Publications

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  • Lynn KD, Quintanilla-Ahumada D, Duarte C, Quijón PA (In press) Artificial light at night alters the feeding activity and two molecular indicators in the plumose sea anemone Metridium senile (L.) Mar Poll Bull
  • Quijón PA (2024) Green crab-hard clam interactions: linking predator feeding rates to small scale distribution of prey. Mar Env Res 196: 106452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106452
  • Gibbons E, Quijón PA (2023) Macroalgal features and their influence on associated biodiversity: implications for conservation and restoration. Front Mar Sci 10:1304000. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1304000
  • Sepúlveda F, Quintanilla-Ahumada D, Varas O, Fernandez M, Vargas J, Pulgar J, Quijón PA, Duarte C (2024) Cross-examining the influence of upwelling on herbivores’ food behavior and growth rates: a sea urchin and a sea snail feeding on a prominent seaweed as a case of study. Mar Env Res 193: 106288
  • Richard M, Quijón PA (2023) Seagrass-macroalgal interactions in a changing ocean. Front Clim 5:1283305.doi: 10.3389/fclim.2023.1283305
  • Tummon Flynn P, Poirier LA, Beauleau, G, Barrett T, Cairns D, Quijón PA (2023) On the rebound: Removal programs yield local-scale benefits but do not sustainably suppress populations of invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas). Biol Inv 26: 451-469
  • Lynn KD, Tummon Flynn P, Anguita C, Duarte C, Quijón PA (2023) Conspecific interactions as drivers of activity and mortality in sandy beach amphipods. Mar Ecol Progr Ser 713: 83-95
  • Pulgar J, Manríquez PH, Widdicombe S, García-Huidobro R, Quijón PA, Carter M, Aldana M, Quintanilla-Ahumada D, Duarte C (In press) Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) causes size-dependent effects on intertidal fish orientation. Mar Poll Bull 193: 115190
  • García-Huidobro MR, Aldana M, Varela P, García-Herrera C, Monteiro JN, Leitão F, Teodósio MA, Quijón PA, Varas O, Fernandéz M, Duarte C, Pulgar J (2023) The influence of upwelling on key bivalves from the Humboldt and Iberian current systems. Mar Env Res 189: 106031
  • Lynn KD, Greenwood SJ, Quijón PA (2023) Cold temperature as a source of stress: Seasonality, sand burrowing and hemocyanin levels in Atlantic Canada sandy beach amphipods. Mar Biol 170: 64
  • Quintanilla-Ahumada D, Lynn KD, Duarte C, Quijón PA (2023) Sandy beach wrack as a resource: Nutrient quality explains amphipod preferences but not temporal variation. Mar Biol 170: 39
  • Duarte C, Quintanilla-Ahumada D, Anguita C, Silva-Rodriguez E, Manríquez PH, Widdicombe S, Pulgar J, Miranda C, Jahnsen-Guzmán N, Quijón PA (2023) Field experimental evidence of sandy beach community changes in response to artificial light at night (ALAN). Sci Total Env 872: 162086
  • Lynn KD, Quintanilla-Ahumada D, Duarte C, Quijón PA (2023) Hemocyanin as a biological indicator of light pollution stress in sandy beach amphipods. Mar Poll Bull 184: 114147
  • Pulgar J, Moya A, Fernandez M, Varas O, Guzmán-Rivas F, Urzua A, Quijón PA, García-Huidobro MR, Aldana M, Duarte C (2022) Upwelling enhances seaweed nutrient quality, altering feeding behavior and growth rates in an intertidal sea urchin, Loxechinus albus. Sci Total Env 851: 158307
  • Lynn KD, Quijón PA (2022) Casting a light on the shoreline: the influence of light pollution on intertidal settings. Front Ecol Evol 10: 980776

