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Adriano A. Bordalo

Adriano A. Bordalo

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Ecology and Evolution

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39
Citations
5618
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6406
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51

Overview

Adriano A. Bordalo is affiliated with the University of Porto in Portugal, where their research focuses primarily on environmental science and medicine. Their work encompasses a range of topics related to pollution, endocrinology, nutrition, and biomedical engineering, with notable emphasis on wastewater treatment, bacterial research, pharmaceutical impacts on the environment, and thyroid disorders.

They have published extensively in the intersection of these fields, addressing issues such as water quality, antibiotic environmental effects, and child nutrition. Among their most frequent coauthors are Ana Machado, Sérgia Costa-Dias, Joana Almeida Palha, Sara Gomes-Gonçalves, and João R. Mesquita, indicating collaborative work in related research areas.

Adriano A. Bordalo has contributed to multiple prominent publication venues, including the journals Water, Sustainability, Antibiotics, and Nutrients. They have also published in the Global NEST International Conference on Environmental Science & Technology, reflecting active participation in both journal and conference research communities.

Their recent papers exemplify their research concerns and depth:

  • Spatial and Seasonal Drinking Water Quality Assessment in a Sub-Saharan Country (Guinea-Bissau), 2022, Water
  • Microbial community composition, dynamics, and biogeochemistry during the start-up of a partial nitritation-anammox pathway in an upflow reactor, 2022, Sustainable Environment Research
  • The COVID-19 as a Driver for Alternative Trade Networks in the Small-Scale Fisheries: Portugal as a Case Study, 2022, Sustainability
  • A Robust Flow-Based System for the Spectrophotometric Determination of Cr(VI) in Recreational Waters, 2022, Molecules
  • Feeding strategies and body condition of juvenile European flounder Platichthys flesus in a nursery habitat, 2020, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Their work in environmental science includes detailed studies on pollutant dynamics and water quality assessment, while their contributions in medicine address endocrinology, nutrition, and metabolic disease concerns. Subfields such as pollution and endocrinology are recurrently explored, along with biomedical engineering approaches to analytical detection and biosensors.

Main topics of their research include:

  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Fecal contamination and water quality
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection

These focal points indicate a research profile that bridges environmental and health sciences, particularly where pollution and human wellbeing intersect.

Best Publications

  • Macrobenthic community in the Douro estuary: relations with trace metals and natural sediment characteristics.

    Ana P Mucha;M.Teresa S.D Vasconcelos;Adriano A Bordalo

  • A Water Quality Index Applied to an International Shared River Basin: The Case of the Douro River

    Adriano A. Bordalo;Rita Teixeira;William J. Wiebe

  • Water quality and uses of the Bangpakong River (Eastern Thailand)

    A.A Bordalo;W Nilsumranchit;K Chalermwat

  • Effect of salinity and inorganic nitrogen concentrations on nitrification and denitrification rates in intertidal sediments and rocky biofilms of the Douro River estuary, Portugal.

    Catarina M. Magalhães;Samantha B. Joye;Rosa M. Moreira;William J. Wiebe;William J. Wiebe

  • Temporal and spatial distributions of larval fish assemblages in the Lima estuary (Portugal)

    Sandra Ramos;Robert K. Cowen;Pedro Ré;Adriano A. Bordalo

  • The Douro estuary (Portugal): a mesotidal salt wedge

    Mário E.C Vieira;Adriano A Bordalo

  • Survival of faecal indicator bacteria in tropical estuarine waters (Bangpakong River, Thailand).

    A.A. Bordalo;R. Onrassami;C. Dechsakulwatana

  • Exudation of organic acids by a marsh plant and implications on trace metal availability in the rhizosphere of estuarine sediments

    Ana P. Mucha;C. Marisa R. Almeida;Adriano A. Bordalo;M. Teresa S.D. Vasconcelos

  • The quest for safe drinking water: an example from Guinea-Bissau (West Africa).

    Adriano A. Bordalo;Joana Savva-Bordalo

  • Impact of copper on the diversity, abundance and transcription of nitrite and nitrous oxide reductase genes in an urban European estuary

    Catarina M. Magalhães;Ana Machado;Patrícia Matos;Adriano A. Bordalo

  • Impact of trace metals on denitrification in estuarine sediments of the Douro River estuary, Portugal

    Catarina Magalhães;Joana Costa;Catarina Teixeira;Adriano A. Bordalo

  • VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE MACROBENTHIC COMMUNITY AND ITS RELATIONSHIPS TO TRACE METALS AND NATURAL SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS IN THE LOWER DOURO ESTUARY, PORTUGAL

    Ana P. Mucha;M.Teresa S.D. Vasconcelos;Adriano A. Bordalo

  • Can PAHs influence Cu accumulation by salt marsh plants

    C. Marisa R. Almeida;Ana P. Mucha;Marta F.C. Delgado;M. Isabel Caçador

  • Ecological quality assessment of transitional waters based on fish assemblages in Portuguese estuaries: the Estuarine Fish Assessment Index (EFAI)

    H. N. Cabral;V. F. Fonseca;R. Gamito;C. I. Gonçalves

  • Influence of river discharge patterns on the hydrodynamics and potential contaminant dispersion in the Douro estuary (Portugal).

    Isabel C. Azevedo;Adriano A. Bordalo;Pedro M. Duarte

  • Spatial and seasonal variations of the macrobenthic community and metal contamination in the Douro estuary (Portugal)

    Ana P. Mucha;M. Teresa S.D. Vasconcelos;Adriano A. Bordalo

  • Bacterial community response to petroleum contamination and nutrient addition in sediments from a temperate salt marsh.

    Hugo Ribeiro;Ana P. Mucha;C. Marisa R. Almeida;Adriano A. Bordalo

  • Understanding spatial and temporal dynamics of key environmental characteristics in a mesotidal Atlantic estuary (Douro, NW Portugal)

    Isabel C. Azevedo;Pedro M. Duarte;Adriano A. Bordalo

  • Temporal and spatial patterns of intertidal sediment-water nutrient and oxygen fluxes in the Douro River estuary, Portugal

    Catarina M. Magalhães;Adriano A. Bordalo;William J. Wiebe

  • Persistent and emerging pollutants assessment on aquaculture oysters (Crassostrea gigas) from NW Portuguese coast (Ria De Aveiro)

    Juliana R. Gadelha;A. Cristina Rocha;Carolina Camacho;Ethel Eljarrat

  • Crenarchaeota and Euryarchaeota in temperate estuarine sediments.

    C. Abreu;G. Jurgens;P. De Marco;A. Saano

Frequent Co-Authors

Ana P. Mucha
Ana P. Mucha University of Porto
C. Marisa R. Almeida
C. Marisa R. Almeida University of Porto
Samantha B. Joye
Samantha B. Joye University of Georgia
Michael Elliott
Michael Elliott University of Hull
Ronald P. Kiene
Ronald P. Kiene University of South Alabama
Henrique N. Cabral
Henrique N. Cabral INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
João M. Neto
João M. Neto University of Coimbra
Víctor Cerdà
Víctor Cerdà University of the Balearic Islands
José Lino Costa
José Lino Costa University of Lisbon
Vanda Brotas
Vanda Brotas University of Lisbon

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