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Jorge Eduardo Marcovecchio

Jorge Eduardo Marcovecchio

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
43
Citations
5986
World Ranking
7200
National Ranking
5

Overview

Jorge Eduardo Marcovecchio is affiliated with the National Technological University in Argentina. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a particular emphasis on health, toxicology, and mutagenesis, pollution, ecology, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and plant science.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, heavy metals in the environment, toxic organic pollutants impact, microplastics and plastic pollution, mercury impact and mitigation studies, recycling and waste management techniques, and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties.

Recent publications by Jorge Eduardo Marcovecchio include:

  • Synthetic microfibers and tyre wear particles pollution in aquatic systems: Relevance and mitigation strategies (2021, Environmental Pollution)
  • Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in coastal wetlands: A review of their occurrences, toxic effects, and biogeochemical cycling (2021, Marine Pollution Bulletin)
  • Assessing threats, regulations, and strategies to abate plastic pollution in LAC beaches during COVID-19 pandemic (2021, Ocean & Coastal Management)
  • Spatial Distribution and Ecological Risk Assessment of Residual Organochlorine Pesticides (OCPs) in South American Marine Environments (2020, Current Environmental Health Reports)
  • Seasonal distribution pattern and bioaccumulation of Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in four bioindicator coastal fishes of Argentina (2021, Environmental Pollution)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Andrés H. Arias (19 publications)
  • Lautaro Gironés (10 publications)
  • Ana C. Ronda (8 publications)
  • Daniela M. Truchet (8 publications)
  • Natalia S. Buzzi (7 publications)

The scientist often publishes in the following venues:

  • Marine Pollution Bulletin (6 publications)
  • Chemosphere (4 publications)
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research (3 publications)
  • Environmental Pollution (2 publications)
  • Current Environmental Health Reports (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Heavy Metals, Major Metals, Trace Elements

    Jorge E. Marcovecchio;Sandra E. Botté;Claudia E. Domini;Rubén H. Freije

  • Metal Concentrations in Pelagic Seabirds from the North Pacific Ocean

    Katsuhisa Honda;Jorge Eduardo Marcovecchio;Jorge Eduardo Marcovecchio;Shinya Kan;Ryo Tatsukawa

  • Presence, distribution, and origins of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediments from Bahía Blanca estuary, Argentina.

    Andrés H Arias;Alfonso Vazquez-Botello;Norma Tombesi;Guadalupe Ponce-Vélez

  • The use of Micropogonias furnieri and Mugil liza as bioindicators of heavy metals pollution in La Plata river estuary, Argentina

    Jorge Eduardo Marcovecchio

  • Evidence of Microplastic Ingestion by Fish from the Bahía Blanca Estuary in Argentina, South America.

    Andres Hugo Arias;Ana Carolina Ronda;Ana Carolina Ronda;Ana Laura Oliva;Jorge Eduardo Marcovecchio;Jorge Eduardo Marcovecchio

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water, mussels (Brachidontes sp., Tagelus sp.) and fish (Odontesthes sp.) from Bahia Blanca Estuary, Argentina

    Andres Hugo Arias;Andres Hugo Arias;Carla Vanesa Spetter;Carla Vanesa Spetter;Rubén Hugo Freije;Jorge Eduardo Marcovecchio

  • Tissue distribution of heavy metals in small cetaceans from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean

    Jorge E. Marcovecchio;Víctor J. Moreno;Ricardo O. Bastida;Marcela S. Gerpe

  • Metal accumulation in tissues of sharks from the Bahía Blanca estuary, Argentina

    Jorge Eduardo Marcovecchio;Victor Jorge Moreno;Antonio Pérez

  • Distribution and Geochemical Partitioning of Heavy Metals in Sediments of the Bahia Blanca Estuary, Argentina

    Jorge Eduardo Marcovecchio;Laura Daniela Ferrer

  • Spatial and temporal variability of phytoplankton and environmental factors in a temperate estuary of South America (Atlantic coast, Argentina)

    Cecilia Angelines Popovich;Jorge Eduardo Marcovecchio;Jorge Eduardo Marcovecchio

  • Distribution of Several Heavy Metals in Tidal Flats Sediments within Bahía Blanca Estuary (Argentina)

    Sandra Elizabeth Botté;Sandra Elizabeth Botté;Ruben Hugo Freije;Jorge Eduardo Marcovecchio;Jorge Eduardo Marcovecchio

  • Determination of heavy metal concentrations in biota of Bahia Blanca, Argentina

    Jorge Eduardo Marcovecchio;Víctor Jorge Moreno;Antonio Perez

  • Silica content in soil solution and its relation with phytolith weathering and silica biogeochemical cycle in Typical Argiudolls of the Pampean Plain, Argentina—a preliminary study

    Natalia Borrelli;María Fernanda Alvarez;Margarita L. Osterrieth;Jorge E. Marcovecchio

  • Dissolved and particulate heavy metals distribution in coastal lagoons. A case study from Mar Chiquita Lagoon, Argentina

    Maria Ornela Beltrame;Silvia Graciela de Marco;Jorge Eduardo Marcovecchio;Jorge Eduardo Marcovecchio

  • Distribution, Sources, and Potential Ecotoxicological Risk of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Surface Sediments from Bahía Blanca Estuary, Argentina

    Ana Laura Oliva;Pamela Yanina Quintas;Noelia Soledad la Colla;Andres Hugo Arias

  • Acute toxicities of four metals on the early life stages of the crab Chasmagnathus granulata from Bahía Blanca estuary, Argentina.

    Laura Daniela Ferrer;Santiago Andrade;Raul Oscar Asteasuain;Jorge Eduardo Marcovecchio

  • Environmental contamination and marine mammals in coastal waters from Argentina: an overview.

    Jorge E. Marcovecchio;Marcela S. Gerpe;Ricardo O. Bastida;Diego H. Rodríguez

  • Dissolved Heavy Metal (Cd, Pb, Cr, Ni) Concentrations in Surface Water and Porewater from Bahía Blanca Estuary Tidal Flats

    Sandra E. Botté;R. Hugo Freije;Jorge E. Marcovecchio

  • The use of epilithic Antarctic lichens (Usnea aurantiacoatra and U. antartica) to determine deposition patterns of heavy metals in the Shetland Islands, Antarctica

    A. Poblet;S. Andrade;M. Scagliola;C. Vodopivez

  • Multi-year monitoring of estuarine sediments as ultimate sink for DDT, HCH, and other organochlorinated pesticides in Argentina.

    Andrés Hugo Arias;Andrés Hugo Arias;Marcelo T. Pereyra;Jorge E. Marcovecchio;Jorge E. Marcovecchio

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerardo M. E. Perillo
Gerardo M. E. Perillo Universidad Nacional del Sur
Bernd Markert
Bernd Markert RWTH Aachen University
Sami Souissi
Sami Souissi University of Lille
Irene R. Schloss
Irene R. Schloss Argentine Antarctic Institute
Marcelo J. Avena
Marcelo J. Avena Universidad Nacional del Sur
Rubén J. Lara
Rubén J. Lara Universidad Nacional del Sur
Baghdad Ouddane
Baghdad Ouddane University of Lille
Peter S. Hooda
Peter S. Hooda Kingston University
Karina S. B. Miglioranza
Karina S. B. Miglioranza National University of Mar del Plata
Maria Greger
Maria Greger Stockholm University

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