et al. (2020). New Ecuadorian records of the eyeless banjo catfish Micromyzon akamai (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) expand the species range and reveal intraspecific morphological variation. J Fish Biol. 1– 6. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14630

Cohen, G., Montesinos, R., Henrique, R., Toledo, L.F., Borzée, A., Yi, Y., Fei, W., Igawa, T., Guayasamin, J., Laufer, G., Bolivar, W., Rodríguez, A., Grant, T., (2020). Paths of introduction: Assessing global colonization history of the most successful amphibian invader. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.160736110.02332744/v1.

Duque, F.G, Monteros, M., Nasir, I., Uma, S., Rodriguez-Saltos, S., Carruth, L., Bonaccorso, E., Wilczynski, W (2020). Dialects in the high-frequency song of a hummingbird. Oxford Press University.

Gibson, M.J.S., Torres, M.L. & Moyle, L.C. (2020) Local extirpation is pervasive among historical populations of Galápagos endemic tomatoes. Evol Ecol 34, 289–307 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-020-10035-3.

Gibson, M.J.S.,Torres, M.L, Brandvain, Y., Moyle, L.C., (2020). Reconstructing the history and biological consequences of a plant invasion on the Galápagos islands. bioRxiv 2020.09.26.313627. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.26.313627

Gibson, M.J.S.,Torres, M.L, Brandvain, Y., Moyle, L.C., (2020). Reconstructing the history and biological consequences of a plant invasion on the Galápagos islands. bioRxiv 2020.09.26.313627. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.26.313627.

Gordillo-Romero M, Correa-Baus L, Baquero-Méndez V, Torres M.L, Vintimilla C, Tobar J, Torres AF (2020). Gametophytic self-incompatibility in Andean capuli (Prunus serotina subsp. capuli): allelic diversity at the S-RNase locus influences normal pollen-tube formation during fertilization. PeerJ 8:e9597 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9597

Grube, A.M.; Stewart, J.R.; Ochoa-Herrera, V. (2020). The challenge of achieving safely managed drinking water supply on San Cristobal island, Galápagos. Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health 2020, 228, 113547.

Guayasamin, J.M.; Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; McDiarmid, R.W.; Peña, P.; Hutter, C.R. Glassfrogs of Ecuador: Diversity, Evolution, and Conservation. Diversity 2020, 12, 222. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12060222

Guayasamín, J. M., Trueb, L. (2020). Zoological nomenclature: Suggestions to increase stability and facilitate the naming of Clades. Zootaxa, 4820(1), 186–194. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4820.1.10.

Jaramillo, A. F., De la Riva, I., Guayasamin, J. M., Chaparro, J. C., Gagliardi-Urrutia, G., Gutiérrez, R., … Castroviejo-Fisher, S. (2020). Vastly underestimated species richness of Amazonian salamanders (Plethodontidae: Bolitoglossa) and implications about plethodontid diversification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 106841. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106841.

Krynak, K., Wessels, D., Imba, S., Krynak, T., Snyder, E., Lyons, J., Guayasamin, J., (2020). Call survey indicates rainbow trout farming alters glassfrog community composition in the Andes of Ecuador. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 14, 1–11.

Landázuri, A., Gualle, A., Castañeda, V., Morales, E., Caicedo, A., Orejuela, L., (2020). Moringa oleifera Lam. leaf powder antioxidant activity and cytotoxicity in human primary fibroblasts. Natural Product Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2020.1837804

Lorenzo-Carballa, M.O., Garrison, R.W.; Encalada, A.C.; Cordero-Rivera, A. Darwin Returns to the Galapagos: Genetic and Morphological Analyses Confirm the Presence of Tramea darwini at the Archipelago (Odonata, Libellulidae). Insects (2020), 12, 21. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12010021.

Mateus C, Valencia M, DiFrancesco K, Ochoa-Herrera V, Gartner T, Quiroga D. (2020). Governance Mechanisms and Barriers for Achieving Water Quality Improvements in Galapagos. Sustainability; 12(21):8851. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12218851

Maynard R.J, Trageser S.J, Kohn S, Hamilton P.S, Culebras J, Guayasamin J.M (2020). Discovery of a reproducing population of the Mindo Glassfrog, Nymphargus balionotus (Duellman, 1981), at the Río Manduriacu Reserve, Ecuador, with a literature review and comments on its natural history, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 14(2) [General Section]: 172–184 (e245).