  • Power TJ, Paynter H, Silva-Opps M, Quijón PA (2022) The coastal breeding habitat of Bank Swallows (Riparia riparia) in an Atlantic Canada National Park: assessing habitat use in relation to availability. Can J Zoology 100: 681-686

  • Begun T, Teacă A, Mureșan M, Quijón PA, Menabit S, Surugiu V (2022) Habitat and macrozoobenthic diversity in marine protected areas of the Southern Romanian Black Sea Coast. Front Mar Sci 9: 845507

  • Quintanilla-Ahumada D, Quijón PA, Manriquez PH, Pulgar J, García-Huidobro R, Miranda C, Molina A, Zuloaga R, Duarte C (2022) Artificial light at night (ALAN) causes variable dose-responses in a marine isopod. Env Sci Poll Res 29: 35977-35985

  • Duarte C, Jahnsen-Guzmán N, Quijón PA, Manríquez PH, Lardies MA, Fernández C, Reyes M, Zapata J, García-Huidobro MR, Lagos NA (2022) Morphological, physiological and behavioral responses of an intertidal snail, Acanthina monodon (Pallas), to projected ocean acidification and cooling water conditions in upwelling ecosystems. Environ Pollut 293: 118481

  • Poirier LA, Quijón PA (2021) Natural attachment and size of cultured oysters limit mortality from a non-indigenous predator. Aquac Res

  • Jahnsen-Guzmán N, Lagos NA, Quijón PA, Manríquez PH, Lardies MA, Fernández C, Reyes M, Zapata J, García-Huidobro R, Labra FA, Duarte C (In press) Ocean acidification alters anti-predator responses in a competitive dominant intertidal mussel. Chemosphere
  • Surugiu V, Teacă A, Şvedu I, Quijón PA (2021) A hotspot in the Romanian Black Sea: Eelgrass beds drive local biodiversity in surrounding bare sediments. Front Mar Sci https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.745137
  • Tummon Flynn P, Lynn KD, Cairns DK, Quijón PA (2021) Mesograzer interactions with a unique strain of irish moss (Chondrus crispus): Colinization, feeding and algal rcondition-related effects. Mar Ecol Prog Ser
  • Manríquez K, Quijón PA, Manríquez PH, Miranda C, Pulgar J, Quintanilla-Ahumada D, Duarte C (2021) Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) negatively affects the settlement success of two prominent intertidal barnacles. Mar Poll Bull
  • Lynn KD, Quintanilla-Ahumada D, Anguita C, Widdicombe S, Pulgar, J, Manríquez PH, Quijón PA, Duarte C (2021) Artificial light at night alters the activity and feeding behaviour of sandy beach amphipods and pose a threat to their ecological role in Atlantic Canada. Sci Total Environ 780: 146568
  • Manríquez PH, Jara ME, Gonzälez CP, Seguel M, Quijón PA, Widecombe S, Pulgar JM, Quintanilla-Ahumada D, Anguita C, Duarte C (2021) Effects of artificial light at night (ALAN) and predator cues on foraging and predation response behaviour in the keystone inshore mollusc, Concholepas concholepas. Environ Pollut 280: 116895
  • Lynn KD, Tummon Flynn P, Manríquez K, Manríquez PH, Pulgar J, Duarte C, Quijón PA (2021) Artificial light at night alters the settlement of acorn barnacles on a man-made habitat in Atlantic Canada. Mar Poll Bull 163: 111928
  • Quintanilla-Ahumada D, Quijón PA, Pulgar J, Manríquez PH, García-Huidobro R, Duarte C (2021) Exposure to Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) alters RNA:DNA ratios in a sandy beach coleopteran insect. Mar Poll Bull 165: 112132
  • Tummon Flynn P, McCarvill K, Lynn, KD, Quijón PA (2020) The positive effect of coexisting ecosystem engineers: a unique seaweed-mussel association provides refuge for native mud crabs against a non-indigenous predator. PeerJ 8:e10540
