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Overview

João Serôdio is affiliated with the University of Aveiro in Portugal and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on oceanography, ecology, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment, with particular emphasis on marine and coastal ecosystems and algal biology and biofuel production.

Their work spans a variety of interconnected topics including marine biology and ecology research, marine and coastal plant biology, diatoms and algae research, microbial community ecology and physiology, and coral and marine ecosystems studies.

João Serôdio's recent publications illustrate their research scope, featuring contributions to well-regarded journals:

  • Description of Freudenthalidium gen. nov. and Halluxium gen. nov. to Formally Recognize Clades Fr3 and H as Genera in the Family Symbiodiniaceae (Dinophyceae), 2020, Journal of Phycology
  • Synoptic Spatio-Temporal Variability of the Photosynthetic Productivity of Microphytobenthos and Phytoplankton in a Tidal Estuary, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Glyphosate-dependent effects on photosynthesis of Solanum lycopersicum L.-An ecophysiological, ultrastructural and molecular approach, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Fruit Photosynthesis: More to Know about Where, How and Why, 2023, Plants
  • Photoinhibition in optically thick samples: Effects of light attenuation on chlorophyll fluorescence-based parameters, 2021, Journal of Theoretical Biology

The frequent co-authors collaborating with João Serôdio include Silja Frankenbach, Jörg C. Frommlet, Douglas A. Campbell, Alexandra Bastos, and Johann Lavaud, indicating sustained research partnerships.

The preferred publication venues for João Serôdio's work comprise Frontiers in Marine Science, Photosynthesis Research, Journal of Phycology, Plants, and Journal of Hazardous Materials. This highlights an engagement with journals focused on marine sciences, plant sciences, and environmental research.

Best Publications

  • Frequently asked questions about in vivo chlorophyll fluorescence: Practical issues

    Hazem M. Kalaji;Gert Schansker;Richard J. Ladle;Vasilij Goltsev

  • Trends in the Discovery of New Marine Natural Products from Invertebrates over the Last Two Decades – Where and What Are We Bioprospecting?

    Miguel Costa Leal;Miguel Costa Leal;João Puga;João Serôdio;Newton C. M. Gomes

  • NONDESTRUCTIVE TRACING OF MIGRATORY RHYTHMS OF INTERTIDAL BENTHIC MICROALGAE USING IN VIVO CHLOROPHYLL A FLUORESCENCE1,2

    João Serôdio;Jorge Marques da Silva;Fernando Catarino

  • Rapid light-response curves of chlorophyll fluorescence in microalgae: relationship to steady-state light curves and non-photochemical quenching in benthic diatom-dominated assemblages

    João Serôdio;Sónia Vieira;Sónia Cruz;Helena Coelho

  • Spatio-temporal distribution of the microphytobenthic biomass in intertidal flats of Tagus Estuary (Portugal)

    Vanda Brotas;Teresa Cabrita;Ana Portugal;João Serôdio

  • A model for describing the light response of the nonphotochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence.

    João Serôdio;Johann Lavaud

  • Use of in vivo chlorophyll a fluorescence to quantify short-term variations in the productive biomass of intertidal microphytobenthos

    João Serôdio;Jorge Marques da Silva;Fernando Catarino

  • Non-photochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence and operation of the xanthophyll cycle in estuarine microphytobenthos

    J. Serôdio;S. Cruz;S. Cruz;S. Vieira;V. Brotas

  • Photosynthetic activity, photoprotection and photoinhibition in intertidal microphytobenthos as studied in situ using variable chlorophyll fluorescence

    João Serôdio;Sónia Vieira;Sónia Cruz

  • Physiological versus behavioral photoprotection in intertidal epipelic and epipsammic benthic diatom communities

    P. Cartaxana;M. Ruivo;C. Hubas;I. Davidson

  • Short-term variability in the photosynthetic activity of microphytobenthos as detected by measuring rapid light curves using variable fluorescence

    J. Serôdio;S. Vieira;S. Cruz;F. Barroso

  • Modelling the primary productivity of intertidal microphytobenthos: time scales of variability and effects of migratory rhythms

    João Serôdio;Fernando Catarino

  • Vertical cell movement is a primary response of intertidal benthic biofilms to increasing light dose

    Rupert G. Perkins;Johann Lavaud;Joao Serôdio;Jean-Luc Mouget

  • Microphytobenthos vertical migratory photoresponse as characterised by light-response curves of surface biomass

    João Serôdio;Helena Coelho;Sónia Vieira;Sónia Cruz

  • Relationship of rapid light curves of variable fluorescence to photoacclimation and non-photochemical quenching in a benthic diatom

    Sónia Cruz;João Serôdio

  • Crawling leaves: photosynthesis in sacoglossan sea slugs

    Sónia Cruz;Ricardo Calado;João Serôdio;Paulo Cartaxana

  • Evaluation of pharmaceutical toxic effects of non-standard endpoints on the macrophyte species Lemna minor and Lemna gibba

    G.D. Alkimin;D. Daniel;S. Frankenbach;J. Serôdio

  • Analysis of variable chlorophyll fluorescence in microphytobenthos assemblages: implications of the use of depth-integrated measurements

    João Serôdio

  • Ecology of intertidal microbial biofilms: mechanisms, patterns and future research needs

    Carl Van Colen;Graham J.C. Underwood;João Serôdio;David M. Paterson

  • Chlorophyll fluorescence and oxidative stress endpoints to discriminate olive cultivars tolerance to drought and heat episodes

    Maria Celeste Dias;Maria Celeste Dias;Sandra Correia;João Serôdio;Artur Manuel Soares Silva

  • The Application of Variable Chlorophyll Fluorescence to Microphytobenthic Biofilms

    Rupert G. Perkins;Jacco C. Kromkamp;Joao Serôdio;Johann Lavaud

  • Photophysiology of kleptoplasts: photosynthetic use of light by chloroplasts living in animal cells

    João Serôdio;Sónia Cruz;Paulo Cartaxana;Ricardo Calado

Frequent Co-Authors

Ricardo Calado
Ricardo Calado University of Aveiro
Miguel Costa Leal
Miguel Costa Leal Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Rui Rosa
Rui Rosa University of Lisbon
Vanda Brotas
Vanda Brotas University of Lisbon
Henrique Queiroga
Henrique Queiroga University of Aveiro
Artur Alves
Artur Alves University of Aveiro
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares University of Aveiro
Johann Lavaud
Johann Lavaud Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Ana I. Lillebø
Ana I. Lillebø University of Aveiro
João Miguel Dias
João Miguel Dias University of Aveiro

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