Ichthyophysiology and Aquaculture Laboratory

Head

Gustavo Manuel Somoza, PhD - Superior Researcher CONICET. Associate Professor UNSAM. somoza@intech.gov.ar

Leandro Andrés Miranda, PhD - Principal Researcher CONICET. Associate Professor UNSAM. lmiranda@intech.gov.ar

Members

María Rita Pérez PhD - Research Assistant CONICET mrperez@intech.gov.ar

Lic. Yanina Briñoccoli - Doctoral Fellow CONICET ybrinoccoli@intech.gov.ar

Lic. Gisela Quesada - Doctoral Fellow CONICET quesadacg@intech.gov.ar

Mdco. Vet. Zoot. Nicolás Torres Martínez - Becario Doctoral CONICET ntorres@intech.gov.ar

Dra. Flavia de Figueiredo Petean - Becaria Post Doctoral CONICET ffpetean@intech.gov.ar

Ing. Ana María Pahí-Rosero - Becaria Doctoral UNSAM anamaria@intech.gov.ar

Support Staff

Gabriela C. López - Main Professional CONICET galo67@intech.gov.ar

Javier Herdman - Asociate Technician CONICET javierherdman@intech.gov.ar

Research Lines

Summary

Publications

2024 Publications

2023 Publications

2022 PUblications

Berasain GE, Velasco CAM, Miranda LA. Actividades comerciales y recreativas en la Laguna de Chascomús. En “Laguna de Chascomús: Aportes de la Ciencia para su mejor conocimiento Editado por Berasain GE, Miranda LA. Ministerio de Desarrollo Agrario de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, La Plata, Argentina. pp. 164-172. 2022.

Berasain GE, Velasco CAM, Miranda LA. Las Hidrófitas de la Laguna de Chascomús. En “Laguna de Chascomús: Aportes de la Ciencia para su mejor conocimiento”. Editado por Berasain GE, Miranda LA. Ministerio de Desarrollo Agrario de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, La Plata, Argentina pp. 95-104. 2022.

García I, García de Souza J, Plaul SE, Miranda LA, Colautti D. Effect of photoperiod and temperature on ovarian maturation in the small characid fish Cheirodon interruptus. Journal of Applied Aquaculture. En prensa. https://doi.org/10.1080/10454438.2022.2047867

Miranda LA, Colautti DC, Berasain GE, Strüssmann CA. Variación térmica de la Laguna de Chascomús. En “Laguna Chascomús: Aportes de la Ciencia para su mejor conocimiento”. Editado por Berasain GE, Miranda LA. Ministerio de Desarrollo Agrario de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, La Plata, Argentina. pp. 53-63. 2022.

Miranda LA, del Fresno PS, Berasain GE. Reproducción, épocas de desove y abundancia larval del pejerrey Odontesthes bonariensis en la laguna de Chascomús. En “Laguna de Chascomús: Aportes de la Ciencia para su mejor conocimiento” Editado por Berasain GE, Miranda LA. Ministerio de Desarrollo Agrario de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, La Plata, Argentina pp. 135-144. 2022

Miranda LA, Somoza GM. Effects of anthropic pollutants identified in Pampas lakes on the development and reproduction of pejerrey fish Odontesthes bonariensis. Frontiers in Physiology 13, 939986. 2022. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.939986

Sueiro MC, Palacios MG, Trudeau VL, Somoza GM, Awruch CA. Anthropogenic impact on the reproductive health of two wild Patagonian fish species with differing reproductive strategies. Science of the Total Environment 838, 155862. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155862

Wang B, Mechaly AS, Somoza GM. Overview and new insights into the diversity, evolution, role, and regulation of kisspeptins and their receptors in teleost fish. Frontiers in Endocrinology 13, 862614. 2022. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2022.862614

2021 Publications

Briñóccoli YF, Jardim de Queiroz L, Bogan S, Paracampo A, Posadas PE, Somoza GM, Montoya-Burgos JI, Cardoso YP. Processes that drive the population structuring of Jenynsia lineata (Cyprinidontiformes, Anablepidae) in the La Plata Basin. Ecology and Evolution 11, 6119-6132. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7427

del Fresno P, Collautti DC, Berasain GE, Miranda LA. Comparative analysis of pejerrey fish (Odontesthes bonariensis) gonadal development during two consecutive spawning seasons in relation to sex steroids and temperature variation in Cochicó Lake (Pampas Region, Argentina). Turkish Journal Fisheries and Aquatic Science 23, 347-355. https://doi.org/10.4194/1303-2712-v21_7_03

del Fresno P, Collautti DC, Berasain GE, Miranda LA. Gonadal development in a landlocked population of pejerrey fish Odontesthes argentinensis during spawning season in relation to sex steroids and water temperature. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 56, 667–681. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2021.1947328

del Fresno PS, Colautti DC, Berasain GE, Miranda LA. Gonadal development in pejerrey (Odontesthes bonariensis) during spawning season in relation with sex steroids and temperature variation in Gómez lake (Pampas region, Argentina). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 93, e20190795.2021. https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765202120190795

