1999-2001
“Cultivation of Macrocystis pyrifera for human consumption. FONDEF. Researcher.

1999-2001
"Estudio Taxonómico del alga comestible Callophyllis (Kallymeniaceaea, Rhodophyta) en el Sur de Chile" Dirección de Investigación Universidad de Los Lagos. Co-researcher

2000-2005 Reproduction Ecology of Chilean kelp in northern and southern Chile. Principal Researcher, FONDECYT 1010706.

2001-2003 Research and development of the technology for the use of seaweed for the production of organic fertilizers. FONDEF DO1I1151 Researcher

2001-2002 Environmental Impact of Aquaculture in southern Chile” Principal Researcher, granted by the British Embassy & Fundación Terram, Santiago, Chile.

2002-2005 Research and development of the technology for processing seaweeds for human consumption Co-researcher, FONDEF.

2005-2008 Integrated Aquaculture Systems: optimizing dissolved N-uptake for environmental bioremediation purposes. FONDECYT 1050550, Principal Researcher.

2005-2007 Importancia de la estructura del bosque de Macrocystis pyrifera sobre la abundancia y reclutamiento de poblaciones bentónicas de importancia comercial. Dirección de Investigación Universidad de Los Lagos 000605. Principal Researcher

2005-2007 Desarrollo de Líneas de Investigación Avanzada y de Postgrado en Manejo y Conservación de Areas Costeras”. PROGRAMA DE FORTALECIMIENTO DE LA INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA EN UNIVERSIDADES REGIONALES. FUNDACIÓN ANDES. (Investigador Responsable)

2005-2008 Inserción de Investigadores/as postdoctorales en la academia”. PROGRAMA BICENTENARIO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGIA. CONICYT-THE WORLD BANK. (Investigador Responsable)

2006-2007 Integrated Culture of Seaweeds and red abalone in Monterey Harbor. California Sea Grant College Program (Seagrant 53-A-N). Michael Graham PI, (Moss Landing Marine Laboratory) and Alejandro Buschmann Science Advisor.

2006-2009 Nuevo Modelo Didáctico Curricular para la enseñanza de la Ciencia, basado en la acuicultura destinada a Enseñanza Básica y Media, en establecimientos costeros". FONDEF. Responsable Area Científica.

 2007. Paquete tecnológico para la elaboración de productos de algas nativas chilenas para consumo humano. FONDEF D04T1047

1. Buschmann A.H., Correa J., Westermeier, R. 1999. Recent advances in the understanding of the biological basis for Gigartina skottsbergii (Rhodophyta) cultivation in Chile. Hydrobiologia, 298/299: 427-434

2. Troell, M., Rönnbäck, P., Halling, C., Kautsky, N. & A.H. Buschmann. 1999. Ecological engineering in aquaculture: use of seaweeds for removing nutrients from intensive mariculture. Journal of applied Phycology 11: 89-97

3. Correa J.A. Beltrán, J., Buschmann A.H., Westermeier, R. 1999. Healing and regeneration responses of Gigartina skottsbergii: optimization of factors. Journal of applied Phycology, 11: 315-327

4. Buschmann, A.H., Troell, M. & Kautsky, N. 2001. Integrated algal farming: a review. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 42: 83-90.

5. Buschmann A.H., J.A. Correa, R. Westermeier, M.A. Paredes, D. Aedo, P. Potin, G. Aroca, J. Beltrán & M.C. Hernández-González. 2001. Cultivation of Gigartina skottsbergii (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta): recent advances and challenges for the furure. Journal of applied Phycology 13: 253-265

6. Thierry Chopin, Alejandro H. Buschmann, Christina Halling, Max Troell, Nils Kautsky, Amir Neori, George P. Kraemer, José A. Zertuche-González, Charles Yarish and Christopher Neefus. 2001. Integrating seaweeds into aquaculture systems: a key towards sustainability. Journal of Phycology 37: 975-986

7. Troell, Max, C. Halling, A. Neori, A. H. Buschmann, T. Chopin, C. Yarish and N. Kautsky. 2003. Integrated mariculture: asking the right questions. Aquaculture 226: 69-80.

