Publications

2024

Environmental gradients influence geographic differentiation and low genetic diversity of morphologically similar Ulva species in the Northwest Pacific.

Botanica Marina

Zhong, K., Masanori H., Gao, X., Russell, B., Hu, ZM., Chen, W., Kim, JH., Yotsukura, N., Endo, H., Oka, N., Yoshikawa, S., & Gaitán-Espitía

Thermal fluctuations independently modulate physiological plasticity and the dynamics of the gut microbiome in a tropical rocky shore oyster

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.

Arromrak, B., Wong, T., Hui, T., Leung, K., Willliams, G., Ganmanee., M., Lee., C., Durand, T., & Gaitán-Espitía, JD.

Nitrogen Enrichment Changes the Biogeochemical Role of Sesarmid Crabs by Shifting Their Diets in Tropical Mangrove Ecosystems.

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Gao, X., Gaitán-Espitía, JD., & Lee, SY.

Cool-edge populations of the kelp Ecklonia radiata under global ocean change: sensitivity to warming but little effect of ocean acidification

Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

Britton, D., Layton, C., Mundy, C., Brewer, E., Revill, A., Gaitán-Espitía, JD., Beardall, J., Raven, JA., Hurd, CL.

Regulatory role of sesarmid crabs in nutrient dynamics and implications for the productivity of mangroves.

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.

Gao, X., Gaitán-Espitía, JD., & Lee, SY.

2023

Environmental gradients influence geographic differentiation and low genetic diversity of morphologically similar Ulva species in the Northwest Pacific.

Botanica Marina

Zhong, K., Masanori H., Gao, X., Russell, B., Hu, ZM., Chen, W., Kim, JH., Yotsukura, N., Endo, H., Oka, N., Yoshikawa, S., & Gaitán-Espitía, JD.

Blue carbon assessments of seagrass and mangrove ecosystems in South and Southeast Asia: Current progress and knowledge gaps

Science of the Total Environment

Stankovica, M., Mishra, A., Rahayud, YP., Lefcheck, J., Murdiyarsog, D.,, Friess, DA., Corkalo, M., Vukovic, T., Vanderklift, M., Farooq., SH., Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Prathep, A.

Extracting proteins from microscopic biominerals: a reproducible method development using oyster larvae.

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Carini, A., Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Thiyagarajan, V.

Putting plasticity into practice for effective conservation actions under climate change

Nature Climate Change

Donelson, J*., Gaitán-Espitia, JD*., Hobday, AJ., Mokany, K., Andrew, SC., Boulter, S., Cook, CN., Dickson, F., Macgregor, NA., Mitchell, NJ., Pickup, M., Fox RJ*.

Local scale extreme low pH conditions and genetic differences shape phenotypic variation in a broad dispersal copepod species

Frontiers in Marine Science

Aguilera, V., Sepulveda, F., Von Dassow, P., Gaitán-Espitía, JD, Mesas, A., & Vargas, CA.

The Adaptation and Response of Aquatic Animals in the Context of Global Climate Change

Frontiers in Marine Science

Huo, D., Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Spicer, J., Yang, H.

Torpor-responsive microRNAs in the heart of the Monito del Monte, Dromiciops gliroides

BioFactors

Breedon, SA., Varma, A., Quintero-Galvis, J Gaitán-Espitia, JD., MejíasC., Nespolo, RF., Storey, KB

Do phytoplankton require oxygen to survive? A hypothesis and model synthesis from Oxygen Minimum Zones

Limnology and Oceanography

Wong, JC., Raven, JA., Aldunate, A., Silva, S., Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Vargas, C., Ulloa, O., von Dassow, P

The influence of ammonium to nitrate ratio on the thermal responses of early life stages of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera

Algal Research

Fernández, P., Labbé, B., Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Hurd, C., Paine, E., Willis, A., Sanderson, C., and Buschmann, A.

Climate-driven ‘species-on-the-move’ provide tangible anchors to engage the public on climate change

People and Nature

Pecl, G., Kelly, R., Lucas, C., van Putten, I., Badhe, R., Champion, C., Chen, IC., Defeo, Gaitán-Espitia, JD, Evengård, B., Fordham, D., Guo, F., Henriques, R., Henry, S., Lenoir, J., McGhie, H., Mustonen, T., Oliver, S., Pettorelli, N., Pinsky, L., Potts, W., Santana-Garcon, J., Sauer, W., Stensgaard, AS., Tingley, M., Verges, A.

