
Konrad Górski
E-mail: konrad.gorski@uach.cl
PhD Aquatic Ecology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2010
BSc and MSc Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Warsaw, Poland, 2005
Profesor Asociado
Actividades docentes
Pregrado: Acuicultura de Animales Marinos, Limnología y Hidrobiología, Biología de Organismos y Comunidades, Excursiones al Ambiente Acuático, Introducción a las Ciencias Ambientales, Agua, Ecosistemas y Sociedad, Zoología, Seminarios de Investigación y Bibliográficos, Tesis de Titulación.
Postgrado: Limnología Práctica, Ecología Fluvial, Biología Marina Avanzada, Comunicación de las Ciencias (En Inglés), Seminarios de Investigación y Bibliográficos, Tesis.
Intereses de investigación
Ecological functioning of large rivers
Recruitment and life histories of fish
Responses of riverine communities and ecosystem processes to environmental stressors
Impacts of non-native organisms on freshwater ecosystems
Proyectos de investigación (últimos 10 años)
FONDECYT 1230617. Fish metapopulations and metacommunities in large andean and small coastal river basins: implications for conservation. (2023-2027).
FONDECYT 1190647. Chilean river ecosystems: Human pressures and resilience. Co-investigador. (2019-2022).
- FONDECYT 11180545. Migratory life histories and trophic niche of riverine puye Galaxias maculatus in Chilean rivers: effects of parasites. Investigador principal. (2018-2021).
FONDECYT 3180375. Mechanisms of the responses of a resilient fish to multiple human-induced stressors within a watershed: integration of the use of biomarkers and ecological approaches, Investigador patrocinante. (2018-2020).
FONDECYT 1150154. Within-basin barriers and among-basin leaks: changing connectivity of rivers in central Chile and its impact on native fish. Co-investigador. (2015-2019).
REDES 140187. Understanding the effects of hydraulic connectivity on biodiversity and ecological functioning of riverine ecosystems for informed river management. Investigador responsable. (2014-2015).
FONDECYT 3130690. To sea or not to sea: what drives fish in the Southern Hemisphere to recruit in the Ocean. Investigador principal. (2012-2015).
Publicaciones (últimos 10 años):
Porras-Rivera G, Górski K, Colin N (2024). Behavioral biomarkers in fishes: a non-lethal approach to assess the effects of chemical pollution on freshwater ecosystems. Environmental Research, 119607.
Habit E, Górski K, Vila I, Manosalva A, Díaz G, Toledo B, Rojas P, Zurita A (2024). Efectos de las presiones antrópicas sobre la fauna nativa de peces y lampreas de Chile. Gayana, 88(1), 76-104.
Núñez-Vallecillo M, Vera-Escalona I, Rivera A, Górski K, Brante A (2024). Genetic Population Structure of Lane Snapper Lutjanus synagris (Linnaeus, 1758) in Western Atlantic: Implications for Conservation. Diversity, 16(6), 336.
Ramírez-Álvarez R, Peterson TA, Contreras S & Górski K (2024). Evolution of the ecological niche behind the largest disjunct freshwater fish distribution in the world. Journal of Animal Ecology. 93(6), 715-730, DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.140.
Askeyev IV, Askeyev OV, Askeyev AO, Shaymuratova DN, Monakhov SP, Pobedintseva MA, Trifonov VA, Górski K Schletterer M (2024). Archaeozoology Supports a Holistic View on Fish Assessments in Large Rivers—A Case Study from the Volga River: From Quantitative Data and Ancient DNA to Biodiversity Analysis. Water 16(8), 1109.
Muñoz-Ramírez CP, Colin N, Canales-Aguirre CB, Manosalva A, López-Rodríguez R, Sukumaran J & Górski K (2023). Species tree analyses and speciation-based species delimitation support new species in the relict catfish family Diplomystidae and provide insights on recent glacial history in Patagonia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 189, 107932.
Espínola LA, Baigún C, Górski K, Abrial E, Rabuffetti AP, Garello N, Blettler MC (2023). Application of ecohydrological criteria for the management of fisheries in the middle Paraná River (Argentina) during extreme low water levels. Ecohydrology, e2600.
Díaz G, Górski K, Manosalva A, Toledo B & Habit E (2023). Fragmentation Level Drives Local Fish Assemblage Diversity Patterns in Fragmented River Basins. Diversity, 15(3), 352.
Habit E, Zurita A, Díaz G, Manosalva A, Arriagada P, Link O, Górski K (2022). Latitudinal and Altitudinal Gradients of Riverine Landscapes in Andean Rivers. Water 14, 2614.
Ramírez-Álvarez R, Contreras S, Vivancos A, Reid M, López-Rodríguez R & Górski K (2022). Unpacking the complexity of longitudinal movement and recruitment patterns of facultative amphidromous fish. Scientific Reports, 12(1): 3164.
Colin N, Habit E, Manosalva A, Maceda-Veiga A, & Górski K (2022). Taxonomic and Functional Responses of Species-Poor Riverine Fish Assemblages to the Interplay of Human-Induced Stressors. Water 14(3): 355.