Lo Nostro FL, Somoza GM. Disrupción Endócrina. En “Principios de Ecotoxicología”. Editado por Carriquiriborde, P. Editorial de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata (EDULP), Argentina. pp. 184-190. 2021. http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/118183

Macoretta CL, Miranda LA. Cooling of siamese fighting fish Betta splendens (Teleostei, Osphronemidae) embryos at low temperatures. Cryobiology 101, 78-86. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cryobiol.2021.05.005

Martins AWS, Silveira TLR, Remião MH, Borges Domíngues W, Dellagostin EN, Varela Jr AS, Corcini CD, Costa PG, Bianchini A, Somoza GM, Robaldo RB, Campos VF. Acute exposition to Roundup Transorb® induces systemic oxidative stress and alterations in the expression of newly sequenced genes in silverside fish (Odontesthes humensis). Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28, 65127–65139. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-15239-w

Pérez Sirkin D, Di Yorio MO, Delgadin TH, Honji RM, Guimarães Moreira R, Somoza GM, Vissio PG. Post-spawning feed deprivation effects on testicular and ovarian maturation in the neotropical cichlid fish Cichlasoma dimerus. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 47, 1527–1540. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10695-021-00993-y

Strüssmann CA, Yamamoto Y, Hattori RS, Fernandino JI, Somoza GM. Where the ends meet: an overview of sex determination in atheriniform fishes. Sexual Development. On-line. https://doi.org/10.1159/000515191

Svagelj WS, Gómez-Laich A, Pérez MR, Somoza GM, Quintana F. Sex-specific environmental sensitivity on the postnatal growth of a sexually size-dimorphic seabird. IBIS 163, 1032-1044. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12920

Vissio PG, Di Yorio MP, Pérez-Sirkin DI, Somoza GM, Tsutsui K, Sallemi JE. Developmental aspects of hypothalamic-pituitary network related to reproduction in teleost fish. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology 63, 100948. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yfrne.2021.100948

2020 Publications

Chalde T, Miranda LA. Characterization of the quality of the gametes and sex steroid levels during spring and summer spawning events in pejerrey Odontesthes bonariensis reared under natural conditions of temperature and photoperiod. Aquac Res. 51: 1706-1711. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/are.14517

Colautti DC, Miranda LA, Gonzalez-Castro M, Villanova V, Strüssmann CA, Mancini M, Maiztegui, T, Berasain GE, Hattori R, Grosman F, Sanzano P, Lozano I, Vegh SL, Salinas V, Del Ponti O, del Fresno P, Minotti P, Yamamoto Y, Baigún CRM. Evidence of a landlocked reproducing population of the marine pejerrey Odontesthes argentinensis (Actinopterygii; Atherinopsidae). J. Fish Biol. 96: 202-216. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14207

Garriz A, Miranda LA. Effects of metals on sperm quality, fertilization and hatching rates, and embryo and larval survival of pejerrey fish (Odontesthes bonariensis). Ecotoxicology En prensa. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-020-02245-w

González A, Kroll KJ, Silva-Sánchez C, Carriquiriborde P, Fernandino JI, Denslow ND, Somoza GM. Steroid hormones and estrogenic activity in the wastewater outfall and receiving waters of the Chascomús chained shallow lakes system (Argentina). Sci Total Environ 743: 140401. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140401

Hughes LC, Cardoso YP, Sommer JA, Cifuentes R, Cuello M, Somoza GM, González-Castro M, Malabarba LR, Cussac V, Habit EM, Betancur-R R, Ortí. Biogeography, habitat transitions and hybridization in a radiation of South American silverside fishes revealed by mitochondrial and genomic RAD data. Mol Ecol. 29: 738-751. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15350

Macoretta CL, Miranda LA. Cooling of pejerrey Odontesthes bonariensis (Teleostei, Atherinidae) embryos at sub-zero temperatures. Theriogenology 149, 123-130. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2020.03.027

Maldonado L, Tempesti TC, Somoza GM, Peluc SI, Valdez DJ. Reproductive aspects of the Eared Dove: an exception to the classic reproduction model in birds? Zoology 140: 125769. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2020.125769

Menéndez-Helman RJ, Miranda LA, Salibián A, Dos Santos Afonso M. Effects on ultrastructure, composition and specific surface area of the gills of Odontesthes bonariensis under subchronic glyphosate-based herbicide exposure. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 105, 835-840. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-020-03031-4

Pérez-Sirkin DI, Solovyev M, Delgadin TH, Herdman JE, Miranda LA, Somoza GM, Vissio PG, Gisbert E. Digestive enzyme activities during pejerrey (Odontesthes bonariensis) ontogeny. Aquaculture 524, 735151. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735151

Somoza, G.M. El eje hipotálamo-hipofisario en los mamíferos. Las hormonas hipotalámicas relacionadas con el control de las gonadotropinas hipofisarias. En “Reproducción de los animales domésticos”. Editado por Ungerfeld, R. Grupo Editorial Asís. Zaragoza, España. pp. 8-11. 2020.

