Search Results - "Duarte, Armando Costa"

Assessment of spatial environmental quality status in Ria de Aveiro (Portugal) by Batista Lopes, Cláudia, Pereira, María Eduarda, Vale, Carlos, Lillebo, Ana Isabel, Pardal, Miguel Ângelo, Costa Duarte, Armando

“…The productivity of Ria de Aveiro is sustained by the large quantities of dissolved inorganic nutrients, mainly from freshwater inputs (e.g. agricultural…”
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Sources of potentially toxic elements and organic pollutants in an urban area subjected to an industrial impact by Cachada, Anabela, Pereira, Maria Eduarda, Ferreira da Silva, Eduardo, Duarte, Armando Costa

“…Urban and industrial development has caused a major impact on environmental soil quality. This work assesses the extent and severity of contamination in a…”
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Carbofuran effects in soil nematode communities: Using trait and taxonomic based approaches by Chelinho, Sónia, Dieter Sautter, Klaus, Cachada, Anabela, Abrantes, Isabel, Brown, George, Costa Duarte, Armando, Sousa, José Paulo

“…This work intends to implement the use of native soil nematode communities in ecotoxicological tests using a model pesticide and two geographically nematode…”
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Assessment of fatty acid as a differentiator of usages of urban soils by Silva, Lurdes, Cachada, Anabela, Freitas, Ana Cristina, Pereira, Ruth, Rocha-Santos, Teresa, Duarte, Armando Costa

“…The determination of fatty acids (FA) has been extensively used as a sensitive and reproducible parameter for characterizing the soil microorganism communities…”
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Mercury Organotropism in Feral European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) by Mieiro, Cláudia Leopoldina, Pacheco, Mário, Pereira, Maria Eduarda, Duarte, Armando Costa

“…The knowledge of mercury (Hg) burdens in a wide set of tissues and organs of exposed fish is crucial to understand the internal distribution dynamics and thus…”
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Mercury-Induced Chromosomal Damage in Wild Fish (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) Reflecting Aquatic Contamination in Contrasting Seasons by Mohmood, Iram, Mieiro, Cláudia Leopoldina, Coelho, João P., Anjum, Naser A., Ahmad, Iqbal, Pereira, Eduarda, Duarte, Armando Costa, Pacheco, Mário

“…Ria de Aveiro (mainly Laranjo basin, Portugal) has been subjected to mercury contamination from a chlor-alkali plant, currently presenting a well-described…”
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Fractionation of potentially toxic elements in urban soils from five European cities by means of a harmonised sequential extraction procedure by Davidson, Christine M., Urquhart, Graham J., Ajmone-Marsan, Franco, Biasioli, Mattia, da Costa Duarte, Armando, Díaz-Barrientos, Encarnación, Grčman, Helena, Hossack, Iain, Hursthouse, Andrew S., Madrid, Luis, Rodrigues, Sonia, Zupan, Marko

“…The revised (four-step) BCR sequential extraction procedure has been applied to fractionate the chromium, copper, iron, manganese, nickel, lead and zinc…”
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Evaluation of tertiary treatment by fungi, enzymatic and photo-Fenton oxidation on the removal of phenols from a kraft pulp mill effluent: a comparative study by Justino, Celine, Marques, Ana Gabriela, Rodrigues, Dina, Silva, Lurdes, Duarte, Armando Costa, Rocha-Santos, Teresa, Freitas, Ana Cristina

“…Pulp and paper mills generate pollutants associated to their effluents depending upon the type of process, type of the wood materials, process technology…”
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Multivariate Analysis for Assessing Sources, and Potential Risks of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Lisbon Urban Soils by Anabela Cachada, Ana Claudia Dias, Amélia Paula Reis, Eduardo Ferreira da Silva, Ruth Pereira, Armando da Costa Duarte, Carla Patinha

“…Urban soils quality may be severely affected by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) contamination, as is the case of Lisbon (Portugal). However, to conduct…”
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Graphene oxide induces cytotoxicity and oxidative stress in bluegill sunfish cells by Srikanth, Koigoora, Sundar, L. Syam, Pereira, Eduarda, Duarte, Armando Costa

“…Graphene oxide (GO) is considered a promising material for biological application due to its unique properties. However, the potential toxicity of GO to…”
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Aluminium oxide nanoparticles induced morphological changes, cytotoxicity and oxidative stress in Chinook salmon (CHSE-214) cells by Srikanth, Koigoora, Mahajan, Amit, Pereira, Eduarda, Duarte, Armando Costa, Venkateswara Rao, Janapala