Tymoshuk KM, Delgado ML, Mccracken GR, Alonso M, Górski K, Habit E & Ruzzante DE (2022). Drainage reversal with no lineage expansion, a case of competitive exclusion? The genetics of Galaxias maculatus in two connected trans-Andean systems. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 136(2), 213-225.
Pérez S, Manosalva A, Colin N, González J, Habit E, Ruzzante DE & Górski K (2022). Juvenile salmon presence effects on the diet of native Puye Galaxias maculatus in lakes and estuaries of Patagonian fjords. Biological Invasions 24: 81–92.
Pingram MA, Collier KJ, Williams AK, David BO, Garrett‐Walker J, Górski K, Özkundakci D, Ryan EF (2021). Surviving invasion: Regaining native fish resilience following fish invasions in a modified floodplain landscape. Water Resources Research, 57(9), e2020WR029513.
Segura-Cobeña E, Alfaro-Shigueto J, Mangel J, Urzua A & Górski K (2021). Stable isotope and fatty acid analyses reveal significant differences in trophic niches of smooth hammerhead Sphyrna zygaena (Carcharhiniformes) among three nursery areas in northern Humboldt Current System. PeerJ, 9, e11283.
Vásquez-Castillo S, Hinojosa IA, Colin N, Poblete AA, Górski K (2021). The presence of kelp Lessonia trabeculata drives isotopic niche segregation of redspotted catshark Schroederichthys chilensis. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 107435.
- Díaz G, Górski K, Heino J, Arriagada P, Link O, & Habit E (2021). The Longest Fragment Drives Fish Beta Diversity In Fragmented River Networks: Implications For River Management And Conservation. Science of The Total Environment, 144323.
Manosalva AJ, Pérez S, Toledo B, Colin N, Habit EM & Górski K (2021). Variation of stomach content and isotopic niche of puye Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns, 1842) in large river systems of southern Chile. Freshwater Biology 66(6): 1110-1122.
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.
- Elgueta A, Górski K, Thoms M, Fierro P, Toledo B, Manosalva A, & Habit E (2021). Interplay of geomorphology and hydrology drives macroinvertebrate assemblage responses to hydropeaking. Science of The Total Environment, 144262.
- Wolter C, Borcherding J, Ferreira T, Freyhof J, Gessner J, Górski K., Nastase A, Schomaker C, Erős, T (2021). Characterization of European lampreys and fishes by their longitudinal and lateral distribution traits. Ecological Indicators, 123, 107350.
- Nuñez-Vallecillo M, Rivera A, Górski K, Brante A, Benítez HA (2021). Ecomorphological analyses reveal impact of land-based stressors on stock structure of two commercially important fish species (Lutjanus synagris and Haemulon plumierii) in the Caribbean. Fisheries Research, 234, 105812.
- Vivancos A, Górski K, Manosalva A, Toledo B, Reid M, Habit E (2020). Hydrological connectivity drives longitudinal movement of endangered endemic Chilean darter Percilia irwini (Eigenmann, 1927). Journal of Fish Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14554
- Cussac VE, Barrantes ME, Boy CC, Górski K, Habit E, Lattuca ME & Rojo JH (2020). New insights into the distribution, physiology and life histories of South American galaxiid fishes, and potential threats to this unique fauna. Diversity, 12(5), 178.
- García K, Sanpera, C, Jover L, Palazón S, Gosálbez J, Górski K, & Melero Y (2020). High Trophic Niche Overlap between a Native and Invasive Mink Does Not Drive Trophic Displacement of the Native Mink during an Invasion Process. Animals, 10(8), 1387.
- Sánchez-Péreza A, Oliva-Paterna FJ, Torralvaa M, Colin N, & Górski K (2020). Functional response of fish assemblage to multiple stressors in a highly regulated Mediterranean river system. Science of the Total Environment, 138989.
- Muñoz-Ramírez CP, Briones R, Colin N, Fierro P, Górski K, Jara A. & Manosalva A (2020). A Century after! Rediscovery of the ancient catfish Diplomystes Bleeker 1858 (Siluriformes: Diplomystidae) in coastal river basins of Chile and its implications for conservation. Neotropical Ichthyology, 18(1).
- George-Nascimento M, López-Rodríguez R & Górski K (2020). Geographic variation in composition of metazoan parasite infracommunities in Galaxias maculatus Jenyns 1842 (Osmeriformes: Galaxiidae) in southern Chile (38-47° S). Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 93(1), 1-6.
- Delgado ML, Górski K, Habit E & Ruzzante DE (2019). The effects of diadromy and its loss on genomic divergence: The case of amphidromous Galaxias maculatus populations. Molecular ecology, 28(24), 5217-5231.
- Elgueta A, Thoms MC, Górski K, Díaz G & Habit EM (2019). Functional process zones and their fish communities in temperate Andean river networks. River Research and Applications, 35(10), 1702-1711.
