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Miguel A. Pardal

Miguel A. Pardal

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Ecology and Evolution
Portugal
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
72
Citations
16065
World Ranking
1258
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Portugal Leader Award

Overview

Miguel A. Pardal is affiliated with the University of Coimbra in Portugal and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research contributions encompass multiple subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Oceanography, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's recent publications address various aspects of marine and environmental sciences. Key papers include:

  • Meta-analysis of multidecadal biodiversity trends in Europe, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Influences of Climate Change and Variability on Estuarine Ecosystems: An Impact Study in Selected European, South American and Asian Countries, 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Mercury biomagnification in a Southern Ocean food web, 2021, Environmental Pollution
  • Function of estuaries and coastal areas as nursery grounds for marine fish early life stages, 2021, Marine Environmental Research
  • Long-term changes of ichthyoplankton communities in an Iberian estuary are driven by varying hydrodynamic conditions, 2020, Journal of Plankton Research

Miguel A. Pardal frequently collaborates with several co-authors who have contributed to their research projects, including Filipe Martinho, Eduarda Pereira, Elsa T. Rodrigues, Ana Lígia Primo, and Daniel Crespo.

The scientist publishes regularly in multiple research venues. The most frequent venues include:

  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Marine Environmental Research
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Regional Studies in Marine Science
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

Their research topics largely revolve around marine and fisheries research, coral and marine ecosystems studies, mercury impact and mitigation studies, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, marine biology and ecology research, and pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts.

Miguel A. Pardal has also authored at least one book titled Animais do Nosso Mar, published in 2020 by Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Meta-analysis of multidecadal biodiversity trends in Europe

    Francesca Pilotto;Francesca Pilotto;Ingolf Kühn;Ingolf Kühn;Rita Adrian;Renate Alber

  • Dynamic changes in seagrass assemblages under eutrophication and implications for recovery

    P.G Cardoso;M.A Pardal;A.I Lillebø;S.M Ferreira

  • Occurrence, fate and effects of azoxystrobin in aquatic ecosystems: a review

    Elsa Teresa Rodrigues;Isabel Lopes;Miguel Ângelo Pardal

  • Analysis of the properties of exergy and biodiversity along an estuarine gradient of eutrophication

    J.C. Marques;M.Â. Pardal;S.N. Nielsen;S.E. Jørgensen

  • Phosphorus speciation and availability in intertidal sediments of a temperate estuary: relation to eutrophication and annual P-fluxes

    J.P. Coelho;Mogens Flindt;Henning S. Jensen;A.L. Lillebø

  • Impact of eutrophication and river management within a framework of ecosystem theories

    João C. Marques;Søren N. Nielsen;Miguel A. Pardal;Sven E. Jørgensen

  • Hydrodynamics as a Major Factor Controlling the Occurrence of Green Macroalgal Blooms in a Eutrophic Estuary: A Case Study on the Influence of Precipitation and River Management

    I. Martins;M.Â. Pardal;A.I. Lillebø;M.R. Flindt

  • Nutrient cycling and plant dynamics in estuaries: A brief review

    Mogens R Flindt;Miguel Ângelo Pardal;Ana Isabel Lillebø;Irene Martins

  • Zooplankton and ichthyoplankton communities in a temperate estuary: spatial and temporal patterns

    Sónia Cotrim Marques;Ulisses Miranda Azeiteiro;João Carlos Marques;João Miguel Neto

  • Anthropogenic and natural disturbance effects on a macrobenthic estuarine community over a 10-year period.

    M. Dolbeth;P.G. Cardoso;S.M. Ferreira;T. Verdelhos

  • The impact of extreme flooding events and anthropogenic stressors on the macrobenthic communities’ dynamics

    P.G. Cardoso;D. Raffaelli;A.I. Lillebø;A.I. Lillebø;T. Verdelhos

  • Short- and long-term effects of eutrophication on the secondary production of an intertidal macrobenthic community

    M. Dolbeth;M. A. Pardal;A. I. Lillebø;U. Azeiteiro

  • Secondary production as a tool for better understanding of aquatic ecosystems

    M. Dolbeth;M. Cusson;Ronaldo Gomes Sousa;M. A. Pardal

  • Description of the three shallow estuaries: Mondego River (Portugal), Roskilde Fjord (Denmark) and the Lagoon of Venice (Italy)

    M.R. Flindt;L. Kamp-Nielsen;J.C. Marques;M.A. Pardal

  • Mercury pollution in Ria de Aveiro (Portugal): a review of the system assessment

    M. E. Pereira;A. I. Lillebø;P. Pato;M. Válega

  • Heavy metal accumulation in Halimione portulacoides: intra- and extra-cellular metal binding sites.

    Ana I. Sousa;Ana I. Sousa;Isabel Caçador;Ana I. Lillebø;Miguel A. Pardal

  • Management of a shallow temperate estuary to control eutrophication: The effect of hydrodynamics on the system’s nutrient loading

    A.I. Lillebø;J.M. Neto;I. Martins;T. Verdelhos

  • Impact of eutrophication on the life cycle, population dynamics and production of Ampithoe valida (Amphipoda) along an estuarine spatial gradient (Mondego estuary, Portugal)

    M. A. Pardal;J. C. Marques;I. Metelo;A. I. Lillebø

  • Distribution of Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) in the invaded range: a geographic approach with notes on species traits variability

    Daniel Crespo;Marina Dolbeth;Marina Dolbeth;Sara Leston;Ronaldo Gomes Sousa;Ronaldo Gomes Sousa

  • The influence of an extreme drought event in the fish community of a southern Europe temperate estuary

    F. Martinho;R. Leitão;I. Viegas;M. Dolbeth

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

João Carlos Marques
João Carlos Marques University of Coimbra
Armando C. Duarte
Armando C. Duarte University of Aveiro
Ana I. Lillebø
Ana I. Lillebø University of Aveiro
Eduarda Pereira
Eduarda Pereira University of Aveiro
Ulisses Miranda Azeiteiro
Ulisses Miranda Azeiteiro University of Aveiro
Marina Dolbeth
Marina Dolbeth University of Porto
Henrique N. Cabral
Henrique N. Cabral INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
João M. Neto
João M. Neto University of Coimbra
José C. Xavier
José C. Xavier University of Coimbra
Dave Raffaelli
Dave Raffaelli University of York

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