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Fernanda Cássio

Fernanda Cássio

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
42
Citations
5856
World Ranking
7485
National Ranking
43

Fernanda Cássio publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fernanda Cássio sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 164 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Fernanda Cássio D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fernanda Cássio sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Fernanda Cássio is affiliated with the University of Minho in Portugal and specializes in environmental science, with a particular focus on the ecology and chemistry of freshwater ecosystems.

Their research covers a wide range of topics including microplastics and plastic pollution, nanoparticles synthesis and applications, environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, microbial community ecology and physiology, recycling and waste management techniques, and the use of environmental DNA in biodiversity studies.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Plastic Interactions with Pollutants and Consequences to Aquatic Ecosystems: What We Know and What We Do Not Know, 2022, Biomolecules
  • 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

Fernanda Cássio frequently collaborates with several researchers, most notably:

  • Cláudia Pascoal
  • Arunava Pradhan
  • Daniela Batista
  • Giorgio Pace
  • Francisco Carvalho

Their work has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Hydrobiologia
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Fernanda Cássio's main field of study is environmental science with 89 publications, and subfields that include ecology, pollution, materials chemistry, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, as well as environmental chemistry.

Best Publications

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

    Cláudia Pascoal;Fernanda Cássio

  • 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

  • Transport of lactate and other short-chain monocarboxylates in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Fernanda Cássio;Cecília Leão;N. van Uden

  • 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

  • Plastic Interactions with Pollutants and Consequences to Aquatic Ecosystems: What We Know and What We Do Not Know

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

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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Cláudia Pascoal
Cláudia Pascoal University of Minho
Felix Bärlocher
Felix Bärlocher Mount Allison University
Ronaldo Sousa
Ronaldo Sousa University of Minho
Anna M. Romaní
Anna M. Romaní University of Girona
Hernâni Gerós
Hernâni Gerós University of Minho
Mark O. Gessner
Mark O. Gessner Technical University of Berlin
Jan Jacob Keizer
Jan Jacob Keizer University of Aveiro
António Correia
António Correia University of Aveiro
Margarida Casal
Margarida Casal University of Minho
Artur Alves
Artur Alves University of Aveiro

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