- Cuevas MJ, Górski K, Castro LR, Vivancos A & Reid M (2019). Otolith elemental composition reveals separate spawning areas of anchoveta, Engraulis ringens, off central Chile and northern Patagonia. Scientia Marina, 83(4), 317-326.
- Díaz G, Arriagada P, Górski K, Link O, Karelovic B, Gonzalez J Habit E (2019). Fragmentation of Chilean Andean rivers: expected effects of hydropower development. Revista chilena de historia natural, 92(1), 1.
- Poblete AA, Górski K & Moscoso J (2019). Estimation of the diet of chungungo Lontra felina (Molina, 1782) in two locations of the coast of the Biobio Region, Chile. GAYANA, 83(1), 1-9.
- Collier KJ, Baker C, David B, Górski, K, Pingram MA (2018). Linking ecological science with management outcomes on New Zealand’s longest river. River Research and Applications, DOI: 10.1002/rra.3181.
- Schletterer M, Shaporenko SI, Kuzovlev VV, Minin AE, van Geest, GJ, Middelkoop, H and Górski K (2018). The Volga: management issues in the largest river basin in Europe. River Research and Applications, DOI: 10.1002/rra.3268.
- Górski K, Habit EM, Pingram MA, Manosalva AJ (2018). Variation of the use of marine resources by Galaxias maculatus in large Chilean rivers. Hydrobiologia, 814: 61-73 DOI: 10.1007/s10750-015-2542-4.
- Schletterer M, Kuzovlev VV, Zhenikov YN, Tuhtan JA, Haidvogl G, Friedrich T, Górski K, Füreder L (2018). Fish fauna and fisheries of large European rivers: examples from the Volga and the Danube. Hydrobiologia, 814: 45-60 DOI: 10.1007/s10750-017-3370-5.
- Górski K, González JF, Vivancos A, Habit EM, Ruzzante DE (2017). Young-of-the-year coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch recruit in rivers of remote Patagonian fjords in southern Chile (51°S). Biological Invasions, 19:1127–1136, DOI: 10.1007/s10530-016-1341-9.
- Ortiz-Sandovala JJ, Górski K, Sobenes C, González JF, Manosalva AJ, Elgueta A, Habit EM (2017). Invasive trout affects trophic ecology of Galaxias platei in Patagonian lakes. Hydrobiologia, 790: 201–212, DOI: 10.1007/s10750-016-3030-1.
- Rabuffetti AP, Górski K, Espínola LA, Abrial E, Amsler ML, Paira AL (2017). Long-term Hydrologic Variability in a Large Subtropical Floodplain River: Effects on Commercial Fisheries. River Research and Applications 33: 353–363, DOI: 10.1002/rra.3100.
- De Los Rios Escalante P, González JF, Górski K, Habit EM, Ruzzante DE (2016). Crustacean zooplankton assemblages in inland waters of southern Patagonia (Alacalufes National Reserve), Chile (49-51°S). Crustaceana, 89: 1639-1647.
- Górski K, de Leeuw JJ, Winter HV, Khoruzhaya VV, Boldyrev VS, Vekhov DA, Nagelkerke LAJ (2016). The importance of flooded terrestrial habitats for larval fish in a semi-natural large floodplain (Volga, Russian Federation). Inland Waters, 6: 105-110, DOI: 10.5268/IW-6.1.914.
- Górski K, de Gruijter C, Tana R (2015). Variation in habitat use along the freshwater–marine continuum by grey mullet Mugil cephalus at the southern limits of its distribution. Journal of Fish Biology, 87(4): 1059-71, DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12777.
- Ortiz-Sandovala JJ, Górski K, González-Díaz A, Habit EM (2015). Trophic scaling of Percichthys trucha (Percichthyidae) in monospecific and multispecific lakes in western Patagonia. Limnologica, 53: 50–59.
- De Los Rios Escalante P, Górski K, Habit EM, Manosalva AJ (2015). First observations of crustacean zooplankton abundances in northern Patagonian rivers. Crustaceana, 88: 617-623.
- Górski K, Collier KJ, Hamilton DP, Hicks BJ (2014). Effects of flow on lateral interactions of fish and shrimps with off-channel habitats in a large river-floodplain system. Hydrobiologia 729: 161-174 DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1352-1.
Equipo de trabajo
- Dr. Rodrigo Ramírez-Álvarez. Asistente de Investigación
Tesistas pregrado y postgrado
- Mayra Nuñez (tutor; Doctorado en Biología Marina)
- Melissa Rebolledo (tutor; Doctorado en Ecología y Evolución)
- Ruby López (tutor; Doctorado en Ecología y Evolución)
- Cristóbal Garcés (tutor; Doctorado en Ecología y Evolución)
- Martina González (tutor; Biología Marina)
- Ángeles Díaz (tutor; Biología Marina)
- Javier Vera (tutor; Biología Marina)
- Thiare Muñoz (co-tutor; Biología Marina)
Encuentranos
Edificio Pugin, 4° piso, Campus Isla Teja. Valdivia, Región de Los Ríos, Chile.

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