A5039981748- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Marine and fisheries research
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
Universidade do Porto
2017-2024
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental
2017-2024
Concerns regarding plastic pollution, especially microplastics, have increased, as they can be present in different environmental compartments, including estuarine areas and saltmarshes. Although saltmarshes are highly vulnerable to human activities pressures, the ability trap/retain contaminants their vegetated sediments. However, there is still little information role of microplastic retention. Thus, study aims investigate capability an saltmarsh trap microplastics by comparing...
Fishes are one of the most important components oceans and exposed to several anthropogenic pressures, namely microplastic (MP), contaminants that now ubiquitous worldwide. Taking advantage 2020 Circumnavigation Expedition carried by NRP Sagres tall ship Portuguese Navy, fish samples from southern Atlantic ocean were collected evaluate possible MP contamination. In a total 14 weeks campaign, seven large migratory fishes commercial interest across middle Ocean along South American coast. All...
Larval stages of fishes are highly vulnerable to environmental shifts and anthropogenic pressures can pose additional stress such a critical phase. The present study aimed investigate controls on the larval fish assemblages Douro Estuary, heavily modified water body with several pressures. Monthly sampling surveys were conducted over two years along estuarine horizontal gradient. assemblage was dominated by few very abundant taxa. Resident Pomatoschistus microps members marine Clupeidae...
The present work aims to evaluate the MP contamination of zooplankton and its impact on trophic transfers at lower levels food web in a field study. During 1 year, seasonal surveys were conducted collect water samples from different sites two estuaries, Douro Lima estuaries (NW, Portugal). was quantified identified into major zooplanktonic groups. Dedicated protocols that had been previously optimized used assess presence most abundant groups (copepods chaetognaths). results showed MPs all...
The northern coast of the Iberian Peninsula is an important spawning and nursery area for several marine fish species, some which are economically exploited by fisheries under management plans. Larval stages highly sensitive to environmental change anthropogenic pressures, Marine Protected Areas (MPA) can help mitigate impacts on populations. This study investigated drivers temporal spatial patterns larval assemblages inhabiting a small coastal MPA along NW Portuguese Coast. Seasonal surveys...