Pozo Andrade, G., Gutierrez, B., Torres, M., (2020). Understanding the genetic diversity of the guayabillo (Psidium galapageium), an endemic plant of the Galapagos Islands. Global Ecology and Conservation 24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01350

Reyes-Puig, C., Maynard, R. J., Trageser, S. J., Vieira, J., Hamilton, P. S., Lynch, R., … Guayasamin, J. M. (2020). A new species of Noblella (Amphibia: Strabomantidae) from the Río Manduriacu Reserve on the Pacific slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes. Neotropical Biodiversity, 6(1), 162–171. doi:10.1080/23766808.2020.1809287.

Rosero López D, Knighton J, Lloret P and Encalada A.C. (2020). Invertebrate response to impacts of water diversion and flow regulation in highaltitude tropical streams. River Research and Applications, 36(2): 223–233. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3578

Salerno, P. E., Páez-Vacas, M., Guayasamin, J. M., & Stynoski, J. L. (2020). Correction: Male principal investigators (almost) don’t publish with women in ecology and zoology. PLoS ONE 15(5): e0233803. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233803.

Scheele, B. C., Pasmans, F., Skerratt, L. F., Berger, L., Martel, A., Beukema, W., Guayasamin, J., Canessa, S.... (2020). Response to Comment on “Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity”. Science, 367(6484), eaay2905. doi:10.1126/science.aay2905.

Schneider, C. L., Herrera, M., Raisle, M. L., Murray, A. R., Whitmore, K. M., Encalada, A. C., Suárez, E., Riveros, D. (2020). Carbon dioxide (CO2) fluxes from terrestrial and aquatic environments in a high‐altitude tropical catchment. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 125, e2020JG005844. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JG005844.

Vega-Polo P, Cobo MM, Argudo A, Gutierrez B, Rowntree J, Torres M.L (2020) Characterizing the genetic diversity of the Andean blueberry (Vaccinium floribundum Kunth.) across the Ecuadorian Highlands. PLoS ONE 15(12): e0243420. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243420.

Laboratorio de Servicios BIOSFERA ofrece servicios integrales de análisis biológico y físico-químico de muestras ambientales:

• Identificación de invertebrados acuáticos
• Evaluación de calidad de agua
• Físico y química de ríos, lagunas y fuentes naturales
• Físico y química de aguas residuales

The Gordon and Betty Moore.
País: EEUU
Tipo de colaboración: financiamiento de proyecto Descubre río Napo.

The Gordon and Betty Moore
País: EEUU
Tipo de colaboración: financiamiento de proyecto “Ciencia Ciudadana en los ríos de las Cuencas Andino-Amazónicas del Ecuador”

Horizon 2020.
País: Proyecto Europeo dentro del programa H2020.
Tipo de colaboración: financiamiento de proyecto “DRYvER”.

CEDIA
País: Ecuador
Tipo de colaboración: financiamiento de proyecto “Sistema Integral de Tratamiento de Drenajes Ácidos de Roca Provenientes de las Actividades de Minería Metálica en Ecuador”.

US Forest Service
País: EEUU
Tipo de colaboración: financiamiento de proyecto “Caracterización y mapeo de turberas en los páramos del Ecuador”.

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2021

Lab Meetings BIOSFERA:
Los días jueves a las 12h00

Ciclos de Conferencias y Conversatorios BIOSFERA:
Cada mes y medio aprox.

WEBINAR: Panorama actual sobre las retribuciones ambientales y beneficios ecosistémicos: Iniciativas del sector privado frente a la reducción de Huellas Ambientales:
10 de junio 2021

WEBINAR: El Rol del Agua y el Carbono en la Sostenibilidad Empresarial;
25 de marzo 2021

2020

Conferencia Virtual Educación en Cambio Climático Ecuador 2020;
Richard Alley: 02 diciembre 2020

2019

Congreso Internacional HUMBOLDT 250;
Quito 05-09 de agosto, 2019.

Evento Monoil: Monitoreo Ambiental, Salud, Sociedad y Petróleo en el Ecuador;
Quito 19 de marzo, 2019.

Presentación del Libro “Los ríos de las cuencas Andino-Amazónicas: Herramientas y guía de invertebrados para el diseño de programas de monitoreo”;
Quito 19 de septiembre 2019.

2018

Taller: Environmental Leadership Short Course;
5-8 de enero de 2018.

Congreso AQUATROP: Ecosistemas Acuáticos Tropicales en el Antropoceno;
Quito 23-26 de julio, 2018
http://riostropicales2018.org/.

2017

Curso TNC-USFQ: Entrenamiento en Gestión de Datos de Monitoreo con RBIS;
Quito, 25-27 de octubre de 2017.