8. Buschmann, A.H., J.A. Vásquez, P. Osorio, E. Reyes, L. Filún, M.C. Hernández-González & A. Vega. 2004. The effect of water movement, temperature and salinity on abundance and reproductive patterns of Macrocystis spp (Phaeopyta) at different latitudes in Chile. Marine Biology 145 (5): 849-862.

9. Neori, A., T. Chopin, M. Troell, A.H. Buschmann, G.P. Kraemer, C. Halling, M. Shpigel and C. Yarish. 2004. Integrated aquaculture: rationale, evolution and state of the art emphasizing seaweed biofiltration in modern aquaculture. Aquaculture 231: 361-39

10. Muñoz, V., Hernández-González, M.C., Buschmann, A.H., Graham, M.H., and J.A. Vásquez. Variability in per capita oogonia and sporophyte production from giant kelp gametophytes (Macrocystis pyrifera, Phaeophyceae). Revista Chilena Historia Natural 77 (4): 639-647.

11. Buschmann, A.H., D. Varela, M. Cifuentes, M.C. Hernández-González, L. Henríquez, R. Westermeier and J.A. Correa. 2004. Experimental indoor cultivation of the carrageenophytic red alga Gigartina skottsbergii. Aquaculture 241: 357-370

12. Vega. A., J.A. Vásquez & A.H. Buschmann. 2005. Population biology of the subtidal kelps Macrocystis integrifolia and Lessonia trabeculata (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) in an upwelling ecosystem of Northern Chile: Interannual variability and EL Niño 1997-1998. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 78 (1): 33-50

13.Macaya, E.C., S. Bolataña, A. H. Buschmann, I. A. Hinojosa, J. E. Macchiavello, N. A. Valdivia, N. R. Vasquez, J. A. Vasquez, A. J. M. Vega & M. Thiel. 2005. Presence of sporophylls in floating kelp rafts of macrocystis spp. (Phaeophyceae) along the Chilean Pacific coast. Journal of Phycology 41(5): 913-922.

14. Halling, C., Aroca, G., Cifuentes, M., Buschmann, A.H. & Troell, M. 2005. Comparaison of suspended cultivation methods of Gracilaria chilensis in an integrated seaweed and fish cage culture. Aquaculture International 13: 409-422

15. M. TROELL, A. NEORI, T. CHOPIN AND A.H. BUSCHMANN. Biological wastewater treatament in aquaculture. World Aquaculture. Vol 36: 27-29.

16. BUSCHMANN ALEJANDRO , MARÍA C. HERNÁNDEZ-GONZÁLEZ, CARLOS ASTUDILLO, LUCÍA DE LA FUENTE, ALFONSO GUTIERREZ AND GESICA AROCA. Seaweed Cultivation, Product Development and Integrated Aquaculture Studies in Chile. World Aquaculture 36 (3): 51-53.

17. Castilla, J.C., M. Fernández, E. Acuña, N. Bahamonde, A.H. Buschmann, S. Navarrete, O. Ulloa & E. Yañez. 2006. Ciencias del Mar. En: Análisis y Proyecciones de la Ciencia Chilena 2005. (J.E. Allende, J. Babul, S. Martínez y T. Ureta eds). Academia Chilena de Ciencias, Consejo de Sociedades Científicas de Chile, Programa Bicentenario de Ciencia y Tecnología CONICYT. Santiago de Chile. pp. 375-402

18. Vasquez, J.A, J.M. Alonso-Vega & A. H. Buschmann. 2006. Long Term Variability In The Structure Of Kelp Communities In Northern Chile And The 1997–98 Enso. Journal Of Applied Phycology: 505-519.

19. Buschmann, A. H., C. Moreno, J. A. Vásquez & M. C. Hernández-González 2006. Reproduction strategies of Macrocystis pyrifera (Phaeophyta) in Southern Chile: the importance of population dynamics. Journal of applied Phycology 575-582.

