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Overview

Monica F. Costa is affiliated with the Federal University of Pernambuco in Brazil and has contributed extensively to environmental science research, focusing predominantly on plastic pollution and waste management. Their academic work spans various subfields, including pollution, industrial and manufacturing engineering, management, monitoring, policy and law, health toxicology, mutagenesis, and water science and technology.

The scientist has published a significant number of articles in renowned venues, with frequent contributions to the following journals:

  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Coastal Research
  • Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Revista de Gestão Costeira Integrada

Their research focuses chiefly on topics such as microplastics and plastic pollution, recycling and waste management techniques, coastal and marine management, the effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, marine biology and environmental chemistry, air quality and health impacts, and pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "The Role of Legislation, Regulatory Initiatives and Guidelines on the Control of Plastic Pollution" (2020) published in Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • "Marine litter on a highly urbanized beach at Southeast Brazil: A contribution to the development of litter monitoring programs" (2021) published in Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • "Uptake and ingestion are the main pathways for microplastics to enter marine benthos: A review" (2020) published in Food Webs
  • "Curbing the inexorable rising in marine litter: An overview" (2020) published in Ocean & Coastal Management
  • "Different faces of cigarette butts, the most abundant beach litter worldwide" (2022) published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Monica F. Costa has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Jacqueline Santos Silva-Cavalcanti
  • Bruna de Ramos
  • Maria Christina Barbosa de Araújo
  • Pierre Girard
  • Tábata Martins de Lima

Their work contributes knowledge primarily in the environmental science field, shaping understanding around pollution control and marine litter monitoring, with a notable emphasis on microplastics and their environmental impacts. Their integration of regulatory, technical, and ecological perspectives is reflected in their diversified publication record and collaborative efforts.

Best Publications

  • The present and future of microplastic pollution in the marine environment.

    Juliana A. Ivar do Sul;Monica F. Costa

  • Fish and aquatic habitat conservation in South America: a continental overview with emphasis on neotropical systems

    M. Barletta;A. J. Jaureguizar;C. Baigun;N. F. Fontoura

  • Plastic debris ingestion by marine catfish: An unexpected fisheries impact

    Fernanda E. Possatto;Mário Barletta;Monica F. Costa;Juliana A. Ivar do Sul

  • Distribution patterns of microplastics within the plankton of a tropical estuary.

    A.R.A. Lima;M.F. Costa;M. Barletta

  • On the importance of size of plastic fragments and pellets on the strandline: a snapshot of a Brazilian beach

    Monica F. Costa;Juliana A. Ivar do Sul;Jacqueline S. Silva-Cavalcanti;Maria Christina B. Araújo

  • Distribution, sources and consequences of nutrients, persistent organic pollutants, metals and microplastics in South American estuaries.

    Mário Barletta;André R.A. Lima;Monica F. Costa

  • Global research priorities to mitigate plastic pollution impacts on marine wildlife

    Amanda C Vegter;Mario Barletta;Cathy A Beck;Jose Carlos Borrero

  • Marine debris review for Latin America and the wider Caribbean region: from the 1970s until now, and where do we go from here?

    Juliana A. Ivar do Sul;Monica F. Costa

  • Here, there and everywhere. Small plastic fragments and pellets on beaches of Fernando de Noronha (Equatorial Western Atlantic).

    Juliana A. Ivar do Sul;Ângela Spengler;Monica F. Costa

  • A critical review of the issue of cigarette butt pollution in coastal environments

    Maria Christina B. Araújo;Monica F. Costa

  • Plastic debris retention and exportation by a mangrove forest patch

    Juliana A. Ivar do Sul;Monica F. Costa;Jacqueline S. Silva-Cavalcanti;Maria Christina B. Araújo

  • Plastic pollution in islands of the Atlantic Ocean.

    Raqueline C.P. Monteiro;Juliana A. Ivar do Sul;Monica F. Costa

  • The seasonal and spatial patterns of ingestion of polyfilament nylon fragments by estuarine drums (Sciaenidae)

    David V. Dantas;Mário Barletta;Monica Ferreira da Costa

  • Seasonal distribution and interactions between plankton and microplastics in a tropical estuary

    A.R.A. Lima;M. Barletta;M.F. Costa

  • Ingestion of nylon threads by Gerreidae while using a tropical estuary as foraging grounds

    Jonas A. A. Ramos;Mário Barletta;Monica F. Costa

  • The Role of Legislation, Regulatory Initiatives and Guidelines on the Control of Plastic Pollution

    João Pinto da Costa;Catherine Mouneyrac;Mónica Costa;Armando C. Duarte

  • Pelagic microplastics around an archipelago of the Equatorial Atlantic.

    Juliana A. Ivar do Sul;Monica F. Costa;Mário Barletta;Francisco José A. Cysneiros

  • Microplastics in the pelagic environment around oceanic islands of the Western Tropical Atlantic Ocean

    Juliana A. Ivar do Sul;Monica F. Costa;Gilberto Fillmann

  • High intake rates of microplastics in a Western Atlantic predatory fish, and insights of a direct fishery effect.

    Guilherme V.B. Ferreira;Mário Barletta;André R.A. Lima;Simon A. Morley

  • Total and methylmercury in a Brazilian estuary, Rio de Janeiro

    H.A Kehrig;M Costa;I Moreira;O Malm

Frequent Co-Authors

Mário Barletta
Mário Barletta Federal University of Pernambuco
Ulisses Miranda Azeiteiro
Ulisses Miranda Azeiteiro University of Aveiro
Olaf Malm
Olaf Malm Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Armando C. Duarte
Armando C. Duarte University of Aveiro
João Alveirinho Dias
João Alveirinho Dias University of Algarve
Gilberto Fillmann
Gilberto Fillmann Federal University of Rio Grande
Simon A. Morley
Simon A. Morley Natural Environment Research Council
Agustín Pastor
Agustín Pastor University of Valencia
Jennifer L. Lavers
Jennifer L. Lavers Esperance Tjaltjraak Native Title Aboriginal Corporation
Teresa A.P. Rocha-Santos
Teresa A.P. Rocha-Santos University of Aveiro

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