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Cláudia Pascoal

Cláudia Pascoal

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
41
Citations
5865
World Ranking
5896
National Ranking
45

Overview

Cláudia Pascoal is affiliated with the University of Minho in Portugal, with a research focus primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work covers several subfields including Ecology, Pollution, Materials Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's research addresses a spectrum of topics, notably:

  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics

Cláudia Pascoal has contributed publications in various scientific venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Global Change Biology
  • Hydrobiologia

Recent representative papers include:

  • "Extreme weather events threaten biodiversity and functions of river ecosystems: evidence from a meta-analysis", 2022, Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Non-interactive effects drive multiple stressor impacts on the taxonomic and functional diversity of Atlantic stream macroinvertebrates", 2023, Environmental Research
  • "Current trends and mismatches on fungicide use and assessment of the ecological effects in freshwater ecosystems", 2024, Environmental Pollution
  • "Remote sensing indicators to assess riparian vegetation and river ecosystem health", 2022, Ecological Indicators
  • "Biochemical and functional responses of stream invertebrate shredders to post-wildfire contamination", 2020, Environmental Pollution

Collaborative work features several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Fernanda Cássio
  • Arunava Pradhan
  • Cláudia Carvalho-Santos
  • Giorgio Pace
  • Francisco Carvalho

Best Publications

  • Contribution of Fungi and Bacteria to Leaf Litter Decomposition in a Polluted River

    Cláudia Pascoal;Fernanda Cássio

  • Diversity and activity of aquatic fungi under low oxygen conditions

    A. O. Medeiros;A. O. Medeiros;C. Pascoal;M. A. S. Graça

  • Aquatic hyphomycete diversity and identity affect leaf litter decomposition in microcosms.

    Sofia Alexandra Ferreira Duarte;Cláudia Pascoal;Fernanda Cássio;F. Barlocher

  • Assessing structural and functional ecosystem condition using leaf breakdown: studies on a polluted river

    Cláudia Pascoal;Manuela Pinho;Fernanda Cássio;Pedro Gomes

  • Can Metal Nanoparticles Be a Threat to Microbial Decomposers of Plant Litter in Streams

    Arunava Pradhan;Sahadevan Seena;Cláudia Pascoal;Fernanda Cássio

  • Role of fungi, bacteria, and invertebrates in leaf litter breakdown in a polluted river

    Cláudia Pascoal;Fernanda Cássio;Aranzazu Marcotegui;Blanca Sanz

  • Copper and zinc mixtures induce shifts in microbial communities and reduce leaf litter decomposition in streams

    Sofia Alexandra Ferreira Duarte;Cláudia Pascoal;Artur Alves;António Correia

  • Anthropogenic stress may affect aquatic hyphomycete diversity more than leaf decomposition in a low-order stream

    Claudia Pascoal;Fernanda Cassio;Ludmila Marvanova

  • Responses of antioxidant defenses to Cu and Zn stress in two aquatic fungi.

    Maria Manuel Gonçalves Azevedo;Agostinho Albérico Rodrigues Carvalho;Cláudia Pascoal;Fernando José dos Santos Rodrigues

  • Pollution-induced community tolerance (PICT): towards an ecologically relevant risk assessment of chemicals in aquatic systems

    Ahmed Tlili;Annette Berard;Annette Berard;Hans Blanck;Agnes Bouchez

  • Elevated temperature may intensify the positive effects of nutrients on microbial decomposition in streams

    Isabel Rodrigues Fernandes;Sahadevan Seena;Cláudia Pascoal;Fernanda Cássio

  • Leaf Breakdown Rates: a Measure of Water Quality?

    Cláudia Pascoal;Fernanda Cássio;Pedro Gomes

  • Stream-dwelling fungal decomposer communities along a gradient of eutrophication unraveled by 454 pyrosequencing

    Sofia Alexandra Ferreira Duarte;Felix Bärlocher;José Trabulo;Fernanda Cássio

  • Effects of increased temperature and aquatic fungal diversity on litter decomposition

    Paulo Geraldes;Cláudia Pascoal;Fernanda Cássio

  • Microbial Decomposer Communities Are Mainly Structured by Trophic Status in Circumneutral and Alkaline Streams

    Sofia Alexandra Ferreira Duarte;Cláudia Pascoal;Frederic Garabetian;Fernanda Cássio

  • Assessing the dynamic of microbial communities during leaf decomposition in a low-order stream by microscopic and molecular techniques.

    Sofia Alexandra Ferreira Duarte;Cláudia Pascoal;Artur Alves;António Correia

  • Biogeography of aquatic hyphomycetes: Current knowledge and future perspectives

    Sofia Alexandra Ferreira Duarte;Felix Bärlocher;Cláudia Pascoal;Fernanda Cássio

  • Higher temperature reduces the effects of litter quality on decomposition by aquatic fungi

    Isabel Rodrigues Fernandes;Cláudia Pascoal;Helena Guimarães;Rute Pinto

  • Extreme weather events threaten biodiversity and functions of river ecosystems: evidence from a meta‐analysis

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  • Responses of primary production, leaf litter decomposition and associated communities to stream eutrophication.

    Bárbara Dunck;Eva Lima-Fernandes;Fernanda Cássio;Ana Cunha

  • Realized fungal diversity increases functional stability of leaf litter decomposition under zinc stress.

    Cláudia Pascoal;Fernanda Cássio;Liliya Nikolcheva;Felix Bärlocher

  • DNA barcoding of fungi: a case study using ITS sequences for identifying aquatic hyphomycete species

    Sahadevan Seena;Cláudia Pascoal;Ludmila Marvanová;Fernanda Cássio

  • Intraspecific traits change biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning under metal stress

    Isabel Rodrigues Fernandes;Cláudia Pascoal;Fernanda Cássio

Frequent Co-Authors

Fernanda Cássio
Fernanda Cássio University of Minho
Ronaldo Sousa
Ronaldo Sousa University of Minho
Felix Bärlocher
Felix Bärlocher Mount Allison University
Anna M. Romaní
Anna M. Romaní University of Girona
Manuel A. S. Graça
Manuel A. S. Graça University of Coimbra
Verónica Ferreira
Verónica Ferreira University of Coimbra
Mark O. Gessner
Mark O. Gessner Technical University of Berlin
Arturo Elosegi
Arturo Elosegi University of the Basque Country
António Correia
António Correia University of Aveiro
Artur Alves
Artur Alves University of Aveiro

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