Somoza GM, Mechaly AS, Trudeau VL. Kisspeptin and GnRH interactions in the reproductive brain of teleosts. Gen Comp Endocrinol 298, 113568. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2020.113568

Trudeau VL, Somoza GM. Multimodal hypothalamo-hypophysial communication in the vertebrates. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 293: 113475. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2020.113475

Young BJ, Cristos DS, Crespo DC, Somoza GM, Carriquiriborde P. Effects of 17α-ethinylestradiol on sex ratio, gonadal histology and perianal hyperpigmentation of Cnesterodon decemmaculatus (Pisces, Poeciliidae) during a full-lifecycle exposure. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 205: 111176. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111176

2019 Publications

Awruch CA, Somoza GM, Baldock C. Chondrichthyan research in South America: Endocrinology overview and research trends over 50 years (1967–2016) compared to the rest of the world. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 273: 118-133. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.06.005

Castañeda Cortés DC, Arias Padilla LF, Langlois VS, Somoza GM, Fernandino JI. The central nervous system acts as a transducer of stress-induced masculinization through corticotropin-releasing hormone B. Development. 146: dev172866. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.172866

Colautti D, Miranda LA, Gonzalez‐Castro M, Villanova GV, Strüssmann CA, Mancini M, Maiztegui T, Berasain GE, Hattori RS, Grosman F, Sanzano S, Lozano I, Llamazares Vegh S, Salinas V, O. Del Ponti P, del Fresno P., Minotti P, Yamamoto Y, Baigún C. Evidence of a landlocked reproducing population of the marine pejerrey Odontesthes argentinensis (Actinopterygii; Atherinopsidae). J Fish Biol. En prensa. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14207

Di Yorio MP, Muñoz-Cueto JA, Paullada-Salmerón JA, Somoza GM, Tsutsui K, Vissio PG. The Gonadotropin-Inhibitory Hormone: What we know and what we still have to learn from fish. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 10: 78. 2019. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2019.00078

Di Yorio MP, Pérez Sirkin DI, Muñoz-Cueto JA, Delgadin TH, Tsutsui K, Somoza GM, Vissio PG. Morphological relationship between GnIH and GnRH neurons in the brain of the Neotropical cichlid fish Cichlasoma dimerus. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2019. 273: 144-151. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.06.010

Elisio M, Awruch CA, Massa AM, Macchi GJ, Somoza GM. Effects of temperature on the reproductive physiology of female elasmobranchs: The case of the narrownose smooth-hound shark (Mustelus schmitti). Gen Comp Endocrinol. 284: 113242. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.113242.

García ID, Plaul SE, Torres D, Del Fresno PS, Miranda LA, Colautti DC. Effect of photoperiod on ovarian maturation in Cheirodon interruptus (Teleostei: Characidae). Braz J Biol. 79: 669-677. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.188607

Gárriz A, Del Fresno PS, Carriquiriborde P, Miranda LA. Effects of heavy metals identified in Chascomús shallow lake on the endocrine-reproductive axis of pejerrey fish (Odontesthes bonariensis). Gen Comp Endocrinol. 273: 152-162. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.06.013

González A, Fernandino JI, Elisio M, Chalde T, Miranda LA, Hammond GL, Somoza GM. Sex hormone binding globulin during an annual reproductive cycle in the hepatopancreas and ovary of pejerrey (Odontesthes bonariensis). Gen Comp Endocrinol. 272: 52-56. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.11.010

Hattori RS, Somoza GM, Fernandino JI, Colautti DC, Miyoshi K, Gong Z, Yamamoto Y, Strüssmann CA. The duplicated Y-specific amhy gene is conserved and linked to maleness in silversides of the genus Odontesthes. Genes (Basel). 10: 679. 2019. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes10090679

Miranda LA, Del Fresno P. Inﬂuencia de la temperatura del agua sobre la época de desove del pejerrey. En: “Destino: La Barrancosa. Una invitación a conocer las lagunas pampeanas”. Editado por: Grosman F, Sanzano P, Bertora, A. Universidad del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Pp: 212-223. 2019. ISBN 978-950-658-495-5

Morandini L, Ramallo MR, Scaia MF, Höcht C, Somoza GM, Pandolfi M. Dietary L-tryptophan modulates agonistic behavior and brain serotonin in male dyadic contests of a cichlid fish. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 205: 867-880. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-019-01373-x

Peixoto MJ, Ferraz R, Magnoni LJ, Pereira R, Gonçalves JF, Calduch-Giner J, Pérez-Sánchez J, Ozório ROA. Protective effects of seaweed supplemented diet on antioxidant and immune responses in European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) subjected to bacterial infection. Sci Rep. 9: 16134. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-52693-6

Petracci PF, Burgos JM, López GC, Delhey K, Carrizo M, Sarria R, Sotelo M, Somoza GM, La Sala LF. Field sexing Olrog’s gull (Larus atlanticus) using morphometry. Waterbirds. 41: 411-416. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1675/063.041.0404

Somoza GM, Nóbrega RH. Endocrinology of neotropical vertebrates. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 273:1-2. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.01.008