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Etelvina Figueira

Etelvina Figueira

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
48
Citations
7043
World Ranking
5615
National Ranking
25

Overview

Etelvina Figueira is affiliated with the University of Aveiro in Portugal and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on Plant Science, Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Materials Chemistry, and Ecology.

The scientist's recent work encompasses studies on various environmental and biological impacts, including the effects of graphene oxide nanosheets on marine and plant organisms, as well as investigations into pharmaceutical contaminants in aquatic life. Selected recent publications include:

  • Oxidative stress, metabolic and histopathological alterations in mussels exposed to remediated seawater by GO-PEI after contamination with mercury, 2020, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology
  • Can ocean warming alter sub-lethal effects of antiepileptic and antihistaminic pharmaceuticals in marine bivalves?, 2020, Aquatic Toxicology
  • Diversity, Phylogeny and Plant Growth Promotion Traits of Nodule Associated Bacteria Isolated from Lotus parviflorus, 2020, Microorganisms
  • A Multifactorial Approach to Untangle Graphene Oxide (GO) Nanosheets Effects on Plants: Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria Inoculation, Bacterial Survival, and Drought, 2021, Nanomaterials
  • Effects of graphene oxide nanosheets in the polychaete Hediste diversicolor: Behavioural, physiological and biochemical responses, 2022, Environmental Pollution

Etelvina Figueira frequently collaborates with several coauthors. Those with the highest number of joint publications include Paulo Cardoso, Diana Matos, Adília Pires, Carina Sá, and Paula A. A. P. Marques.

  • Paulo Cardoso
  • Diana Matos
  • Adília Pires
  • Carina Sá
  • Paula A. A. P. Marques

Their research has appeared repeatedly in several publication venues such as Antioxidants, Plants, SSRN Electronic Journal, Microorganisms, and The Science of The Total Environment.

  • Antioxidants
  • Plants
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Microorganisms
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Main topics covered in Etelvina Figueira's work involve Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Nanoparticles synthesis and applications, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications, and Mercury impact and mitigation studies.

  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies

Best Publications

  • Physiological and biochemical responses of three Veneridae clams exposed to salinity changes

    Vanessa Carregosa;Cátia Velez;Amadeu M.V.M. Soares;Etelvina Figueira

  • Presence of the pharmaceutical drug carbamazepine in coastal systems: effects on bivalves.

    Ângela Almeida;Vânia Calisto;Valdemar I. Esteves;Rudolf J. Schneider

  • Biochemical effects of acetaminophen in aquatic species: edible clams Venerupis decussata and Venerupis philippinarum

    S. C. Antunes;S. C. Antunes;Rosa Freitas;E. Figueira;Fernando Gonçalves

  • Looking for suitable biomarkers in benthic macroinvertebrates inhabiting coastal areas with low metal contamination: comparison between the bivalve Cerastoderma edule and the Polychaete Diopatra neapolitana.

    Rosa Freitas;Elisabeth Costa;Cátia Velez;J. F. Santos

  • Chronic toxicity of the antiepileptic carbamazepine on the clam Ruditapes philippinarum

    Ângela Almeida;Rosa Freitas;Vânia Calisto;Valdemar I. Esteves

  • Cadmium tolerance plasticity in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae: glutathione as a detoxifying agent

    Etelvina Maria de Almeida Paula Figueira;Ana Isabel Gusmão Lima;Sofia Isabel Almeida Pereira

  • Glutathione-mediated cadmium sequestration in Rhizobium leguminosarum

    Ana Isabel Gusmão Lima;Sofia Caçoilo Corticeiro;Etelvina Maria de Almeida Paula Figueira

  • Effects of seawater acidification and salinity alterations on metabolic, osmoregulation and oxidative stress markers in Mytilus galloprovincialis

    Rosa Freitas;Lucia De Marchi;Miguel Bastos;Anthony Moreira

  • Biochemical responses and accumulation patterns of Mytilus galloprovincialis exposed to thermal stress and Arsenic contamination.

    Francesca Coppola;Ângela Almeida;Bruno Henriques;Bruno Henriques;Amadeu M.V.M. Soares

  • Caffeine impacts in the clam Ruditapes philippinarum: Alterations on energy reserves, metabolic activity and oxidative stress biomarkers.

    Diogo Cruz;Ângela Almeida;Vânia Calisto;Valdemar I. Esteves

  • Biochemical impacts of Hg in Mytilus galloprovincialis under present and predicted warming scenarios.

    Francesca Coppola;Ângela Almeida;Bruno Henriques;Amadeu M.V.M. Soares

  • Tolerance of Venerupis philippinarum to salinity: Osmotic and metabolic aspects

    Vanessa Carregosa;Etelvina Figueira;Ana M. Gil;Sara Pereira

  • Heavy metal toxicity in Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae isolated from soils subjected to different sources of heavy-metal contamination: Effects on protein expression

    Sofia Isabel Almeida Pereira;Ana Isabel Gusmão Lima;Etelvina Maria de Almeida Paula Figueira

  • Cadmium detoxification in roots of Pisum sativum seedlings: relationship between toxicity levels, thiol pool alterations and growth

    Ana Isabel Gusmão Lima;Sofia Isabel Almeida Pereira;Etelvina Maria de Almeida Paula Figueira;Gustavo Cardoso Nunes Caldeira

  • Sensitivity of biochemical markers to evaluate cadmium stress in the freshwater diatom Nitzschia palea (Kützing) W. Smith.

    Diana Branco;Ana Lima;Salomé F.P. Almeida;Etelvina Figueira

  • Spatial distribution and bioaccumulation patterns in three clam populations from a low contaminated ecosystem

    Cátia Velez;Etelvina Figueira;Amadeu Soares;Rosa Freitas

  • The impacts of pharmaceutical drugs under ocean acidification: New data on single and combined long-term effects of carbamazepine on Scrobicularia plana.

    Rosa Freitas;Ângela Almeida;Vânia Calisto;Cátia Velez

  • Combined effects of seawater acidification and salinity changes in Ruditapes philippinarum.

    Catia Velez;Etelvina Figueira;Amadeu M.V.M. Soares;Rosa Freitas

  • The effects of carbamazepine on macroinvertebrate species: Comparing bivalves and polychaetes biochemical responses.

    Rosa Freitas;Ângela Almeida;Adília Pires;Cátia Velez

  • Accumulation, distribution and cellular partitioning of mercury in several halophytes of a contaminated salt marsh.

    Rita Castro;Sofia Pereira;Ana Lima;Sofia Corticeiro

Frequent Co-Authors

Rosa Freitas
Rosa Freitas University of Aveiro
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares University of Aveiro
Valdemar I. Esteves
Valdemar I. Esteves University of Aveiro
Frederick J. Wrona
Frederick J. Wrona University of Calgary
Eduarda Pereira
Eduarda Pereira University of Aveiro
Federica Chiellini
Federica Chiellini University of Pisa
Sara C. Antunes
Sara C. Antunes University of Porto
Armando C. Duarte
Armando C. Duarte University of Aveiro
Victor Quintino
Victor Quintino University of Aveiro
Naser A. Anjum
Naser A. Anjum Aligarh Muslim University

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