  • Malyshev A, Tummon Flynn P, Cox R, Duarte C, Quijón PA (2020) Community disruption in small biogenic habitats: A coastal invader overcomes habitat complexity to alter community structure. PlosONE 15(10): e0241116
  • Jahnsen-Guzmán N, Lagos NA, Lardies MA, Vargas CA, Fernández C, San Martín VA, Saavedra L, Cuevas LA, Quijón PA, Duarte C (2020) Environmental refuges increase performance of juvenile mussels Mytilus chilensis: Implications for mussel seedling and farming strategies. Sci Total Environ 751: 141723
  • Poirier LA, Tummon Flynn P, Gehrels H, Quijón PA (2020) Fukui foldable traps versus fyke nets as options for fishing European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) in soft-bottom habitats: Exploring efficiency and limiting bycatch. Fisheries Res 230: 105637
  • Carrasco A, Pulgar J, Quintanilla-Ahumada D, Perez-Venegas D, Quijón PA, Duarte C (2019) The influence of microplastics pollution on the feeding behavior of a prominent sandy beach amphipod, Orchestoidea tuberculata (Nicolet, 1849). Mar Poll Bull 145: 23-27
  • Tummon Flynn P, Lynn KD, Cairns D, Quijon PA (2019) The role of the non-indigenous green crab (Carcinus maenas) in the decline of a unique strain of Irish moss (Chondrus crispus): direct and indirect effects. ICES J Mar Sci. Published online: https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz130
  • Duarte C, Quintanilla-Ahumada D, Manríquez PH, Widdicombe S, Pulgar J, Silva-Rodríguez E, Miranda C, Manriquez K, Quijón PA (2019) Artificial light pollution at night (ALAN) disrupts the distribution and circadian rhythm of a marine isopod. Environ Pollut 248: 565-573
  • Manríquez PH, Jara ME, Diaz MI, Quijón PA, Widdicombe S, Pulgar J, Manríquez K, Quintanilla-Ahumada D, Duarte C (2019) Artificial light pollution poses effects on important behavioural and physiological traits of a keystone predator species. Sci Total Environ 661:543-552
  • Pulgar J, Zeballos D, Vargas J, et al. (2019) Endogenous cycles, activity patterns and energy expenditure of an intertidal fish is modified by artificial light pollution at night (ALAN) Environ Pollut 244: 361-366
  • Tummon Flynn P, Garbary D, Novaczek I, Miller A, Quijón PA (In press) The unique giant Irish moss (Chondrus crispus) from Basin Head: Health assessment in relation to reference sites on Prince Edward Island. Botany 96: 805-811
  • Duarte C,  Navarro J, Quijón PA, et al. (2018) The energetic physiology of juvenile mussels, Mytilus chilensis (Hupe): The prevalent role of salinity under current and predicted pCO2 scenarios Environ Pollut 242:156-163
  • Quintanilla-Ahumada D, Quijón PA, Navarro JM,et al. (2018) Living on a trophic subsidy: algal quality drives an upper-shore herbivore’s consumption, preference and absorption but not growth rates. PlosOne
  • Poirier LA, Tang S, Mohan J, O’Connor E, Dennis E, Abdullah M, Zhou D, Stryhn H, St-Hilaire S, Quijón PA (2018) A novel bycatch reduction device for a new fishery in Atlantic Canada: design and assessment. Fisheries Res 204: 165-171
  • Poirier LA, Gilbert S, St-Hilaire S, Davidson J, Cox R, Quijón PA (2018) Refining the tethering of American oysters (Crassostrea virginica) to asses two environmental stressors. Mar Poll Bull 127: 160-164
  • Yáňez E, Lagos NA, Norambuena R, et al. (2018) Impacts of climate change on marine fisheries and aquaculture in Chile. In: Climate change impacts on fisheries and aquaculture: A global analysis. Phillips B, Perez-Ramirez M (Editors). Wiley, 1048 pp.
