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Joana Patrício

Joana Patrício

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
5023
World Ranking
6211
National Ranking
82

Overview

Joana Patrício is affiliated with the European Commission in Belgium. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a particular emphasis on management, monitoring, policy and law, oceanography, ecology, environmental chemistry, as well as sociology and political science.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Microbial community ecology and physiology
  • Aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics
  • Coastal and marine management
  • International maritime law issues
  • Arctic and Russian policy studies

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • Seasonal patterns of microbial plankton and periodicity of climatic and hydrographic conditions in a semi-desert macrotidal wetland, 2024, Journal of Marine Systems
  • Catalogue of marine biodiversity indicators to assess the environmental status - a software and a review of the current indicator set, 2024, DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))

Frequent co-authors in their research are:

  • Eva Flo Arcas
  • Juan Feng
  • M. Burgueo Giuliana
  • Nadia Gabriela
  • Gastaldi Marianela

Joana Patrício has contributed to scientific literature in key venues such as:

  • Journal of Marine Systems
  • DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))

Best Publications

  • Review and evaluation of estuarine biotic indices to assess benthic condition

    Rute Pinto;Joana Patrício;Alexandra Baeta;Brian D. Fath

  • Widespread microplastic ingestion by fish assemblages in tropical estuaries subjected to anthropogenic pressures.

    A. L. Vendel;Filipa Bessa;V. E. N. Alves;A.L.A. Amorim

  • DPSIR—Two Decades of Trying to Develop a Unifying Framework for Marine Environmental Management?

    Joana Patrício;Michael Elliott;Krysia Mazik;Konstantia Nadia Papadopoulou

  • User-friendly guide for using benthic ecological indicators in coastal and marine quality assessment

    F. Salas;C. Marcos;J.M. Neto;J. Patrício

  • A biological trait approach to assess the functional composition of subtidal benthic communities in an estuarine ecosystem

    Pieter van der Linden;Joana Patrício;Agnese Marchini;Núria Cid

  • Benthic meiofauna as indicator of ecological changes in estuarine ecosystems: The use of nematodes in ecological quality assessment

    A.S. Alves;A.S. Alves;H. Adão;H. Adão;T.J. Ferrero;J.C. Marques

  • Marine biodiversity and ecosystem function relationships: The potential for practical monitoring applications

    James Asa Strong;Eider Andonegi;Kemal Can Bizsel;Roberto Danovaro

  • Towards a DPSIR driven integration of ecological value, water uses and ecosystem services for estuarine systems

    R. Pinto;V.N. de Jonge;J.M. Neto;T. Domingos

  • Ascendency as an ecological indicator: a case study of estuarine pulse eutrophication

    J. Patrı́cio;R. Ulanowicz;M.A. Pardal;J.C. Marques

  • The robustness of ecological indicators to detect long-term changes in the macrobenthos of estuarine systems

    Joana Patrício;João Magalhães Neto;Heliana Teixeira;Fuensanta Salas;Fuensanta Salas

  • Towards ecosystem-based management: identifying operational food-web indicators for marine ecosystems

    Jamie C. Tam;Jason S. Link;Axel G. Rossberg;Stuart I. Rogers

  • Spatial distribution of subtidal Nematoda communities along the salinity gradient in southern European estuaries

    Helena Adão;Ana Sofia Alves;Joana Patrício;João Magalhães Neto

  • Mass balanced models of the food web in three areas along a gradient of eutrophication symptoms in the south arm of the Mondego estuary (Portugal)

    Joana Patrício;João Carlos Marques

  • Quality assessment of benthic macroinvertebrates under the scope of WFD using BAT, the Benthic Assessment Tool.

    Heliana Teixeira;João Magalhães Neto;Joana Patrício;Helena Veríssimo

  • Ecological Indicators for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Assessment: A User Guide

    H. Teixeira;Joao Neto;Joana Patricio

  • Are Taxonomic Distinctness measures compliant to other ecological indicators in assessing ecological status

    F. Salas;J. Patrício;C. Marcos;M.A. Pardal

  • Assessment of the subtidal macrobenthic community functioning of a temperate estuary following environmental restoration

    Helena Veríssimo;Julie Bremner;Clément Garcia;Joana Patrício

  • Do nematode and macrofauna assemblages provide similar ecological assessment information

    Joana Patrício;Helena Adão;João M. Neto;Ana S. Alves

  • The Response of Estuarine Macrobenthic Communities to Natural- and Human-Induced Changes: Dynamics and Ecological Quality

    João Magalhães Neto;Heliana Teixeira;Joana Patrício;Alexandra Baeta

  • Modelling the effects of eutrophication, mitigation measures and an extreme flood event on estuarine benthic food webs

    Alexandra Baeta;Alexandra Baeta;Nathalie Niquil;João C. Marques;Joana Patrício

  • Bridging the gap between policy and science in assessing the health status of marine ecosystems

    Angel Borja;Michael Elliott;Paul V. R. Snelgrove;Melanie C. Austen

Frequent Co-Authors

João Carlos Marques
João Carlos Marques University of Coimbra
João M. Neto
João M. Neto University of Coimbra
Heliana Teixeira
Heliana Teixeira University of Aveiro
Marina Dolbeth
Marina Dolbeth University of Porto
Michael Elliott
Michael Elliott University of Hull
Christopher P. Lynam
Christopher P. Lynam Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Argyro Zenetos
Argyro Zenetos Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Miguel A. Pardal
Miguel A. Pardal University of Coimbra
Anna-Stiina Heiskanen
Anna-Stiina Heiskanen Finnish Environment Institute

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