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Miguel Caetano is affiliated with the Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera in Portugal and is active in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans numerous subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Geochemistry and Petrology, Ecology, and Ocean Engineering.

Their scholarly work addresses main topics such as Heavy metals in environment, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Mercury impact and mitigation studies, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Among recent publications attributed to their research network or frequent collaboration are the following papers:

  • Microplastic ingestion and diet composition of planktivorous fish (2020), published in Limnology and Oceanography Letters
  • Microplastics in fishes from an estuary (Minho River) ending into the NE Atlantic Ocean (2021), published in Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Stressors of emerging concern in deep-sea environments: microplastics, pharmaceuticals, personal care products and deep-sea mining (2023), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • The Global Biogeochemical Cycle of the Rare Earth Elements (2024), published in Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Microplastic distribution in different tissues of small pelagic fish of the Northeast Atlantic Ocean (2023), published in The Science of The Total Environment

Their frequent co-authors include Joana Raimundo, Pedro Brito, Clara Lopes, Cátia Figueiredo, and Miguel M. Santos.

Publishing extensively in scientific journals, they have contributed most often to The Science of The Total Environment and Marine Pollution Bulletin, along with Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Chemosphere, and Environmental Research.

Miguel Caetano has also contributed to book publications, including a work forthcoming in 2025 titled DIÁLOGOS (IN)DISCIPLINADOS: interfaces entre Literatura, Direito, Religião e Psicologia - Volume II, published by Editora Schreiben eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Microplastics in wild fish from North East Atlantic Ocean and its potential for causing neurotoxic effects, lipid oxidative damage, and human health risks associated with ingestion exposure

    Luís Gabriel A. Barboza;Clara Lopes;Patrícia Oliveira;Filipa Bessa

  • Metal Remobilisation during Resuspension of Anoxic Contaminated Sediment: Short-Term Laboratory Study

    Miguel Caetano;Maria-João Madureira;Carlos Vale

  • Histological biomarkers in liver and gills of juvenile Solea senegalensis exposed to contaminated estuarine sediments: A weighted indices approach

    Pedro M. Costa;Mário S. Diniz;Sandra Caeiro;Sandra Caeiro;Jorge Lobo

  • Metal-rich concretions on the roots of salt marsh plants: Mechanism and rate of formation

    Bjørn Sundby;Carlos Vale;Zsabel Caçador;Fernando Catarino

  • Accumulation and biological cycling of heavy metal in four salt marsh species, from Tagus estuary (Portugal).

    B. Duarte;M. Caetano;P.R. Almeida;C. Vale

  • Stock and losses of trace metals from salt marsh plants.

    Isabel Caçador;Miguel Caetano;Bernardo Duarte;Carlos Vale

  • Distribution of monomethylmercury and mercury in surface sediments of the Tagus Estuary (Portugal).

    J. Canário;C. Vale;M. Caetano

  • Microplastic ingestion and diet composition of planktivorous fish

    Clara Lopes;Joana Raimundo;Miguel Caetano;Susana Garrido

  • Genotoxic damage in Solea senegalensis exposed to sediments from the Sado Estuary (Portugal): Effects of metallic and organic contaminants

    Pedro M. Costa;Jorge Lobo;Sandra Caeiro;Sandra Caeiro;Martins Martins

  • Assessment of the genotoxic potential of contaminated estuarine sediments in fish peripheral blood: laboratory versus in situ studies.

    Pedro M. Costa;Teresa S. Neuparth;Sandra Caeiro;Sandra Caeiro;Jorge Lobo

  • Redox Chemistry in the Root Zone of a Salt Marsh Sediment in the Tagus Estuary, Portugal

    Bjørn Sundby;Carlos Vale;Miguel Caetano;George W. LutherIII

  • Tracing anthropogenic Hg and Pb input using stable Hg and Pb isotope ratios in sediments of the central Portuguese Margin

    Mário Mil-Homens;Joel Blum;João Canário;Miguel Caetano

  • Assessment of contaminants and biomarkers of exposure in wild and farmed seabass.

    Marta Ferreira;Miguel Caetano;Paulo Antunes;Joana Costa

  • Sources and distribution of yttrium and rare earth elements in surface sediments from Tagus estuary, Portugal.

    Pedro Brito;Ricardo Prego;Mário Mil-Homens;Isabel Caçador

  • Evidence for preferential depths of metal retention in roots of salt marsh plants.

    Miguel Caetano;Carlos Vale;Rute Cesário;Nuno Fonseca

  • Harmonized protocol for monitoring microplastics in biota

    F. Bessa;J. Frias;T. Kögel;A. Lusher

  • Estuarine ecological risk based on hepatic histopathological indices from laboratory and in situ tested fish

    Pedro M. Costa;Sandra Caeiro;Sandra Caeiro;Jorge Lobo;Marta Martins

  • Tidal flushing of ammonium, iron and manganese from inter-tidal sediment pore waters

    M. Caetano;M. Falcão;C. Vale;M.J. Bebianno

  • Microplastics in fishes from an estuary (Minho River) ending into the NE Atlantic Ocean.

    Lúcia Guilhermino;Alexandra Martins;Clara Lopes;Joana Raimundo

  • Evidence for Elevated Production of Methylmercury in Salt Marshes

    Joao Canario;Miguel Caetano;Carlos Vale;Rute Cesario

  • Short-term environmental impact of clam dredging in coastal waters (south of Portugal): chemical disturbance and subsequent recovery of seabed.

    M Falcão;M.B Gaspar;M Caetano;M.N Santos

  • Retention of arsenic and phosphorus in iron-rich concretions of Tagus salt marshes

    Miguel Caetano;Carlos Vale

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos Vale
Carlos Vale University of Porto
Ricardo Prego
Ricardo Prego Spanish National Research Council
Sandra Caeiro
Sandra Caeiro Universidade Aberta
João Canário
João Canário Instituto Superior Técnico
Marta Martins
Marta Martins Trinity College Dublin
Isabel Caçador
Isabel Caçador University of Lisbon
Mário Diniz
Mário Diniz Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Miguel N. Santos
Miguel N. Santos Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Henko de Stigter
Henko de Stigter Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Miguel B. Gaspar
Miguel B. Gaspar University of Algarve

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