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France
2023

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Environmental Sciences

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47
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8949
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5753
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252

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  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in France Leader Award

Overview

Catherine Mouneyrac is affiliated with the Catholic University of the West in France. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant emphasis on pollution, health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. Contributions also extend into subfields such as Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, microplastics and plastic pollution, recycling and waste management techniques, as well as nanoparticle synthesis and applications. Other areas of study include pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, mercury impact and mitigation studies, and heavy metals in the environment.

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Contamination issues as a challenge in quality control and quality assurance in microplastics analytics" (2020) published in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "The Role of Legislation, Regulatory Initiatives and Guidelines on the Control of Plastic Pollution" (2020) in Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • "Plastic additives and microplastics as emerging contaminants: Mechanisms and analytical assessment" (2022) in TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry
  • "Risks of Covid-19 face masks to wildlife: Present and future research needs" (2021) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Safe(r) by design implementation in the nanotechnology industry" (2020) in NanoImpact

The scientist frequently publishes in venues including The Science of The Total Environment, NanoImpact, Nanotoxicology, Marine Environmental Research, and Journal of Hazardous Materials. These venues reflect the cross-disciplinary and applied nature of their research.

Collaborative efforts are evident with several frequent co-authors appearing across multiple publications, including Amélie Châtel, Teresa Rocha-Santos, Armando C. Duarte, João Pinto da Costa, and Nicolas Manier. These collaborations suggest an active engagement with peer researchers in environmental and material sciences.

Best Publications

  • Micro(nano)plastics: a threat to human health?

    Messika Revel;Amélie Châtel;Catherine Mouneyrac

  • Is there any consistency between the microplastics found in the field and those used in laboratory experiments

    Nam Ngoc Phuong;Nam Ngoc Phuong;Aurore Zalouk-Vergnoux;Aurore Zalouk-Vergnoux;Laurence Poirier;Laurence Poirier;Abderrahmane Kamari;Abderrahmane Kamari

  • Solutions and Integrated Strategies for the Control and Mitigation of Plastic and Microplastic Pollution

    Joana C. Prata;Ana L. Patrício Silva;João P. da Costa;Catherine Mouneyrac

  • Behavioural and biochemical responses of two marine invertebrates Scrobicularia plana and Hediste diversicolor to copper oxide nanoparticles

    Pierre-Emmanuel Buffet;Olivia Fossi Tankoua;Jin-Fen Pan;Jin-Fen Pan;Deborah Berhanu

  • Contamination issues as a challenge in quality control and quality assurance in microplastics analytics.

    Joana C. Prata;Vanessa Reis;João P. da Costa;Catherine Mouneyrac

  • Plastic additives and microplastics as emerging contaminants: Mechanisms and analytical assessment

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  • The Role of Legislation, Regulatory Initiatives and Guidelines on the Control of Plastic Pollution

    João Pinto da Costa;Catherine Mouneyrac;Mónica Costa;Armando C. Duarte

  • Trace-metal detoxification and tolerance of the estuarine worm Hediste diversicolor chronically exposed in their environment

    Catherine Mouneyrac;O Mastain;JC Amiard;Claude Amiard-Triquet

  • A marine mesocosm study on the environmental fate of silver nanoparticles and toxicity effects on two endobenthic species: the ragworm Hediste diversicolor and the bivalve mollusc Scrobicularia plana.

    Pierre-Emmanuel Buffet;Aurore Zalouk-Vergnoux;Amélie Châtel;Brigitte Berthet;Brigitte Berthet

  • Effects of natural factors (salinity and body weight) on cadmium, copper, zinc and metallothionein-like protein levels in resident populations of oysters Crassostrea gigas from a polluted estuary

    C. Mouneyrac;J. C. Amiard;C. Amiard-Triquet

  • Biomonitoring in a clean and a multi-contaminated estuary based on biomarkers and chemical analyses in the endobenthic worm Nereis diversicolor.

    Cyril Durou;Laurence Poirier;Jean-Claude Amiard;Hélène Budzinski

  • A mesocosm study of fate and effects of CuO nanoparticles on endobenthic species (Scrobicularia plana, Hediste diversicolor).

    Pierre-Emmanuel Buffet;Marion Richard;Fanny Caupos;Aurore Vergnoux

  • Quantification and characterization of microplastics in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis): protocol setup and preliminary data on the contamination of the French Atlantic coast.

    Nam Ngoc Phuong;Aurore Zalouk-Vergnoux;Abderrahmane Kamari;Catherine Mouneyrac

  • Tissue-Specific Biomarker Responses in the Blue Mussel Mytilus spp. Exposed to a Mixture of Microplastics at Environmentally Relevant oncentrations

    Messika Revel;Fabienne Lagarde;Hanane Perrein-Ettajani;Mélanie Bruneau

  • Changes in metallothionein concentrations in response to variation in natural factors (salinity, sex, weight) and metal contamination in crabs from a metal-rich estuary

    S Legras;Catherine Mouneyrac;JC Amiard;Claude Amiard-Triquet

  • Tolerance and biomarkers as useful tools for assessing environmental quality in the Oued Souss estuary (Bay of Agadir, Morocco)

    A. Ait Alla;C. Mouneyrac;C. Mouneyrac;C. Durou;C. Durou;A. Moukrim

  • Size dependent bioaccumulation and ecotoxicity of gold nanoparticles in an endobenthic invertebrate: the Tellinid clam Scrobicularia plana.

    Jin-Fen Pan;Pierre-Emmanuel Buffet;Laurence Poirier;Claude Amiard-Triquet

  • Accumulation and soluble binding of cadmium, copper, and zinc in the polychaete Hediste diversicolor from coastal sites with different trace metal bioavailabilities.

    B. Berthet;C. Mouneyrac;J. C. Amiard;C. Amiard-Triquet

  • Risks of Covid-19 face masks to wildlife: Present and future research needs

    Ana L. Patrício Silva;Joana C. Prata;Catherine Mouneyrac;Damià Barcelò

  • Metal bioaccumulation and metallothionein concentrations in larvae of Crassostrea gigas

    Gautier Damiens;Catherine Mouneyrac;Françoise Quiniou;Edouard His

  • Partitioning of accumulated trace metals in the talitrid amphipod crustacean Orchestia gammarellus: a cautionary tale on the use of metallothionein-like proteins as biomarkers

    C Mouneyrac;J.C Amiard;C Amiard-Triquet;A Cottier

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Claude Amiard
Jean-Claude Amiard University of Nantes
Eugenia Valsami-Jones
Eugenia Valsami-Jones University of Birmingham
Claude Amiard-Triquet
Claude Amiard-Triquet University of Nantes
Philip S. Rainbow
Philip S. Rainbow Natural History Museum
Jérôme Rose
Jérôme Rose Centre for Research and Teaching in Environmental Geoscience
Hélène Budzinski
Hélène Budzinski University of Bordeaux
Brian D. Smith
Brian D. Smith Natural History Museum
François Galgani
François Galgani French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Anders Baun
Anders Baun Technical University of Denmark

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