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Fernando Gonçalves

Fernando Gonçalves

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
19226
World Ranking
6280
National Ranking
24

Overview

Fernando Gonçalves is affiliated with the University of Aveiro in Portugal. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant concentration in related subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics covered in their work include Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies, Heavy metals in environment, and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution.

Recent publications by Fernando Gonçalves include:

  • A review on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons distribution in freshwater ecosystems and their toxicity to benthic fauna (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Improving cost-efficiency for MPs density separation by zinc chloride reuse (2020, MethodsX)
  • Challenges to water quality assessment in Europe - Is there scope for improvement of the current Water Framework Directive bioassessment scheme in rivers? (2020, Ecological Indicators)
  • Fatty acids as suitable biomarkers to assess pesticide impacts in freshwater biological scales - A review (2020, Ecological Indicators)
  • Enzymes as useful biomarkers to assess the response of freshwater communities to pesticide exposure - A review (2020, Ecological Indicators)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Fernando Gonçalves include Joana Luísa Pereira, Nélson Abrantes, Ana M. M. Gonçalves, Isabel Campos, and Andreia F. Mesquita.

Their work frequently appears in several publication venues such as The Science of The Total Environment, Ecological Indicators, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Chemosphere, and Aquatic Toxicology.

Fernando Gonçalves has also contributed to book publications, notably with Editora Scienza eBooks, where a forthcoming title titled "Simplificar a Teoria para a Melhoria no Desenvolvimento Educacional - Volume 3" is listed for publication in 2025.

Best Publications

  • Spatial and temporal distribution of microplastics in water and sediments of a freshwater system (Antuã River, Portugal).

    M.O. Rodrigues;N. Abrantes;F.J.M. Gonçalves;H. Nogueira

  • Microcystin-producing blooms--a serious global public health issue.

    Daniela R. de Figueiredo;Ulisses M. Azeiteiro;Sónia M. Esteves;Fernando J.M. Gonçalves

  • Chromium as an Environmental Pollutant: Insights on Induced Plant Toxicity

    Helena Oliveira

  • Toxicity evaluation of three pesticides on non-target aquatic and soil organisms: commercial formulation versus active ingredient.

    Joana L. Pereira;Sara C. Antunes;Bruno B. Castro;Catarina R. Marques

  • Toxicity assessment of various ionic liquid families towards Vibrio fischeri marine bacteria.

    Sónia P.M. Ventura;Carolina S. Marques;Andreia A. Rosatella;Carlos A.M. Afonso

  • Impacts of plastic products used in daily life on the environment and human health: What is known?

    M.O. Rodrigues;N. Abrantes;F.J.M. Gonçalves;H. Nogueira

  • Designing ionic liquids: the chemical structure role in the toxicity

    Sónia P. M. Ventura;Ana M. M. Gonçalves;Ana M. M. Gonçalves;Tânia Sintra;Joana L. Pereira

  • Seasonal succession of cladocerans and phytoplankton and their interactions in a shallow eutrophic lake (Lake Vela, Portugal)

    N. Abrantes;S.C. Antunes;M.J. Pereira;F. Gonçalves

  • Ecotoxicity analysis of cholinium-based ionic liquids to Vibrio fischeri marine bacteria

    Sónia P.M. Ventura;Francisca A. e Silva;Ana M.M. Gonçalves;Joana L. Pereira

  • Scalp hair analysis as a tool in assessing human exposure to heavy metals (S. Domingos mine, Portugal)

    R. Pereira;R. Pereira;R. Ribeiro;F. Gonçalves

  • Fatty acid profiling as bioindicator of chemical stress in marine organisms : a review

    Valentina Filimonova;Valentina Filimonova;Valentina Filimonova;Fernando Gonçalves;João C. Marques;Marleen De Troch

  • Phosphogypsum as a soil fertilizer: Ecotoxicity of amended soil and elutriates to bacteria, invertebrates, algae and plants

    Olfa Hentati;Nelson Abrantes;Ana Luísa Caetano;Sirine Bouguerra

  • Short-term effects of neuroactive pharmaceutical drugs on a fish species: Biochemical and behavioural effects

    F.P. Brandão;S. Rodrigues;B.B. Castro;F. Gonçalves

  • 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

  • Understanding the impact of the central atom on the ionic liquid behavior: Phosphonium vs ammonium cations

    Pedro J. Carvalho;Sónia P. M. Ventura;Marta L. S. Batista;Bernd Schröder

  • Ecotoxicological effects of ciprofloxacin on freshwater species: data integration and derivation of toxicity thresholds for risk assessment

    N. Martins;R. Pereira;R. Pereira;N. Abrantes;J. Pereira

  • Assessing the toxicity on [C3mim][Tf2N] to aquatic organisms of different trophic levels

    Sónia P.M. Ventura;Ana M.M. Gonçalves;Fernando Gonçalves;João A.P. Coutinho

  • Tissues and hair residues and histopathology in wild rats (Rattus rattus L.) and Algerian mice (Mus spretus Lataste) from an abandoned mine area (Southeast Portugal)

    R. Pereira;M.L. Pereira;R. Ribeiro;F. Gonçalves

  • Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analysis of White Wine Polysaccharide Extracts

    Manuel A. Coimbra;Fernando Gonçalves;and António S. Barros;Ivonne Delgadillo

  • Salinity effects on survival and life history of two freshwater cladocerans (Daphnia magna and Daphnia longispina)

    A. M.M. Gonçalves;A. M.M. Gonçalves;B. B. Castro;M. A. Pardal;F. Gonçalves

Frequent Co-Authors

Ruth Pereira
Ruth Pereira University of Porto
Sara C. Antunes
Sara C. Antunes University of Porto
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares University of Aveiro
Rui Ribeiro
Rui Ribeiro University of Coimbra
Ulisses Miranda Azeiteiro
Ulisses Miranda Azeiteiro University of Aveiro
João Carlos Marques
João Carlos Marques University of Coimbra
Sónia P. M. Ventura
Sónia P. M. Ventura University of Aveiro
João A. P. Coutinho
João A. P. Coutinho University of Aveiro
Teresa A.P. Rocha-Santos
Teresa A.P. Rocha-Santos University of Aveiro
Walter Leal Filho
Walter Leal Filho Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

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