

Jorge Rafael Bermudez Monsalve

Información de Hoja de Vida
- Doctoral degree (Magna Cum Laude) at the GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel under the supervision of Dr. Ulf Riebesell and Dr. Monika Winder. Thesis: “Primary producers and future ocean scenarios: Effect of environmental variation on its macromolecular composition and consequences for higher trophic levels”.2011-2014
- Master of Sciences, mention in Biological Oceanography at the GEOMAR|Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel. Thesis: “C:N:P ratios and fatty acids in diatoms and its influence on copepods development”. 2008-2010
- Bachelor degree in Marine Biology; Universidad de Concepción, Chile. 2003-2006
- Researcher-Lecturer at Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral. 2014-Present
- Worked on the effect of riverine inputs in the primary productivity of the southern part of the Humboldt Current System at the EULA Center in Concepción, Chile.
- Worked on the effect of Ocean Acidification in the biomolecular composition of primary producers and its concomitant influence in food webs at the GEOMAR Research Center in Kiel, Germany.
- Department of Oceanography: Galapagos Marine Research and Exploration Program
- Director of the Plankton Laboratory and Researcher-Lecturer at Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral
Winder, M., J. M. Bouquet, J. R. Bermúdez, S. A. Berger, T. Hansen, J. Brandes, A. F. Sazhin, J. N. Nejstgaard, U. Båmstedt, H.H. Jakobsen, J. Dutz, M.E. Frischer, C. E. Troedsson, E. M. Thompson. (2017). Increased appendicularian zooplankton alter carbon cycling under warmer more acidified ocean conditions. Limnology and Oceanography. doi: 10.1002/lno.10516
Schulz K.G., L.T. Bach, R. Bellerby , R. Bermúdez, J. Buedenbender, T. Boxhammer, J. Czerny, A. Engel, A. Ludwig, M. Meyerhoefer, A. Larsen , A. Paul, M. Sswat and U. Riebesell. (2017). Phytoplankton blooms at increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide: experimental evidence for negative effects on prymnesiophytes and positive on small picoeukaryotes. Frontiers in Maine Sciences 4:64. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00064
Riebesell U., L.T. Bach, G. J. Bellerby, J. R. Bermúdez, T. Boxhammer, J. Czerny, A. Larsen, A. Ludwig, K.G. Schulz. (2017) Competitive fitness of a predominant pelagic calcifier impaired by ocean acidification. Nature Geoscience 10, 19–23 doi:10.1038/ngeo2854
Spilling, K., K. G. Schulz, A. J. Paul , T. Boxhammer, E. P. Achterberg, T. Hornick, S. Lischka, A. Stuhr, J.R. Bermúdez, J. Czerny, K. Crawfurd, C. P. D. Brussaard, H.P. Grossart, and U. Riebesell. (2016) Effects of ocean acidification on pelagic carbon fluxes in a mesocosm experiment, Biogeosciences, 13, 6081-6093, doi:10.5194/bg-13-6081-2016.
Spilling, K., A. J. Paul, N. Virkkala, T. Hastings, S. Lischka, A. Stuhr, J.R. Bermúdez, J. Czerny, T. Boxhammer, K. G. Schulz, A. Ludwig, and U. Riebesell. (2016). Ocean acidification decreases plankton respiration: evidence from a mesocosm experiment, Biogeosciences, 13, 4707-4719, doi:10.5194/bg-13-4707-2016.
A.-K. Almén, A. Vehmaa, A. Brutemark, L. Bach, S. Lischka, A. Stuhr, S. Furuhagen, A. Paul, J. R. Bermúdez, U. Riebesell, and J. Engström-Öst. (2016) Negligible effects of ocean acidification on Eurytemora affinis (Copepoda) offspring production, Biogeosciences, 13, 1037-1048, doi:10.5194/bg-13-1037-2016.
J. R. Bermúdez, M. Winder, A. Stuhr, A. K. Almén, J. Engström-Öst, and U. Riebesell. (2016). Effect of ocean acidification on the structure and fatty acid composition of a natural plankton community in the Baltic Sea, Biogeosciences, 13, 6625-6635, doi:10.5194/bg-13-6625-2016.
J.R. Bermúdez, U. Riebesell, A. Larsen, M. Winder. (2016). Ocean acidification reduces transfer of essential biomolecules in a natural plankton community. Scientific Reports, 6, 27749; doi: 10.1038/srep27749.
J.R. Bermúdez, Y. Feng, M.Y. Roleda, A.O. Tatters, D.A. Hutchins, T. Larsen, et al. (2015) Long-Term Conditioning to Elevated pCO2 and Warming Influences the Fatty and Amino Acid Composition of the Diatom Cylindrotheca fusiformis. PLoS ONE 10 (5): e0123945. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123945
Rossoll D*, Bermúdez J.R.*, H. Hauss, K.G. Schulz, U. Riebesell, U. Sommer, M. Winder. (2012). Ocean Acidification-Induced Food Quality Deterioration Constrains Trophic Transfer. PLoS ONE 7(4): e34737. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034737. (*Equal Contribution)
Iriarte JL, C.A. Vargas, F.J. Tapia, J.R. Bermúdez, R.E. Urrutia. (2012). Primary production and plankton carbon biomass in a river-influenced upwelling area off Concepción, Chile. Progress In Oceanography, 92: 97-109.