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Dayanthi Nugegoda

Dayanthi Nugegoda

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
49
Citations
7604
World Ranking
5327
National Ranking
188

Overview

Dayanthi Nugegoda is affiliated with RMIT University in Australia and has contributed extensively to environmental science, particularly focusing on toxicology, pollution, and ecological impacts. Their research spans various subfields including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, pollution, ecology, molecular biology, and ocean engineering.

The scientist's recent papers cover a range of topics related to environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology. Notable publications include:

  • Invertebrate responses to microplastic ingestion: Reviewing the role of the antioxidant system (2020), The Science of The Total Environment
  • A systematic review and ecological risk assessment for organic ultraviolet filters in aquatic environments (2020), Environmental Pollution
  • Microplastics alter digestive enzyme activities in the marine bivalve, Mytilus galloprovincialis (2021), The Science of The Total Environment
  • Legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in Australian biosolids (2020), Chemosphere
  • Climate change impacts on pollutants mobilization and interactive effects of climate change and pollutants on toxicity and bioaccumulation of pollutants in estuarine and marine biota and linkage to seafood security (2021), Marine Pollution Bulletin

Frequent co-authors in Dayanthi Nugegoda's research include:

  • Anupama Kumar
  • Hao Shen
  • Ana F. Miranda
  • Damien Nzabanita
  • Stephen Grist

Dayanthi Nugegoda publishes predominantly in several scientific journals, including:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • Chemosphere
  • Environmental Pollution

Their work covers several main topics such as environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, toxic organic pollutants impact, mercury impact and mitigation studies, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, microplastics and plastic pollution, heavy metals in the environment, and pesticide and herbicide environmental studies.

Through this body of work, Dayanthi Nugegoda contributes to understanding the environmental effects of contaminants, particularly focusing on microplastics, pollutants including organic ultraviolet filters, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and the interactions between climate change and toxic substances in aquatic environments.

Best Publications

  • Assimilation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers from microplastics by the marine amphipod, allorchestes compressa

    Evan M Chua;Jeff Shimeta;Dayanthi Nugegoda;Paul D Morrison

  • Chemical Pollutants Sorbed to Ingested Microbeads from Personal Care Products Accumulate in Fish.

    Peter Wardrop;Jeff Shimeta;Dayanthi Nugegoda;Paul D. Morrison

  • Relative salinity tolerance of macroinvertebrates from the Barwon River, Victoria, Australia

    Ben J. Kefford;Phil J. Papas;Dayanthi Nugegoda

  • Invertebrate responses to microplastic ingestion: Reviewing the role of the antioxidant system

    Charlene Trestrail;Dayanthi Nugegoda;Jeff Shimeta

  • Effects of pesticide toxicity, salinity and other environmental variables on selected ecosystem functions in streams and the relevance for ecosystem services

    Ralf B. Schäfer;Mirco Bundschuh;Duncan A. Rouch;Eduard Szöcs

  • Sub-lethal and chronic salinity tolerances of three freshwater insects:Cloeon sp. and Centroptilum sp. (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae)and Chironomus sp. (Diptera: Chironomidae)

    Kathryn L. Hassell;Ben J. Kefford;Dayanthi Nugegoda

  • Do laboratory salinity tolerances of freshwater animals correspond with their field salinity

    Ben J Kefford;Phil J Papas;Leon Metzeling;Dayanthi Nugegoda

  • A trait database of stream invertebrates for the ecological risk assessment of single and combined effects of salinity and pesticides in South-East Australia.

    Ralf B. Schäfer;Ralf B. Schäfer;Ben J. Kefford;Ben J. Kefford;Leon Metzeling;Matthias Liess

  • A systematic review and ecological risk assessment for organic ultraviolet filters in aquatic environments

    Megan Carve;Dayanthi Nugegoda;Graeme Allinson;Jeff Shimeta

  • No evidence for a critical salinity threshold for growth and reproduction in the freshwater snail Physa acuta.

