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Ana P. Mucha is affiliated with the University of Porto in Portugal and has a research focus centered on Environmental Science. The primary field of study involves environmental pollution and related ecological impacts, with significant contributions to subfields such as Pollution, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their work spans multiple specialized topics within environmental science, including:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota

Mucha's recent publications demonstrate engagement with various aspects of pollution and microbial ecology in aquatic systems. Notable papers include:

  • Pharmaceutical Compounds in Aquatic Environments-Occurrence, Fate and Bioremediation Prospective (2021), published in Toxics
  • Revisiting pesticide pollution: The case of fluorinated pesticides (2021), published in Environmental Pollution
  • Microbial degradation of two highly persistent fluorinated fungicides - epoxiconazole and fludioxonil (2020), published in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Harnessing the Potential of Native Microbial Communities for Bioremediation of Oil Spills in the Iberian Peninsula NW Coast (2021), published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Microbial community dynamics in a hatchery recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) of sole (Solea senegalensis) (2021), published in Aquaculture

The venues where Mucha frequently publishes include:

  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Microorganisms
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Water

Regular collaboration with other researchers is evident. Frequent co-authors working alongside Ana P. Mucha are:

  • C. Marisa R. Almeida
  • Maria F. Carvalho
  • Catarina Magalhães
  • Maria Paola Tomasino
  • Diogo A. M. Alexandrino

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

  • Biodegradation of the veterinary antibiotics enrofloxacin and ceftiofur and associated microbial community dynamics

    Diogo A.M. Alexandrino;Ana P. Mucha;C. Marisa R. Almeida;Wei Gao

  • Influence of the sea rush Juncus maritimus on metal concentration and speciation in estuarine sediment colonized by the plant.

    C. Marisa R. Almeida;and Ana P. Mucha;M. Teresa S. D. Vasconcelos

  • Pharmaceutical Compounds in Aquatic Environments-Occurrence, Fate and Bioremediation Prospective.

    Joana P. Fernandes;C. Marisa R. Almeida;Maria A. Salgado;Maria F. Carvalho

  • Microbial community dynamics associated with veterinary antibiotics removal in constructed wetlands microcosms.

    Joana P. Fernandes;C. Marisa R. Almeida;Ana C. Pereira;Iolanda L. Ribeiro

  • 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

  • Potential of constructed wetlands microcosms for the removal of veterinary pharmaceuticals from livestock wastewater

    Pedro N. Carvalho;José Luís Araújo;Ana P. Mucha;M. Clara P. Basto

  • Comparison of the role of the sea club-rush Scirpus maritimus and the sea rush Juncus maritimus in terms of concentration, speciation and bioaccumulation of metals in the estuarine sediment.

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

  • 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

  • Role of different salt marsh plants on metal retention in an urban estuary (Lima estuary, NW Portugal)

    C.M.R. Almeida;Ana P. Mucha;M. Teresa Vasconcelos

  • Can PAHs influence Cu accumulation by salt marsh plants

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

  • Revisiting pesticide pollution: The case of fluorinated pesticides.

    Diogo A.M. Alexandrino;C. Marisa R. Almeida;Ana P. Mucha;Maria F. Carvalho

  • 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

  • Biodegradation of oxytetracycline and enrofloxacin by autochthonous microbial communities from estuarine sediments

    Malek Harrabi;Diogo A.M. Alexandrino;Fatma Aloulou;Boubaker Elleuch

  • Removal of veterinary antibiotics in constructed wetland microcosms - Response of bacterial communities.

    Filipa Santos;Cristina Marisa Ribeiro de Almeida;Iolanda Ribeiro;Ana Catarina Ferreira

  • Macrozoobenthic community structure in two Portuguese estuaries: Relationship with organic enrichment and nutrient gradients

    Ana Paula Mucha;Maria Helena Costa

  • Silver nanoparticles uptake by salt marsh plants - Implications for phytoremediation processes and effects in microbial community dynamics.

    Joana P. Fernandes;Ana P. Mucha;Telmo Francisco;Carlos Rocha Gomes

  • Potential of constructed wetland for the removal of antibiotics and antibiotic resistant bacteria from livestock wastewater

    Filipa Santos;C. Marisa R. Almeida;Inolanda Ribeiro;Ana P. Mucha

  • Potential of dissimilatory nitrate reduction pathways in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation.

    Hugo Ribeiro;Trelita de Sousa;João P. Santos;António G.G. Sousa

Frequent Co-Authors

C. Marisa R. Almeida
C. Marisa R. Almeida University of Porto
Adriano A. Bordalo
Adriano A. Bordalo University of Porto
Zhongjun Jia
Zhongjun Jia Chinese Academy of Sciences
Samantha B. Joye
Samantha B. Joye University of Georgia
Miguel Caetano
Miguel Caetano Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Julie LaRoche
Julie LaRoche Dalhousie University
Cristina Delerue-Matos
Cristina Delerue-Matos Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto
Celia Olabarria
Celia Olabarria Universidade de Vigo
Mariano Lastra
Mariano Lastra Universidade de Vigo

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