Heat tolerance variation reveals vulnerability of tropical herbivore-parasitoid interactions to climate change

Ecology Letters, 26:278-290

Cheng, W., Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Solano, J., Nakamura, A., Machjer, B., & Ashton, L.

Ocean acidification drives gut microbiome changes linked to species-specific immune defence

Aquatic Toxicology

Dang, X., Huang, Q., He, YQ, Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Zhang, T., Thiyagarajan, V.

2022

Unifying biological field observations to detect and compare ocean acidification impacts across marine species and ecosystems: What to monitor and why

Ocean Science, 19: 101–119

Widdicombe, S., Isensee, K., Artioli, Y., Gaitan-Espitia, JD., Hauri, C., Newton, JA., Wells, M., Dupont S.

Adaptive strategies and evolutionary responses of microbial organisms to changing oceans.

Frontiers in Marine Science

Arromrak, B., Li, Z., Gaitan-Espitia, JD*.

Incomplete lineage sorting drove phenotypic diversification in marsupials

Cell

Feng, S., Bai, M., Li, C., Liu, S., Yang, S., Chen, G., Xie, D., Sears, K., Franco, M., Gaitan-Espitia, JD., Nespolo, RF., Johnson, W., Yang, H., Boomsma, J., Schierup, M., & Zhang, G.

Myriapod genomes reveal ancestral horizontal gene transfer and hormonal gene loss in millipedes

Nature Communications

So, W., Nong, W., Xie, Y., Ma, H., Baril, T., Qu, Z., Haimovitz, J., Swale, T. Gaitan-Espitia, JD., Lau, K., Bendena, W., Kai, Z., Hayward, A., Hui, JH.

Upper environmental pCO2 drives sensitivity to ocean acidification in marine invertebrates

Nature Climate Change

Vargas, C., Cuevas, A., Broitman, B., San Martin, V., Lagos, N., Gaitan-Espitia, JD., & Dupont, S.

Heterogeneous environmental seascape across a biogeographic break influences the thermal physiology and tolerances to ocean acidification in an ecosystem engineer

Diversity and Distributions

Rodríguez-Romero, A*., Gaitan-Espitia, JD*., Optiz, T,m & Lardies, MA.

2021

Oceans and Coastal Ecosystems and their Services. Chapter 3: IPCC AR6 WGII.

Cambridge University Press

Cooley, S., Schoeman, D., Bopp, L., Boyd, P., .... Gaitan-Espitia, JD., Gurney-Smith, H., Henson, S.... Yool, A. 2022.

Evolutionary principles and genetic considerations for guiding conservation interventions under climate change

Global Change Biology , 27(3):475-488.

Gaitan-Espitia, JD., & Hobday, A.

Species’ distribution and evolutionary history influence the responses of marine copepods to climate change: a global meta-analysis.

Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review

Hemraj, DA., Gaitan-Espitia, JD., & Russell, BD.

Narrow range of temperature and irradiance supports optimal development of Lessonia corrugata (Orchrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales) gametophytes: implications for kelp aquaculture and climate change

Journal of Applied Phycology

Pain, E., Schmid, M., Gaitan-Espitia, JD., & Castle, J., Jameson, I., Sanderson, J., & Hurd, C.

Evidence that genetic compatibility underpins female mate choice in a monandrous amphibian

Evolution

Byrne, P., Keogh, S., O'Brien, D., Gaitan-Espitia, JD., Silla, A.

2020

Reproductive effort in the domesticated red alga Agarophyton chilense: differences between farms and natural populations

Journal of Applied Phycology (Accepted)

Usandizaga, S., Valenzuela, P., Gaitan-Espitia, JD., Buschman, A., Destombe, C., & Guilleming, ML.

Diversity and Functioning of Antarctic Seaweed Microbiomes.

p 279-291. In: Antarctic Seaweeds. Eds: Gomez, I & Huovinen, P. (2020), Springer

Gaitan-Espitia, JD., & Schimd, M.

Stress due to low nitrate availability reduces the biochemical acclimation potential of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera to high temperature

Algal Research (Accepted)

Schimd, M., Fernandez, P., Gaitan-Espitia, JD., Leal, P., Revill, A., & Hurd, D.

2019

Nitrogen sufficiency enhances thermal tolerance in habitat-forming kelp: implications for acclimation under thermal stress.

Scientific Reports (Accepted).

Fernandez, P., Gaitan-Espitia, JD., Leal, P., Schimd, M., Revill, A., & Hurd, D.