20. Gutiérrez, A., T. Correa, V. Muñoz, A. Santibañez, R. Marcos, C. Cáceres & A.H. Buschmann (2006). Farming of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera in southern Chile for development of novel food products. Journal of applied Phycology, 259-267
 
21. Buschmann, A. H., Riquelme, V. A., Hernández-González, M. C., Varela, D., Jiménez, J. E., Henríquez, L.A., Vergara, P.A., Guíñez, R. & Filún, L. 2006. A review of the impacts of salmon farming on marine coastal ecosystems in the southeast Pacific. - ICES Journal of Marine Science, 63: 1338-1345.

22. Buschmann, A.H, M. C. Hernández-González And C. Astudillo. 2006. Seaweed Exploitation And Farming In Chile. In: World Seaweed Resources– An Authoritative Reference System. (Editors: A. T. Critchley, M. Ohno And D. B. Largo). Eti Information Services Ltd: Www.Etiis.Org.Uk. 26 Pp.

23. Hernández-González, M.C., A.H. Buschmann, M. Cifuentes., J.A. Correa, R. Westermeier, 2007. Vegetative propagation of the carrageenaphytic red alga Gigartina skottsbergii Setchell et Gardner: indoor and field experiments. Aquaculture 262: 120-128

24. A. Fortt, F. Cabello y Buschmann, A. 2007. Residuos de tetraciclina y quinolonas en peces silvestres en una zona costera donde se desarrolla la acuicultura del salmón en Chile. Rev Chil Infect., 24 (1): 8-12.

25. Neori, A., M. Troell, T. Chopin, C. Yarish, A. Critchley & ALEJANDRO H. BUSCHMANN. 2007. The Need for a Balanced Ecosystem Approach to Blue Revolution Aquaculture. Environment 49, 3: 37-44.

26. ALEJANDRO H. BUSCHMANN, V.A. Riquelme, HERNÁNDEZ-GONZÁLEZ, MARÍA C & L. Henríquez. 2007. Additional perspectives for ecosystem approaches for aquaculture. In: J. P. McVey, C-S. Lee & P.J. O’Bryan editors. Aquaculture and Ecosystems: An Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management Approach. The World Aquaculture Society, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United Stated. Pp 167-176

27. Rensel, J. E. J., ALEJANDRO H. BUSCHMANN, T. Chopin, I. K. Chung, J. Grant, C. E. Hesley, D. A. Keifer, R. Langan, R. I. E. Newell, M. Rawson, J. W. Sowles, J. P. Mc Vey, And C. Yarish. 2007. Ecosystem Based Management: Models and Mariculture. In: J. P. McVey, C-S. Lee & P.J. O’Bryan editors. Aquaculture and Ecosystems: An Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management Approach. The World Aquaculture Society, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United Stated. Pp 207-220

28. Graham, M.H, J.A Vasquez & A. H. BUSCHMANN. 2007. Global ecology of the giant kelp Macrocystis: from ecotypes to ecosystems. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 45: 39-88.

29. A. H. BUSCHMANN, D. A. Varela, Hernández-González, María C (2008) Seaweed future cultivation in Chile: perpectives and challenges. Int J. Environment and Pollution Vol 33(4): 432-456.

30. A. BUSCHMANN, M. Hernández, C Aranda, T Chopin, A Neori, C Halling, M Troell (2008) Mariculture waste management. In S. Jorgensen & B Fath, (Editor-in-Chief), Ecological Engineering. Vol. [3] of Encyclopedia of Ecology, 5 vols. pp. [2211-2217] Oxford: Elsevier

31. A. H. BUSCHMANN, D. A. Varela, Hernández-González, María C & Huovinen P.2008. Opportunities and challenges for the development of an integrated seaweed-based aquaculture activity in Chile: Determining the physiological capabilities of Macrocystis and Gracilaria as biofilters. Journal of Applied Phycology 20:571-577.

32. T Chopin, S M C Robinson, M Troell, A Neori, A. H. BUSCHMANN, and J Fang. 2008. Multitrophic Integration for Sustainable Marine Aquaculture. In Sven Erik Jørgensen and Brian D. Fath (Editor-in-Chief), Ecological Engineering. Vol. [3] of Encyclopedia of Ecology, 5 vols. pp. [2463-2475] Oxford: Elsevier.