Líneas de Investigación:
- Ecología del parasitismo
- Taxonomía de parásitos
- Uso de parásitos como marcadores poblacionales de sus huéspedes
- Efectos del parasitismo en la conducta y fisiología de sus hospedadores
- Ecología de comunidades de parásitos
Publicaciones
Rodríguez S, George-Nascimento M. (2021) Geographical variation of enteroparasitism in the southern sea lion Otaria flavescens (Shaw, 1800) off the coast of Chile as evidenced with coprological tests: implicatons for zoonotic risks. The Journal of Parasitology 107 (4) 547-553. https://doi.org/10.1645/20-155
López-Rodríguez R, George-Nascimento M, Górski K. (2021) Effects of the cranial parasite Tylodelphys sp. on the behavior and physiology of puye Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns, 1842) PeerJ 9:e11095 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11095
George-Nascimento M, López-Rodríguez, Górski K (2020). Geographic variation in composition of metazoan parasite infracommunities in Galaxias maculatus Jenyns 1842 (Osmeriformes: Galaxiidae) in southern Chile (38-47° S). Rev. Chil. de Hist. Nat. 93, 2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40693-020-00090-z. *
González M, López Z, Nuñez J, Calderón-Mayo K, Ramírez C, Morgades D, Katz H, George-Nascimento M & Pavés H (2020) Morphometrical and molecular evidence suggests cryptic diversity among hookworms (Nematoda: Uncinaria) that parasitize pinnipeds from the south-eastern Pacific coasts. Journal of Helminthology, 94: 1-9. *
Aldana M, J Pulgar, B Hernández, M George-Nascimento, N A. Lagos, MR García-Huidobro (2020) Context-Dependence in parasite effects on keyhole limpets. Marine Environmental Research 157: 104923. *
Muñoz G & M George-Nascimento (2019) Two new species of Microcotyle (Monogenea: Microcotylidae) on intertidal fish from the south Pacific coast. Revista de Biología Marina & Oceanografía 54: 283-296. https://doi.org/10.22370/rbmo.2019.54.3.2007. *
García-Huidobro MR, Varas O, George-Nascimento M, Pulgar J, Aldana M, Lardies M A, & Lagos NA (2019). Role of temperature and carbonate system variability on a host-parasite system: Implications for the gigantism hypothesis. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 9: 7-15. *
Ramírez-Cañas S A, M George-Nascimento, L- García-Prieto, R Mata-López (2019) Helminth Community Structure of the Gray Four-Eyed Opossum Philander opossum (Mammalia: Didelphidae) in the Neotropical Portion of Mexico. Journal of Parasitology, 105(4):624-629. https://doi.org/10.1645/18-195. *
Muñoz G, Vildoso F & M George-Nascimento (2018) Parasite community of a temporal notothen fish from intertidal rocky pools in south-central Chile: Is it similar to other fish from the same habitat? Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía 53 (2): 209-221. *
Oliva, ME, Valdivia IM, Cárdenas L, Muñoz G, Escribano R, & George-Nascimento M (2018) A new species of Proctoeces and reinstatement of Proctoeces humboldti George-Nascimento and Quiroga 1983 (Digenea: Fellodistomidae) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Parasitology international, 67(2), 159-169. *
Fernández-Cisternas I, George-Nascimento M & Ojeda FP (2017) Comparison of parasite diversity of intertidal fish assemblages from central California and central Chile. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía 52 (3): 505-521. *
Muñoz, George-Nascimento M & RA Bray (2017) Two new species of digeneans (Lecithasteridae and Haploporidae) of the intertidal blenny Scartichthys viridis (Valenciennes) from the central coast of Chile. Acta Parasitologica, 62(1), 000–000; ISSN 1230-2821, DOI: 10.1515/ap-2017-00. *
Soto J, Muñoz G, González K, Ojeda FP, Castro M & George-Nascimento M (2016) Interacciones parásito-hospedero en peces del intermareal rocoso de la zona centro y centro-sur de Chile: comparación de la diversidad, conectancia y densidad de vínculos. Lat. Am. J. Aquat. Res., 44(4): 815-824. *
Díaz P, Muñoz G, George-Nascimento M (2016) A new species of Hemipera Nicoll, 1913 (Digenea: Derogenidae) from fishes of the intertidal rocky zone of Chile. Acta Parasitologica 61 (3): 516-522. *
Hurtado-Ormeño C, George-Nascimento M (2016) Factors accounting for variations in the parasitism by metacercariae (Digenea, Microphallidae) in the amphipod Apohyale hirtipalma (Gammaridea) in the Southeastern Pacific Coast. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía 51: 81-88. *
Leiva N, George-Nascimento M, Muñoz G (2015) Carga parasitaria en crustáceos decápodos de la costa central de Chile: ¿existe alguna asociación con la abundancia de los hospedadores definitivos? Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research 43(4): 726-738. *
Muñoz G, Landaeta MF, Palacios-Fuentes P, George-Nascimento M (2015) Parasites of fish larvae: do they follow metabolic energetic laws? Parasitology Research 114: 3977-3987. *
Castro-Rojas M, Cid-Moya K, George-Nascimento M (2015) Consumo de oxígeno en Perumytilus purpuratus según el parasitismo por Digenea, y efectos de la temperatura y del ciclo de emersión-inmersión sobre la liberación de cercarias. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía 50: 315-321. *
George-Nascimento M, Oliva ME (2015) Fish population studies using parasites from the Southeastern Pacific Ocean: considering host population changes and species body size as sources of variability of parasite communities. Parasitology 142 25-35. *