Genetic benefits of extreme sequential polyandry in a terrestrial-breeding frog

. Evolution(Accepted).

Byrne, P., Gaitan-Espitia, JD., Silla, A.

Transcriptional profiles of early stage red sea urchins (Mesocentrotus franciscanus) reveal differential regulation of gene expression across development.

Marine Genomics (Accepted).

Wong, J., Gaitan-Espitia, JD., Hofmann, G.

Understanding interactions between plasticity, adaptation and range shifts in response to marine environmental change.

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 374 (1768)

Donelson, JM., Sunday, JM., Figueira, W., Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Hobday, AJ., Johnson, C., Leis, J., Ling, S., Marshall, D., Pandolfi, JM., Pecl, G., Rodgers, GG., Booth, D., & Munday, PL.

Beyond buying time: the role of plasticity in phenotypic adaptation to rapid environmental change. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B:

Biological Sciences, 374 (1768)

Fox, R., Donelson, JM., Schunter, C., Ravasi, R., & Gaitán-Espitia, JD.

Free Ocean CO2 Enrichment (FOCE) experiments: scientific and technical recommendations for future in situ ocean acidification projects.

Progress in Oceanography (In press).

Stark, J. S., Peltzer, E. T., Kline, D. I., Queirós, A. M., Cox, T. E., Headley, K., ... Gaitan-Espitia, JD, Kirkwood, W., Gattuso, JP.

Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Nacella limpets reveal novel evolutionary characteristics of mitochondrial genomes in Patellogastropoda.

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Gaitan-Espitia, JD., Gonzalez-Wevar, C., Poulin, E., & Cardenas, L.

2018

Inter-disciplinary, multi-scale science to support society to adapt under global change.

Marine and Freshwater Research

McDonald, K., Hobday, A., & Gaitan-Espitia, JD.

A functional transcriptomic analysis in the relict marsupial Dromiciops gliroides reveals adaptive regulation of protective functions during hibernation

Molecular Ecology, (Accepted).

Nespolo R., Gaitan-Espitia, JD., Xilva, A., Storey K, & Bozinovic, F.

Natural selection on plasticity of thermal traits in a highly seasonal environment.

Evolutionary Applications

Bacigalupe L., Gaitan-Espitia, JD., Barria, A., Gonzalez, A., Aravena, M., & Sinervo, B.

Overcalcified forms of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi in high CO2 waters are not pre-adapted to ocean acidification.

Biogeosciences, (Accepted).

von Dassow, P., Díaz-Rosas, F., Bendif, EM., Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Mella-Flores, D., Rokitta, S., John U., & Torres R.

Torpor activates pro-survival response pathways in Monito del Monte (Dromiciops gliroides), a hibernating South American Marsupial.

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B

Luu, B., Wijenayake, S., Zhang, J., Tessier, S., Quintero-Galvis, J., Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Nespolo, RF., & Storey, K.

Regulation of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex (PDH) and Metabolic Fuel Selection during Torpor in the South American Marsupial, Dromiciops gliroides.

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B

Wijenayake, S., Luu, B., Zhang, J., Tessier, S., Quintero-Galvis, J., Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Nespolo, RF., & Storey, K

Regulation of Hibernation in the “Living Fossil”, Dromiciops gliroides: The Role of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Cascade

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B

Wijenayake, S., Luu, B., Zhang, J., Tessier, S., Quintero-Galvis, J., Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Nespolo, RF., & Storey, K.

Characterization of the Akt pathway and protein translation machinery in the hibernating South American Monito del Monte, Dromiciops gliroides.

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B

Luu, B., Wijenayake, S., Zhang, J., Tessier, S., Quintero-Galvis, J., Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Nespolo, RF., & Storey, K.

2017

Exploring the evolution of multicellularity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae under bacteria environment: an experimental phylogenetics approach.

Ecology & Evolution, (Accepted).

Quintero-Galvis, JF., Paleo-Lopez, R., Solano-Iguaran, JJ., Poupin, MP., Ledger, T., Gaitán‐Espitia, J. D., Antoł, A., Travisano, M., Nespolo, RF.

Spatial overlap of shark nursery areas and the salmon farming industry influences the trophic ecology of Squalus acanthias on the southern coast of Chile.

Ecology & Evolution, 7 (11), 3773-3783.

Gaitán‐Espitia, J. D., D Gómez, AJ Hobday, R Daley, J Lamilla, L Cárdenas.

Exploring physiological plasticity and local thermal adaptation in an intertidal crab along a latitudinal cline.

