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Francisco Amat is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focused on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these broader areas, their work includes Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, and Nature and Landscape Conservation as specific subfields.

Their scientific contributions center on topics related to Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

Amat has coauthored research papers with several collaborators, including Chalabia Chabet dis, Wahid Refes, Inmaculada Varó, Francisco Hontoria, and Juan Carlos Navarro.

Their published work has appeared in venues such as the African Journal of Aquatic Science.

Among the notable papers by Francisco Amat is:

  • Quality evaluation of Artemia cysts from three Algerian populations (2021), African Journal of Aquatic Science

Best Publications

  • Lipid conversions during enrichment of Artemia

    Juan C Navarro;R.James Henderson;Lesley A McEvoy;Michael V Bell

  • The American brine shrimp as an exotic invasive species in the western Mediterranean

    Francisco Amat;Francisco Hontoria;Olga Ruiz;Andy J. Green

  • Dispersal of invasive and native brine shrimps Artemia (Anostraca) via waterbirds

    Andy J. Green;Marta I. Sánchez;Francisco Amat;Jordi Figuerola

  • Speciation in the Artemia genus: Mitochondrial DNA analysis of bisexual and parthenogenetic brine shrimps

    Maria Luz Perez;José Ramón Valverde;Beatriz Batuecas;Francisco Amat

  • Phylogeography and local endemism of the native Mediterranean brine shrimp Artemia salina (Branchiopoda: Anostraca).

    Joaquín Muñoz;Africa Gómez;Andy J. Green;Jordi Figuerola

  • Characterisation of cholinesterases and evaluation of the inhibitory potential of chlorpyrifos and dichlorvos to Artemia salina and Artemia parthenogenetica.

    I. Varó;J.C. Navarro;F. Amat;L. Guilhermino

  • Morphological characterization of adult Artemia (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) from different geographical origin. Mediterranean populations

    Francisco Hontoria;Francisco Amat

  • Bioaccumulation of chlorpyrifos through an experimental food chain: study of protein HSP70 as biomarker of sublethal stress in fish.

    I. Varó;R. Serrano;E. Pitarch;F. Amat

  • Two novel Anemia enrichment diets containing polar lipid

    L.A. McEvoy;J.C. Navarro;F. Hontoria;F. Amat

  • Biodiversity loss in the genus Artemia in the Western Mediterranean Region

    Francisco Amat;Francisco Hontoria;Juan Carlos Navarro;Natividade Vieira

  • Bird migratory flyways influence the phylogeography of the invasive brine shrimp Artemia franciscana in its native American range

    Joaquín Muñoz;Francisco Amat;Andy J. Green;Jordi Figuerola

  • Morphological and molecular data reveal the presence of the invasive Artemia franciscana in margherita di savoia salterns (Italy)

    Graziella Mura;Ilias Kappas;Athanasios D. Baxevanis;Salvatore Moscatello

  • Acute toxicity of dichlorvos to Aphanius iberus (Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846) and its anti-cholinesterase effects on this species.

    Inmaculada Varó;Francisco Amat;Juan Carlos Navarro

  • Evolutionary Origin and Phylogeography of the Diploid Obligate Parthenogen Artemia parthenogenetica (Branchiopoda: Anostraca)

    Joaquín Muñoz;Africa Gómez;Andy J. Green;Jordi Figuerola

  • Biogeography of the genusArtemia (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Anostraca) in Spain

    F. Amat;C. Barata;F. Hontoria;J. C. Navarro

  • Some aspects of Artemia biology affected by cestode parasitism

    F. Amat;A. Gozalbo;J. C. Navarro;F. Hontoria

  • Competition between sexual and parthenogenetic Artemia: temperature and strain effects

    Carlos Barata;Francisco Hontoria;Francisco Amat;Robert Browne

  • Comparing population response to contaminants between laboratory and field: an approach using Daphnia magna ephippial egg banks

    C. Barata;D. J. Baird;F. Amat;A. M. V. M. Soares

  • Fatty acid composition of coastal and inland Artemia sp. populations from Spain

    J.C. Navarro;F. Amat;J.R. Sargent

  • A study of the variations in lipid levels, lipid class composition and fatty acid composition in the first stages ofArtemia sp.

    J. C. Navarro;F. Amat;J. R. Sargent

  • Artisanal salt production in Aveiro/Portugal - an ecofriendly process

    Carolina M Rodrigues;Ana Bio;Francisco Amat;Natividade Vieira

Frequent Co-Authors

Juan Carlos Navarro
Juan Carlos Navarro Spanish National Research Council
Andy J. Green
Andy J. Green Spanish National Research Council
John R. Sargent
John R. Sargent University of Stirling
Africa Gómez
Africa Gómez University of Hull
Carlos Barata
Carlos Barata Spanish National Research Council
Marta I. Sánchez
Marta I. Sánchez University of Seville
Jordi Figuerola
Jordi Figuerola Spanish National Research Council
Lúcia Guilhermino
Lúcia Guilhermino University of Porto
Félix Hernández
Félix Hernández Jaume I University
John H. Crowe
John H. Crowe University of California, Davis

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