“…Aluminium oxide nanoparticles (Al2O3 NPs) are increasingly used in diverse applications that has raised concern about their safety. Recent studies suggested…”
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Metal(oid)s in plastic debris, with distinct features, from Spanish Mediterranean beaches with different anthropogenic pressure: Are these particles potential monitors for metal pollution? by Rodrigues, Joana Patrício, Rivera-Hernández, José Roberto, Bernárdez, Patricia, Rocha-Santos, Teresa, Duarte, Armando Costa, Santos-Echeandía, Juan

“…Metal(oid)s concentrations have been quantified in plastic pieces collected from four beaches located in the Mediterranean coast of Spain with different…”
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A gas chromatography quartz crystal microbalance for speciation of nitroaromatic compounds in landfill gas by Rocha Santos, Teresa A.P., Duarte, Armando Costa, Oliveira, João A.B.Pereira

“…A new method based on separation with gas chromatography and detection with a quartz crystal microbalance was used for quantification of nitrobenzene, 2-, 3-…”
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Source and pathway analysis of lead and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Lisbon urban soils by Marinho Reis, Amélia Paula, Shepherd, Thomas, Nowell, Geoff, Cachada, Anabela, Duarte, Armando Costa, Cave, Mark, Wragg, Joanna, Patinha, Carla, Dias, Ana, Rocha, Fernando, da Silva, Eduardo Ferreira, Sousa, António Jorge, Prazeres, Cátia, Batista, Maria João

“…One hundred soil samples were collected from urban spaces, in Lisbon, Portugal, in two surveys that were carried out in consecutive years, to assess the…”
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Soil microarthropod community testing: A new approach to increase the ecological relevance of effect data for pesticide risk assessment by Chelinho, Sónia, Domene, Xavier, Andrés, Pilar, Natal-da-Luz, Tiago, Norte, Cláudia, Rufino, Cristina, Lopes, Isabel, Cachada, Anabela, Espíndola, Evaldo, Ribeiro, Rui, Duarte, Armando Costa, Sousa, José Paulo

“…•Two soil microarthropod communities were exposed to carbofuran contamination.•The approach combined the advantages of community studies and ecotoxicological…”
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Changes in zooplankton communities along a mercury contamination gradient in a coastal lagoon (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal) by Cardoso, Patrícia Gonçalves, Marques, Sónia Cotrim, D’Ambrosio, Mariaelena, Pereira, Eduarda, Duarte, Armando Costa, Azeiteiro, Ulisses Miranda, Pardal, Miguel Ângelo

“…•The impact of Hg on zooplankton communities’ structure and functioning was assessed.•Total zooplankton abundance was not negatively affected by Hg…”
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Degradation of phenols in olive oil mill wastewater by biological, enzymatic, and photo-Fenton oxidation by Justino, Celine, Marques, Ana Gabriela, Duarte, Kátia Reis, Duarte, Armando Costa, Pereira, Ruth, Rocha-Santos, Teresa, Freitas, Ana Cristina

“…Background, aim, and scope Olive oil mill wastewater (OOMW) environmental impacts minimization have been attempted by developing more effective processes, but…”
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Soil microarthropod community testing: A new approach to increase the ecological relevance of effect data for pesticide risk assessment: XVI International Colloquium on Soil Zoology & XIII International Colloquium on Apterygota, Coimbra, 2012 - Selected papers by CHELINHO, Sónia, DOMENE, Xavier, DUARTE, Armando Costa, SOUSA, José Paulo, ANDRES, Pilar, NATAL-DA-LUZ, Tiago, NORTE, Cláudia, RUFINO, Cristina, LOPES, Isabel, CACHADA, Anabela, ESPINDOLA, Evaldo, RIBEIRO, Rui

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Variation on the adsorption efficiency of humic substances from estuarine waters using XAD resins by Esteves, Valdemar I., Cordeiro, Nereida M.A., da Costa Duarte, Armando

“…The XAD8 and XAD4 resins, used in series, show different behaviours in relation to the retention of dissolved organic matter (DOM) from estuarine water samples…”
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Effects of tertiary treatment by fungi on organic compounds in a kraft pulp mill effluent by Rocha-Santos, Teresa, Ferreira, Filipe, Silva, Lurdes, Freitas, Ana Cristina, Pereira, Ruth, Diniz, Mário, Castro, Luísa, Peres, Isabel, Duarte, Armando Costa

“…Background, aim and scope Pulp and paper mills generate a plethora of pollutants depending upon the type of pulping process. Efforts to mitigate the…”
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