Journal of Thermal Biology (In press)

Gaitán‐Espitia, J. D., Bacigalupe, L., Optiz, T, Lagos, N., Osores, S., & Lardies, MA.

Gene expression profiling during the embryo-to-larva transition in the giant red sea urchin Mesocentrotus franciscanus.

Ecology and Evolution, 7(8): 2798-2811

Gaitán‐Espitia, J. D., & Hofmann, GE.

Spatio-temporal environmental variation mediates geographical differences in phenotypic responses to ocean acidification .

Biology Letters, 13(2):

Gaitán‐Espitia, J. D., Villanueva, P., Lopez, J., Torres, R., Navarro, J., & Bacigalupe, L.

2016

Geographical gradients in selection can reveal genetic constraints for evolutionary responses to ocean acidification .

Biology Letters, 13(2): 20160784

Gaitán‐Espitia, J. D., Marshall, D., Dupont, S., Bacigalupe, L., Bodrossy, L, & Hobday, A.

Functional insights into the testis transcriptome of the edible sea urchin Loxechinus albus.

Scientific Reports, 6: 36516 PDF

Gaitán‐Espitia, J. D., Sanchez, R., Bruning, P. & Cardenas, L.

Physiological plasticity and local adaptation to elevated pCO2 in calcareous algae: an ontogenetic and geographic approach.

Evolutionary Applications, 9(9):1043-1053 PDF

Padilla‐Gamiño, J. L., Gaitán‐Espitia, J. D., Kelly, M. W., & Hofmann, G. E.

Mitogenomics of southern hemisphere blue mussels (Bivalvia: Pteriomorphia): Insights into the evolutionary characteristics of the Mytilus edulis complex .

Scientific Reports (PDF)

Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Quintero, J., Mesas, A., & D'Elia, G.

The hibernating South American marsupial, Dromiciops gliroides, displays torpor-sensitive microRNA expression patterns.

Scientific Reports (Accepted)

Hadj-Moussa, H., Moggridge, M., Luu, B., Quintero-Galvis, J., Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Nespolo, RF., & Storey, K.

A phylogenetic analysis of macroevolutionary patterns in fermentative yeasts.

Ecology and Evolution (Accepted)

Paleo-Lopez, R., Quintero, J., Solano, J., Sanchez, A., Gaitán-Espitia, JD., & Nespolo, RF. A

Expression pattern of heat shock protein during acute thermal stress in the Antarctic sea urchin, Sterechinus neumayeri.

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural (PDF).

Gonzalez, K., Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Font, A., Cardenas, C., & Gonzalez-Aravena, M.

Mitogenomics of electric rays: evolutionary considerations within Torpediniformes (Batoidea; Chondrichthyes)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Juan Diego Gaitán-Espitia, Jaiber J Solano-Iguaran, Daniela Tejada-Martinez, Julian F Quintero-Galvis

2015

Mitochondrial genome architecture of the giant red sea urchin Mesocentrotus franciscanus (Strongylocentrotidae, Echinoida).

Mitochondrial DNA, 27(1): 591-592 (PDF)

Gaitán-Espitia, JD., & Hofmann, GE.

Phylogenetic analysis of the complete mitogenome sequence of the raspberry weevil, Aegorhinus superciliosus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

supports monophyly of the tribe Aterpini. Gene, 571(2): 205-211.

Cabrera, M. & Gaitán-Espitia, JD.

Energy expenditure and body size are targets of natural selection across the geographic range of a terrestrial snail: a reciprocal transplant experiment.

Functional Ecology. (Accepted).

Bartheld, JL., Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Artachon P., Salgado, C., Gianoli, E., & Nespolo, RF.

Complete mitogenome of the edible sea urchin Loxechinus albus: Genetic structure and comparative genomics within Echinozoa .

Molecular Biology Reports. (PDF).

Cea, G., Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Cardenas, L.

2014

Characterization of the Antarctic Sea Urchin (Sterechinus neumayeri) Transcriptome and Mitogenome: a Molecular Resource for Phylogenetics, Ecophysiology and Global Change Biology.

Molecular Ecology Resources. (PDF).

Dilly, G., Gaitán-Espitia, JD., & Hofmann, GE.

Geographic variation in thermal physiological performance of the intertidal crab Petrolisthes violaceus along a latitudinal gradient.

Journal of Experimental Biology. (PDF).

Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Bacigalupe, LD., Opitz, T., Lagos, NA., Timmermann, T., & Lardies MA.