  • Poirier LA, Ramsay AP, St-Hilaire S, Quijón PA (2017) Revisiting recent history: Records of occurrence and expansion of the European green crab across Prince Edward Island, Atlantic Canada Mar Biodivers Records 10:30
  • Gehrels H, Tummon Flynn P, Quijón PA (In press) Effects of habitat complexity on cannibalism rates in green crabs (Carcinus maenas Linnaeus 1758). Mar Ecol 38:e12448
  • Poirier LA, Symington LA, Davidson J, St-Hilaire S, Quijón PA (2017) Exploring the decline of oyster beds in Atlantic Canada shorelines: Potential effects of crab predation on American oysters (Crassostrea virginica). Helgoland Mar Res 71:13
  • MacMillan MR, Duarte C, Quijón PA (2017) Sandy beaches in a coastline vulnerable to erosion in Atlantic Canada: Macrobenthic community structure in relation to backshore and physical features. J Sea Res 125: 26-33
  • Pickering T, Poirier L, Barrett T, McKenna S, Davidson J, Quijón PA (2017) Non-indigenous predators threaten ecosystem engineers: interactive effects of green crab and oyster size on American oyster mortality. Mar Env Res 127:24-31
  • Quijón PA, Tummon Flynn P, Duarte C (2017) Beyond negative perceptions: the role of some marine invasive species as trophic subsidies. Mar Poll Bull 116: 538–539
  • Davidson JDP, Landry T, Johnson GR, Quijón PA (2017) A cost-benefit analysis of four treatment regimes for the invasive tunicate Ciona intestinalis on mussel farms. Manag Biol Inv 8: 163–170
  • MacMillan MR, Tummon Flynn P, Duarte C, Quijón PA (2016) Near-edge wrack effects on bare sediments: small-scale variation matters in the monitoring of sandy beaches. Mar Env Res 122:196-200
  • Luarte T, Bonta C, Siva-Rodriguez EA, Quijón PA, Miranda C, Farias AA, Duarte C (2016) Light pollution reduces activity, food consumption and growth rates in a sandy beach invertebrate. Environ Pollut 218:1147–1153
  • Poirier L, Mahar J, Speare R, Davidson J, Quijón PA, St-Hilaire S (2016) Moulting synchrony in green crabs of Prince Edward Island, Canada. Mar Biol Res 12:969-977
  • Lutz-Collins V, Cox R, Quijón PA (2016) Habitat disruption by a coastal invader: local community change and recovery in Atlantic Canada sedimentary habitats. Mar Biol 163:178
  • Gehrels H, Knysh KM, Boudreau M, Thériault M-H, Courtenay SC, Cox R, Quijón PA (2016) Hide and Seek: Habitat-mediated interactions between European green crabs and native mud crabs in Atlantic Canada. Mar Biol 163:152
  • Benítez S, Duarte C, López J, Manríquez PH, Navarro JM, Bonta CC, Torres R, Quijón PA (2016) Intra-specific variation in the feeding behavior of a marine amphipod in response to ocean acidification Mar Poll Bull 216:375-379
  •  Davidson JDP, Landry T, Johnson GR, Ramsay A, Quijón PA (2016) A field trial to determine the optimal treatment regime for Ciona intestinalis on mussel socks. Manag Biol Inv 7:167-179
  • Duarte C, Lopez J, Benitez S, Manriquez, PH, Navarro JM, Bonta CC, Torres R, Quijón PA (2016) Ocean acidification induces changes in algal palatability and herbivore feeding behavior and performance. Oecologia 180:453-462
  • Tummon Flynn P, Mellish C, Pickering TR, Quijón PA (2015) Effects of claw autotomy on green crab (Carcinus maenas) feeding rates. J Sea Res 103:113-119
  • Sorochan KA, Duguid WDP, Quijón PA (2015) Diagnostic morphological characteristics of laboratory reared Cancer oregonensis (Brachyura: Cancridae) with recommendations for identifying cancrid zoeae in the Salish sea. Mar Biol Res 11: 624-632
  • Low A, Quijón PA, Peters E (Editors) (2014) Aquatic invasive species: Cases of study from Mexican ecosystems. Secretaría de Medio Ambiente & Recursos Naturales and Instituto Nacional de Ecología y Cambio Climático. DF, Mexico. 659 pp. ISBN:  978-1-304-90189-7 (In Spanish with English abstracts)
  • Sorochan KA, Quijón PA (2014) Horizontal distributions of Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister) and Red rock crab (Cancer productus) larvae in the Strait of Georgia. ICES J Mar Sci 71:2564-77
