Education

2009
PhD in Management and Conservation of Natural Resources - European Mention Doctor
University of Salamanca (Spain) and Institut de recherche pour le développement, IRD (France)
Mesoscale Oceanic Variability in the Chilean and Canary Upwelling System: A Satellite Comparison

2004
DEA in Management and Conservation of Natural Resources
University of Salamanca, Spain

1999
Fisheries Engineering degree
School of Marine Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, Chile
Determination of probable swordfish fishing areas in central Chile using satellite images of sea surface temperature

Research Experience

Research Engineer (2023 - present)
International Research Laboratory Takuvik UL - CNRS
Université Laval, Canada

Consulting scientist (2017 - 2022)
Research in remote sensing, oceanography, fisheries, climate change and the environment
Valparaíso, Chile

Researcher, European Commission (2013 - 2016)
Joint Research Centre, Sustainable Resources Directorate, Water and Marine Resources Unit
Ispra, VA, Italy

National Research Council Postdoc, NOAA (2010 - 2013)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
La Jolla, California, United States of America

Research Engineer (1999 - 2002)
School of Marine Sciences
Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, Chile

Research Assistant (1997 - 1999)
School of Marine Sciences
Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, Chile

Awards

2010
Postdoctoral Awards fellowship, National Research Council Associateship Programs
The National Academy of Sciences, USA

2006
DSF-IRD Scholarship, PhD Thesis, Institut de recherche pour le développement
IRD, France

2003
Santander Scholarship, DEA
University of Salamanca, Spain

1999
Best Graduate of Fisheries Engineering Award
Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, Chile

Publications

2024

Ardyna, M., Michel, M., Amiraux, M., Archambault, P., Arrigo, K.R., Ayata, S.D., Babin, M., Barut, G., … Nieto, K., Olivier, F., Ortega-Retuerta, CE, Oziel, L., Pierrejean, M., Ribeiro, S., Rysgaard. S., Seidenkrantz, M.-S., Sonke, J., Sutherland, P., Tremblay, B., Tremblay, J.E, Vincent ,W., Yau, S. (2024). The vital significance of the Arctic's Last Ice Area in a warming world , Nature Geoscience (in review)

Geoffroy, M., Limoges, A., Ardyna, M., Matthes, L., Archambault, P., Babin, M., Barut, G., .. Nieto, K., Normandeau, A., Pucko, M., Walker, B., Ribeiro, S., Rochon, A., Schuler, K., Tremblay, J.-E., Tortell, P., Van Nieuwenhove, N., Walch, D., Walker, Z., Michel, C., (2024). First characterization of the marine ecosystem of Archer Fiord in the Last Ice Area of the high Arctic: a productivity paradox, Arctic Science (submitted)

2021

Rodríguez-Benito, C., Caballero, I., Nieto, K., Navarro. G. (2021). Observation of Maritime Traffic Interruption in Patagonia during the COVID-19 Lockdown Using Copernicus Sentinel-1 Data and Google Earth Engine, Remote Sensing, 13, 1119. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13061119

2019

Steen, B., Cardoso, A.C., Tsiamis, K., Nieto, K., Engel, J., Gervasini, E. (2019). Modelling hot spots areas for the invasive alien plant Elodea nuttallii in the EU, Management of Biological Invasions, Vol.10, Issue 1: 151–170. https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2019.10.1.10

2017

Nieto, K., Mélin, F. (2017). Variability of chlorophyll-a concentration in the Gulf of Guinea and its relation to physical oceanographic variables, Progress in Oceanography, 151: 97–115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2016.11.009

Nieto, K., Xu, Y., Teo, S.L.H., McClatchie, S., Holmes, J. (2017). How important are coastal fronts to albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) habitat in the Northeast Pacific Ocean? Progress in Oceanography, 150: 62:71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2015.05.004

Xu, Y., Nieto, K., Teo, S.L.H., McClatchie, S., Holmes, J. (2017). Influence of Subtropical Fronts on the Spatial Distribution of Albacore Tuna (Thunnus alalunga) in the Northeast Pacific over the past 30 years (1982-2011), Progress in Oceanography,150: 72–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.013

2016

McClatchie, S., Field, J., Thompson, A.R., Gerrodette, T., Lowry, M., Fiedler, P.C., Watson, W., Nieto, K., Vetter, R.D. (2016). Food limitation of sea lion pups and the decline of forage off central and southern California, Royal Society Open Science, 3:150628. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150628

2014

Nieto, K., McClatchie, S., Weber, E.D., Lennert-Cody, C.E. (2014). Effect of mesoscale eddies and streamers on sardine spawning habitat and recruitment success off Southern and central California, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JC010251

2012

Nieto, K., Demarcq, H., McClatchie, S. (2012). Mesoscale frontal structures in the Canary Upwelling System: new front and filament detection algorithms applied to spatial and temporal patterns, Remote Sensing of Environment, 123: 339–346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2012.03.028

McClatchie, S., Cowen, R., Nieto, K., Greer, A., Luo, J.Y., Guigand, C., Demer, D., Griffith, D., Rudnick, D. (2012). Resolution of fine biological structure including small narcomedusae across a front in the Southern California Bight, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, C04020. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007565

Song, H., Miller, A.J., McClatchie, S., Weber, E., Nieto, K., Checkley Jr., D, (2012). Application of a data-assimilation model to variability of Pacific sardine spawning and survivor habitats with ENSO in the California Current System, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, C03009. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007302

2011

Chassot, E., Bonhommeau, S., Reygondeau, G., Nieto, K., Polovina, J., Huret, M., Dulvy, N.K., Demarcq, H., (2011). Satellite remote sensing for an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries, ICES Journal of Marine Sciences, 68(4): 651-666. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsq195

2006

Nieto, K.,Lizana, M., Velasco, J.C. (2006) Distribución de los peces continentales de España asociada a las características físicas, metereológicas e hidrológicas de las cuencas hidrográficas, Ecosistemas, Revista Científica y Técnica de Ecología y Medio Ambiente, 15(1): 69-76. https://www.revistaecosistemas.net/index.php/ecosistemas/article/view/518

2004

Barbieri, M.A., Silva, C., Larouche, P., Nieto, K., Yáñez, E. (2004). Detection of mesoscale oceanic features using RadarSAT, AVHRR and SeaWiFS images and the possible link with jack mackerel distribution in central Chile, Revista Gayana, 68: 29-39. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-65382004000200006

2001

Yáñez, E., Barbieri, M.A., Silva, C., Nieto, K., Espíndola, F. (2001). Climate variability and pelagic fisheries in northern Chile, Progress in Oceanography, 49: 581-596. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0079-6611(01)00042-8

1999

Yáñez, E., Barbieri, M.A., Silva, C., Nieto, K. (1999). Artisanal swordfish fisheries and sea surface temperature from NOAA satellites in central Chile, Investigaciones Marinas, 24: 131-144. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-71781996002400011