A5060104120- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
- Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Marine Toxins and Detection Methods
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Digestive system and related health
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Galectins and Cancer Biology
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Environmental Chemistry and Analysis
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions
- Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
National Research Council
2013-2024
University of Buenos Aires
2012-2023
Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas
2012-2023
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
2012-2023
Institute for the Study of Anthropic Impact and Sustainability in the Marine Environment
2018-2022
Biomedicine Research Institute of Buenos Aires - CONICET - Partner Institute of the Max Planck Society
2018
Istituto di Scienze Marine del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
2006-2017
Museum für Naturkunde
2017
Microplastics (MPs) can be ingested by marine organisms directly or indirectly through trophic transfer from contaminated prey. In the ecosystem, zooplankton are an important link between phytoplankton and higher levels in food web. Among them, copepods gelatinous species have been recently reported to ingest MPs, but no potential MP has verified yet. this study, a simplified two-level chain – formed nauplii of Tigriopus fulvus copepod as prey, ephyrae stage Aurelia sp. predator was selected...
Microplastic pollution is receiving increased attention due to the realization of its hazards aquatic and human life. Researchers across globe are attempting remove microplastics before entry into ecosystem. Therefore, present work focused on removal microplastic from water studied potential risks for marine organisms The model microplastics, polypropylene (PP) polyvinyl chloride (PVC), has been by using photo-Fenton process. ZnO nanorods coated with SnO x ( < 2) layer decorated zero...
The toxicity of three phthalates (PAEs) - butylbenzyl phthalate (BBP), diethyl (DEP), and di-(2-ethylhexyl) (DEHP) was tested on the Mediterranean sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus. Fertilized eggs were exposed to environmental high PAE concentrations for 72 h. potential toxic effects larval development any morphological anomalies then assessed estimate PAEs impact. Environmental never affected development, while induced in larvae BBP (EC50: 2.9 ×10
The effects of two carbon-based nanomaterials, nano-sized carbon black (nCB), and single-layer graphene oxide (GO) on settlement Amphibalanus amphitrite (Cirripedia, Crustacea) cypris larvae (cyprids) were assessed after 24, 48, 72 h exposure. Additionally, the these nanomaterials mortality swimming behaviour nauplius (nauplii) same organism determined 24 48 h. data indicate that nCB is more effective as a potential antisettlement agent than GO; moreover, did not show any adverse larvae. II...
In this study, the abundance and properties (size, shape, polymer type) of microplastics (MPs) in sea surface water samples, collected during two sampling campaigns over 2018–2019, four coastal areas Mediterranean Sea (Saronikos Gulf, LIgurian Sea, Gulf Lion, Gabes Gulf) were investigated. Coupled hydrodynamic/particle drift model simulations with basin-scale high resolution nested models used to provide a better understanding on variability abundance/size MPs, originating from wastewater...
The aim of the present study was to investigate presence and distribution cholinergic molecules in Balanus amphitrite cyprids their possible involvement settlement adhesion. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE, lythic enzyme acetylcholine) activity detected, for first time, by biochemical histoenzymological methods, thoracic muscles, gut wall cement gland. immunodetection choline acetyltransferase-like (ChAT) same area neuropil central nervous system suggests a innervation, acetylcholine muscular...
Polymeric alkylpyridinium salts (poly-APS) isolated from the Mediterranean marine sponge, Haliclona (Rhizoniera) sarai, effectively inhibit barnacle larva settlement and natural biofilm formation through a non-toxic reversible mechanism. Potential use of poly-APS-like compounds as antifouling agents led to chemical synthesis monomeric oligomeric 3-alkylpyridinium analogues. However, these are less efficient in assays have greater toxicity than polymers. Recently, new method enabled...