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Evidence of Cooperative Interactions between Rhizobacteria and Wood-Decaying Fungi and Their Effects on Maize Germination and Growth by Rocha, Ricardo, Venâncio, Cátia, Cardoso, Paulo, Lourenço, João, Figueira, Etelvina

“…Advances in soil microbial communities are driving agricultural practices towards ecological sustainability and productivity, with engineering microbial…”
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Bacteriophages to control vibrio alginolyticus in live feeds prior to their administration in larviculture by Dias Tadeu, Amanda, Duarte, João, Trindade, David, Costa, Pedro, Venâncio, Cátia, Lopes, Isabel, Oliveira, Vanessa, Gomes, Newton C M, Almeida, Adelaide, Pereira, Carla

“…This study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of two phages [VB_VaC_TDDLMA (phage TDD) and VB_VaC_SRILMA (phage SRI)] alone and in a cocktail to control Vibrio…”
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Exploring the Potential of White-Rot Fungi Exudates on the Amelioration of Salinized Soils by Borges, João, Cardoso, Paulo, Lopes, Isabel, Figueira, Etelvina, Venâncio, Cátia

“…Soil salinization has a major impact on crop revenue, which may be counteracted by harnessing the microbiota that the soil itself harbors. This study aimed to…”
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Maternal response to environmental unpredictability by Barbosa, Miguel, Lopes, Isabel, Venâncio, Catia, Janeiro, Maria João, Morrisey, Michael Blair, Soares, Amadeu M.V.M.

“…Mothers are expected to use environmental cues to modify maternal investment to optimize their fitness. However, when the environment varies unpredictably,…”
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Public views on plastic pollution: Knowledge, perceived impacts, and pro-environmental behaviours by Soares, Joana, Miguel, Isabel, Venâncio, Cátia, Lopes, Isabel, Oliveira, Miguel

“…Nowadays, plastic pollution is considered an issue of global concern. This environmental problem results from human industrial and domestic activities,…”
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Nanoplastics and marine organisms: What has been studied? by Ferreira, Inês, Venâncio, Cátia, Lopes, Isabel, Oliveira, Miguel

“…[Display omitted] Nowadays, there is an increased awareness on the threat that marine litter may pose to the marine environment. This review describes the…”
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Knowledge, concerns and attitudes towards plastic pollution: An empirical study of public perceptions in Portugal by Miguel, Isabel, Santos, Ana, Venâncio, Cátia, Oliveira, Miguel

“…While the harmful effects of different types of plastic particles have been increasingly reported, studies on public perceptions and behaviors related to…”
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Seawater intrusion: an appraisal of taxa at most risk and safe salinity levels by Venâncio, Cátia, Ribeiro, Rui, Lopes, Isabel

“…ABSTRACT Seawater intrusion into low‐lying coastal ecosystems carries environmental risks. Salinity levels at these coastal ecosystems may vary substantially,…”
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Pre-exposure to seawater or chloride salts influences the avoidance-selection behavior of zebrafish larvae in a conductivity gradient by Venâncio, Cátia, Ribeiro, Rui, Lopes, Isabel

“…The risk assessment of freshwater salinization is constructed around standard assays and using sodium chloride (NaCl), neglecting that the stressor is most…”
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Combined effects of two abiotic stressors (salinity and temperature) on a laboratory-simulated population of Daphnia longispina by Venâncio, Cátia, Wijewardene, Lishani, Ribeiro, Rui, Lopes, Isabel

“…Sea level rise is expected to continue apace, with a concomitant rise in temperature on the globe's surface. Natural populations genetic pool compromised by…”
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Tackling water contamination by oncologic drugs: Supported ionic liquids as sustainable adsorbents for cyclophosphamide removal by Francisco, Rafael, Monteiro, Bruna, Santos, Maria J., e Silva, Francisca A., Venancio, Catia, Neves, Marcia C., Lopes, Isabel, Sousa, Ana C.A., Freire, Mara G.

“…Due to the increasing incidence of cancer, the consumption of highly toxic oncological drugs is continuously growing. Given the current lack of efficient…”
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Concomitant presence of nanosized plastics and metal(loid)s: is there cause for alarm? State-of-the-art and recommendations for future studies by Santos, Ana, Oliveira, Miguel, Venâncio, Cátia

“…Nanoplastics (NPLs) accumulated in freshwater systems may serve as sinks for metal(loid)s. To date, few studies have assessed the joint effects of…”
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Feeding exposure and feeding behaviour as relevant approaches in the assessment of the effects of micro(nano)plastics to early life stages of amphibians by Venâncio, Cátia, Gabriel, Antonieta, Oliveira, Miguel, Lopes, Isabel

“…The sedimentation of micro and nanosized plastics is of considerable environmental relevance and the need to assess its sublethal effects to biota increasingly…”
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Activation of persulfate using copper oxide nanoparticles for the degradation of Rhodamine B containing effluents: Degradation efficiency and ecotoxicological studies by Davarazar, Mahsa, Kamali, Mohammadreza, Venâncio, Cátia, Gabriel, Antonieta, Aminabhavi, Tejraj M., Lopes, Isabel

“…[Display omitted] •PS activation using Cu-NPs was used to treat effluents contaminated with organics.•Taguchi experimental design allowed identifing the…”
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Bioplastics: known effects and potential consequences to marine and estuarine ecosystem services by Venâncio, Cátia, Lopes, Isabel, Oliveira, Miguel

“…Bioplastics have been suggested as more sustainable alternatives to conventional, petroleum-based plastics. In this work, the available studies comparing…”
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The influence of salinization on seed germination and plant growth under mono and polyculture by Venâncio, Cátia, Pereira, Ruth, Lopes, Isabel

“…Sea level rise induced-salinization is lowering coastal soils productivity. In order to assess the effects that increased salinity may provoke in terrestrial…”
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Short- and long-term toxicity of nano-sized polyhydroxybutyrate to the freshwater cnidarian Hydra viridissima by Santos, Ana, Oliveira, Miguel, Almeida, Mónica, Lopes, Isabel, Venâncio, Cátia

“…The accumulation of increasingly smaller plastic particles in aquatic ecosystems is a prominent environmental issue and is causing a significant impact on…”
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Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) nanoparticles modulate metals toxicity in Hydra viridissima by Santos, Ana, Oliveira, Miguel, Lopes, Isabel, Almeida, Mónica, Venâncio, Cátia

“…The use of bioplastics (e.g., polyhydroxybutyrate) emerged as a solution to help reduce plastic pollution caused by conventional plastics. Nevertheless,…”
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Effects of petroleum-based and biopolymer-based nanoplastics on aquatic organisms: A case study with mechanically degraded pristine polymers by Tamayo-Belda, Miguel, Venâncio, Cátia, Fernandez-Piñas, Francisca, Rosal, Roberto, Lopes, Isabel, Oliveira, Miguel

“…Mismanaged plastic litter submitted to environmental conditions may breakdown into smaller fragments, eventually reaching nano-scale particles (nanoplastics,…”
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Nanoplastics and biota behaviour: Known effects, environmental relevance, and research needs by Ferreira, Carla S.S., Venâncio, Cátia, Oliveira, Miguel

“…Behaviour is increasingly recognized as a sensitive screening tool to detect the effects of environmental disturbances on biota, resulting from molecular,…”
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