Impact of global warming at the range margins: phenotypic plasticity and behavioural thermoregulation will buffer an endemic amphibian.

Ecology and Evolution. (PDF).

Ruiz, M,m Gonzales A., Barria, I., Estay, S., Barthedl JL., Gaitán-Espitia, JD., & Bacigalupe, LD.

Interactive effects of elevated temperature and pCO 2 on early-life-history stages of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera.

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 457:51-58. (PDF).

Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Hancock, JR., Padilla-Gamiño, JL., Rivest, EB., Blanchette, CA., Reed, DC., & Hofmann, GE.

Is there metabolic cold adaptation in terrestrial ectotherms? Exploring a latitudinal compensation using a common garden experiment of the invasive snail Cornu aspersum.

Journal of Experimental Biology (PDF).

Gaitán-Espitia, JD., & Nespolo, RF.

The quantitative genetics of physiological and morphological traits in an invasive terrestrial snail: additive versus non-additive genetic variation.

Functional Ecology, 28(3): 682-692 (PDF)

Nespolo, RF., Bartheld, JL., Gonzalez, A., Bruning, A., Roff, D., Bacigalupe, L., & Gaitán-Espitia, JD.

2013

Evidence of reproductive cost in the triphasic life history of the red alga Gracilaria chilensis (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta).

Journal of Applied Phycology, 26(1): 569-575 (PDF).

Guillemin, ML, Valenzuela, P., Gaitán-Espitia, JD., & Destombe, C.

Metabolism, Growth, and the Energetic Deﬁnition of Fitness: A Quantitative Genetic Study in the Land Snail Cornu aspersum.

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 86(5):538-46 (PDF)

Bruning, A., Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Gonzalez, A., Bartheld, JL., & Nespolo, RF.

Variation in thermal sensitivity and thermal tolerances in an invasive species across a climatic gradient: lessons from the land snail Cornu aspersum.

PloS ONE, 8 (8): e70662 PDF

Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Arías, MB, Lardies, M., & Nespolo, RF.

The complete mitochondrial genome of the land snail Cornu aspersum (Helicidae: Mollusca): intra-specific divergence of protein-coding genes and phylogenetic considerations within Euthyneura. PLoS ONE 8(6): e67299. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067299. (PDF)

PLoS ONE 8(6): e67299. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067299. (PDF)

Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Nespolo, R., Opazo, JC.

Energy metabolism, heart rate and physiological differentiation in pulmonate gastropods: lesson from land snails.

Journal of Molluscan Studies (PDF).

Bruning, A., Gonzalez, A., Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Bartheld, JL., Toader-Williams, A., Mondaca, F., & Nespolo, R.

Mitochondrial phylogeography of the land snail Cornu aspersum: Tracing population history and the impact of human‐mediated invasion in austral South America.

Evolutionary Ecology Research PDF.

Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Scheihing, R., Poulin, E., Artacho, P., & Nespolo, R.

Intraspecific variation in the metabolic scaling exponent in ectotherms: Testing the effect of latitudinal cline, ontogeny and transgenerational change in the land snail Cornu aspersum.

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A PDF

Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Bruning, A., Mondaca, F., & Nespolo, R.

2012

Cryogenic preservation of sperm from lane snapper (Lutjanus synagris): Testing the effects of extenders and freezing rates on sperm quality.

Aquaculture, 384–387: 6–12. PDF

Gaitán-Espitia, JD, Martinez, MA., Borrero, C., Ramirez, L., & Valencia, JP.

2011

Repeatability of energy metabolism and resistance to dehydration in the invasive slug Limax maximus.

Invertebrate Biology, 131: 11-18. PDF

Gaitán-Espitia, JD., Franco, M., Bartheld, J. L., & Nespolo, R.

Exploring the functional association between physiological plasticity, climatic variability, and geographical latitude: lessons from land snails.

Evolutionary Ecology Research, 13: 1-13. PDF

Naya, D.E., Catalán, T., Artacho, P., Gaitán-Espitia, J.D., & Nespolo, R.

Metabolic rates and primary productivity of the marine macroalgae Dictyopteris delicatula in the Taganga bay, Colombian Caribbean

Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía. 46 (1): 73-77.

Gaitán-Espitia, JD.

2008

Morphological abnormality in the longnose stingray Dasyatis guttata(Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) in the Media Guajira, Colombian Caribbean.

CYBIUM 35 (1):79-80. PDF

Ramirez, A., Palacios, P., Gaitán-Espitia, JD. & Puentes, G.