  • Lutz-Collins V, Quijón PA (2014) Animal-sediment relationships in an Atlantic Canada Marine Protected Area: Richness, composition and abundance in relation to sediment food indicators. Mar Biol Res 10: 577-588
  • Duarte C, Acuña K, Navarro JM, Gomez I, Jaramillo E, Quijón PA (2014) Variable feeding behavior in Orchestoidea tuberculata (Nicolet 1849): exploring the relative importance of macroalgal traits. J Sea Res 87:1-7
  • McNiven MA, Quijón PA, Mitchell AW, Ramsey A, St-Hilaire S (2013) Composition and distribution of the European green crab in Prince Edward Island, Canada. J Animal Sci 3: 295-298
  • MacMillan MR, Quijón PA (2012) Stranded seaweeds as patchy resources in upper intertidal sandy beaches in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. J Sea Res 72: 28-37
  • Rossong M, Barrett T, Quijón PA, Snelgrove PVR, Mackenzie C, Locke A (2012) Regional differences in foraging behaviour and morphology of invasive green crab (Carcinus maenas) populations in Atlantic Canada. Biol Inv 14: 659-669
  • Malyshev A, Quijón PA (2011) Disruption of essential habitat by a coastal invader: new evidence of green crab effects on eelgrass beds. ICES J Mar Sci 68: 1852-1856
  • Gregory G, Quijón PA (2011) The impact of a coastal invasive predator: assessing the role of density and a native counterpart. J Sea Res 66: 181-186
  • Pickering T, Quijón PA (2011) Potential effects of a non-indigenous predator in its expanded range: Assessing green crab, Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus), prey preference in a productive shellfish area of Atlantic Canada. Mar Biol 158: 2065-2078
  • Parent M, Paetzold C, Quijón PA, Davidson J (2011) Perforation with and without vinegar injection as a mitigation strategy against two invasive tunicates, Ciona intestinalis and Styela clava. Manag Biol Invasions 2: 27-38
  • Bakker J, Paetzold C, Quijón PA, Davidson J (2011) The use of food grade oil in the prevention of vase tunicate fouling on mussel aquaculture gear. Manag Biol Invasions 2:15-25
  • Rossong M, Quijón PA, Williams J, Snelgrove PVR (2011) Foraging and shelter behaviour of juvenile American lobster (Homarus americanus): the influence of a non-indigenous crab J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 403: 75–80
  • Willis JE, Stewart-Clark S, Greenwood SJ, Davidson J, Quijón PA (2011) A PCR-based assay to facilitate early detection of Diplosoma listerianum in Atlantic Canada. Aquat Invasions 6: 7-16
  • Pickering T, Quijón PA (2010) Missing claws in a commercial catch of the American lobster: implications for life history and the fishery. Fisheries Res 102: 335-339
  • Lutz-Collins V, Quijón PA, Davidson J (2009) Blue mussel fouling communities: polychaete composition in relation to mussel stocking density and seasonality of mussel deployment and sampling. Aquac Res 40: 1789-1792
  • Lutz-Collins V, Ramsay AP, Quijón PA, Davidson J (2009) Invasive tunicates fouling mussel lines: evidence of their impact on native tunicates and other epifauna. Aquat Invasions 4: 5-12
  • Quijón PA, Kelly MC, Snelgrove PVR (2008) The role of sinking phytodetritus in structuring shallow-water benthic communities. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 366:134-145
  • Quijón PA, Snelgrove PVR (2008) Trophic complexity in marine sediments: New evidence from the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 371: 85-89
  • Quijón PA, Grassle JP, Rosario JP (2007) Naticid snail predation on early post-settlement surfclams (S. solidissima Dillwyn) on the inner continental shelf of New Jersey, USA. Mar Biol 150: 873-882
  • Quijón PA, Snelgrove PVR (2006) The use of coarser taxonomic resolution in studies of predation on marine sedimentary fauna. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 330: 159-168