Pardo-Gandarillas MC, Lohrmann KB, George-Nascimento M, Ibáñez CM (2014) Diet and parasites of the jumbo squid Dosidicus gigas in the Humboldt Current System. Molluscan Research 14(1): 10-19. *
Timi JT, Paoletti M, Cimmaruta R, Lanfranchi AL, Alarcos AJ, Garbin L, George-Nascimento M, Rodríguez DH, Giardino GV, Mattiucci S (2014) Molecular identification, morphological characterization and new insights into the ecology of larvalPseudoterranova cattani in fishes from the Argentine coast with its differentiation from the Antarctic species, P. decipiens sp. E (Nematoda: Anisakidae), Veterinary Parasitology 199: 59-72. *
Valencia V, George-Nascimento M (2013) Sistemas de cultivo como refugio ecológico contra el parasitismo por Edotia doellojuradoi (Isopoda: Idoteidae) sobre Mytilus edulis (Mollusca: Mytilidae) en Aysén, Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 86: 153-159. *
Mackenzie K, Brickle P, Hemmingsen W, George-Nascimento M (2013) Parasites of hoki, Macruronus magellanicus, in the Southwest Atlantic and Southeast Pacific Oceans, with an assessment of their potential value as biological tags. Fisheries Research 145: 1-5. *
George-Nascimento M, Moscoso D (2013) Variación local y geográfica de las infracomunidades de parásitos de la anchovetaEngraulis ringens en Chile. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía 48: 207-212. *
Rodríguez SM, D’Elía G, George-Nascimento M (2012) New host and geographical record for Mooleptus rabuka (Nematoda: Gnathostomatidae) in the largenose catshark Apristurus nasutus (Carchariniformes: Scyliorhinidae) off Juan Fernández Archipelago, Chile. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía 47: 161-165. *
George-Nascimento M, Moscoso D, Niklitschek E, González K (2011) Variación geográfica de las comunidades de parásitos de la merluza de tres aletas Micromesistius australis al sur de Sudamérica. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía 46: 53-58. *
Jerez R, George-Nascimento M (2010) Asociación del parasitismo por Profilicollis bullocki (Paleacanthocephala, Polymorphidae) con la conducta y la pigmentación de Emerita analoga (Anomura, Hippidae) en Chile. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía 45: 525-529. *
Niklitschek EJ, Secor DH, Toledo P, Lafon A, George-Nascimento M (2010) Segregation of SE Pacific and SW Atlantic southern blue whiting stocks: integrating evidence from complementary otolith microchemistry and parasite assemblage approaches. Environmental Biology of Fishes 89: 399-413. *
Valdivia IM, Cárdenas L, González K, Jofré J, George-Nascimento M, Guiñez R, Oliva ME (2010) Molecular evidence confirms that Proctoeces humboldti and Proctoeces chilensis (Digenea: Fellodistomidae) are the same species. Journal of Helminthology 84: 341-347. *
George-Nascimento M (2010) Una evaluación de los índices bibliométricos I e Is de Molina-Montenegro & Gianoli aplicada a investigadores en ciencias ecológicas en Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 83: 229-235. *
Oliva ME, Valdivia IM, Cárdenas L, George-Nascimento M, González K, Guiñez R, Cuello D (2010) Molecular and experimental evidence refuse the life cycle of Proctoeces lintoni (Fellodistomidae) in Chile. Parasitology Research 106: 737-740. *
Rodríguez SM, Luque JL, George-Nascimento M (2010) First host and geographical record of Neoalbionella sp. (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) parasitic on the southern lanternshark Etmopterus granulosus (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) off Juan Fernández Archipelago, Chile. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía 45: 359-363. *
Zambrano D, George-Nascimento M (2010) El parasitismo por Profilicollis bullocki (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) en Emerita analoga (Anomura: Hippidae) según condiciones contrastantes de abundancia de hospedadores definitivos en Chile. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía 45: 277-283.
Proyectos
2016. Networks between parasites and fish hosts in the Antactic and subantarctic zones of southern Chile: Composition, structure, biodiversity, connectance and link density. XXII Concurso Nacional de Proyectos de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica Antártica. Coinvestigador.
2014-2017. “Host parasite phylogeny, phylogeography and parasite fitness: Understanding the evolution pattern in marine parasites”. CONICYT/FONDECYT (Nº 114017). Investigador CIBAS que participa: Mario George-Nascimento (Co-Investigador).
2013-2016. “A mechanistic approach to the study of resilience in trophically transmitted parasite assemblages of rocky shore tidepools”. CONICYT/FONDECYT (Nº 1130304). Investigador CIBAS que participa: Mario George-Nascimento (Investigador Responsable).
2007-2009. “Ecología y microevolución de un sistema marino de hospederos-parásito con ciclo de vida alternativo”.CONICYT/FONDECYT (N° 1070898). Investigador CIBAS que participa: Mario George-Nascimento (Co-Investigador).
2005-2007. “Variabilidad de las comunidades de parásitos en especies de peces marinos de distinta masa corporal”.CONICYT/FONDECYT (N° 1050528). Investigador CIBAS que participa: Mario George-Nascimento (Investigador Responsable).