    Ben J. Kefford;Dayanthi Nugegoda

  • Effect of sublethal concentrations of chlorpyrifos on three successive generations of Daphnia carinata.

    Liliana Zalizniak;Dayanthi Nugegoda

  • The salinity tolerance of eggs and hatchlings of selected aquatic macroinvertebrates in south-east Australia and South Africa

    Ben J. Kefford;Alexander Dalton;Carolyn G. Palmer;Dayanthi Nugegoda

  • Microplastics alter digestive enzyme activities in the marine bivalve, Mytilus galloprovincialis

    Charlene Trestrail;Milanga Walpitagama;Ana Miranda;Dayanthi Nugegoda

  • The salinity tolerance of freshwater macroinvertebrate eggs and hatchlings in comparison to their older life-stages: a diversity of responses - The salinity tolerance of freshwater macroinvertebrate eggs and hatchlings

    Ben J. Kefford;Dayanthi Nugegoda;Liliana Zalizniak;Elizabeth J. Fields

  • Toward sustainable environmental quality: Identifying priority research questions for Latin America.

    Tatiana Heid Furley;Julie Brodeur;Helena C. Silva de Assis;Pedro Carriquiriborde

  • Legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in Australian biosolids.

    Damien Moodie;Timothy Coggan;Kathryn Berry;Adam Kolobaric

  • Validating species sensitivity distributions using salinity tolerance of riverine macroinvertebrates in the southern Murray–Darling Basin (Victoria, Australia)

    Ben J Kefford;Dayanthi Nugegoda;Leon Metzeling;Elizabeth J Fields

  • Climate change impacts on pollutants mobilization and interactive effects of climate change and pollutants on toxicity and bioaccumulation of pollutants in estuarine and marine biota and linkage to seafood security.

    Golam Kibria;Dayanthi Nugegoda;Gavin Rose;A.K. Yousuf Haroon

  • The Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles (AgNPs) to Three Freshwater Invertebrates With Different Life Strategies: Hydra vulgaris, Daphnia carinata, and Paratya australiensis

    Sam Lekamge;Ana F. Miranda;Amanda Abraham;Vivian Li

  • Is all salinity the same? I. The effect of ionic compositions on the salinity tolerance of five species of freshwater invertebrates

    Liliana Zalizniak;Ben J. Kefford;Dayanthi Nugegoda

  • Hypoxia impairs embryo development and survival in black bream (Acanthopagrus butcheri).

    Kathryn L. Hassell;Patrick C. Coutin;Dayanthi Nugegoda

  • Metabolic responses of fish following exposure to two different oil spill remediation techniques.

    Adam Cohen;Dayanthi Nugegoda;Marthe Monique Gagnon

  • An assessment of endocrine activity in Australian rivers using chemical and in vitro analyses.

    Philip D. Scott;Michael Bartkow;Stephen J. Blockwell;Heather M. Coleman

  • What is Meant by “95% of Species”? An Argument for the Inclusion of Rapid Tolerance Testing

    Ben J. Kefford;Carolyn G. Palmer;Sebastian Jooste;Michael St. J. Warne

  • How are macroinvertebrates of slow flowing lotic systems directly affected by suspended and deposited sediments

    Ben J. Kefford;Liliana Zalizniak;Jason E. Dunlop;Dayanthi Nugegoda

Frequent Co-Authors

Ben J. Kefford
Ben J. Kefford University of Canberra
Andrew S. Ball
Andrew S. Ball RMIT University
Peter Dann
Peter Dann Monash University
Peter J. Corkeron
Peter J. Corkeron National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ralf B. Schäfer
Ralf B. Schäfer University of Kaiserslautern-Landau - RPTU
Jennifer L. Lavers
Jennifer L. Lavers Esperance Tjaltjraak Native Title Aboriginal Corporation
Michael St. J. Warne
Michael St. J. Warne University of Queensland
Vincent Pettigrove
Vincent Pettigrove RMIT University
Stuart L. Simpson
Stuart L. Simpson Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Jan Kaslin
Jan Kaslin Monash University

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