  • Quijón PA, Snelgrove PVR (2005) Predation regulation of sedimentary faunal structure: Potential effects of a fishery-induced switch in predators in a Newfoundland sub-arctic fjord. Oecologia 144: 125-136
  • Quijón PA, Snelgrove PVR (2005) Spatial linkages between decapod planktonic and benthic adult stages in a Newfoundland fjordic system. J Mar Res 63: 841-862
  • Quijón PA, Snelgrove PVR (2005) Differential roles of crustacean predators in a subarctic soft-sediment system. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 285: 137-149
  • Quijón PA, Snelgrove PVR (2005) Polychaete assemblages of a sub-arctic Newfoundland fjord: habitat, distribution, and identification. Polar Biol 28: 495-505
  • Vargas L, Quijón PA, Bertrán C (2005) Polychaete infestation of cultured abalone (Haliotis rufescens Swainson) in Southern Chile. Aquac Res 36: 721-724
  • Bertrán, C, Vargas C, Quijón PA (2005) Infestation of Polydora rickettsi (Polychaeta Spionidae) in shells of Crepidula fecunda (Mollusca: Calyptraeidae) at Yaldad Bay, Chile, and its relationships with the period of tidal exposure. Scientia Marina 69: 99-10
  • Avellanal, MH, Jaramillo E, Clasing E, Quijón PA, Contreras H (2002) Reproductive cycle of the bivalves Ensis macha (Molina 1782; Solenidae), Tagelus dombeii (Lamarck 1818; Solecurtidae), and Mulinia edulis (King 1831; Mactridae) in southern Chile. Veliger 45: 33-44
  • Quijón PA, Jaramillo E, Contreras H (2001) Distribution and habitat structure of O gaudichaudii (Milne‑Edwards & Lucas) in sandy beaches of northern Chile. Crustaceana 74: 91-103
  • Quijón PA, Contreras, Jaramillo E (2001) Population biology of the intertidal snail Chilina ovalis Sowerby (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) in a south-central Chile estuary. Estuaries 24:69-77
  • Jaramillo E, Contreras H, Duarte C, Quijón PA (2001) Relationships between community structure of intertidal macroinfauna and sandy beach characteristics along the Chilean coast. Mar Ecol 22: 323-342
  • Jaramillo E, Contreras H Quijón PA (2001) Seasonal and interannual variability in population abundances of the intertidal macroinfauna of Queule River estuary, South Central Chile. Rev Chilena Hist Nat 74: 455-468
  • Contreras H, Jaramillo E, Quijón PA (2000) Natural history of Emerita analoga (Stimpson, 1857) in a sandy beach of northern Chile. Rev Chilena Hist Nat 73: 705-715
  • Quiroz E, Palma H, Jaramillo E, Quijón PA, Contreras H (2000) Chemical characterization of a municipal landfill and its influence on the surrounding estuarine system, south central Chile. Boletin Soc Chilena Quimica 45: 551-561
  • Quijón PA, Jaramillo E (1999) Gastropods and intertidal soft-sediments: the case of Chilina ovalis Sowerby (Pulmonata, Basommatophora) in south-central Chile. Veliger 42: 72-84
  • Jaramillo E, Carrasco F, Quijón PA, Pino M (1998) Distribución y estructura comunitaria de la macroinfauna bentónica en la costa del norte de Chile. Rev Chilena Hist Nat 71: 459‑478
  • Quijón PA & Jaramillo E (1996) Seasonal vertical distribution of the macroinfauna in an estuary of south-central Chile. Estuar Coastal Shelf Sci 43: 653-663
  • Quijón PA, Jaramillo E, Pino M (1996) Macroinfaunal assemblages associated with mussel and clam beds in an estuary of the south of Chile. Estuaries 19: 62-74
  • Jaramillo E, Contreras H, Quijón PA (1996) Macroinfauna and human disturbance in a sandy beach of south‑central Chile. Rev Chilena Hist Nat 69: 655‑663
  • Jaramillo E, Stead R, Quijón PA, Contreras H, González M (1996) Temporal variability of the sand beach macroinfauna in south‑central Chile. Rev Chilena Hist Nat 69: 641‑653
  • Quijón PA, Jaramillo E (1993) Temporal variability of the intertidal macroinfauna of Queule River estuary, south-central Chile. Estuar Coastal Shelf Sci 37: 655-667

Photo credits

© C Duarte: Brackley beach, part of the system of beaches and dunes distributed along the PEI National Park in the north shore of Prince Edward Island.