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Montserrat Solé is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science, with a specific emphasis on environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology. Throughout their career, they have contributed significantly to understanding the impact of pollutants on marine environments and organisms.

Key topics in their research include:

  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry

Montserrat Solé has published extensively in subfields such as health, toxicology, and mutagenesis; pollution; ecology; oceanography; and global and planetary change.

Their scientific output includes a number of recent papers addressing various environmental and toxicological challenges. Notable publications include:

  • "Anti-inflammatory drugs in the marine environment: Bioconcentration, metabolism and sub-lethal effects in marine bivalves," 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • "Plastics and plastic additives as inducers of oxidative stress," 2020, Current Opinion in Toxicology
  • "Biochemical and physiological responses of two clam species to Triclosan combined with climate change scenario," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Micro(nano)plastics and plastic additives effects in marine annelids: A literature review," 2022, Environmental Research
  • "Quantification of differential tissue biomarker responses to microplastic ingestion and plasticizer bioaccumulation in aquaculture reared sea bream Sparus aurata," 2022, Environmental Research

These publications reflect ongoing investigations into the environmental effects of contaminants including microplastics, pharmaceuticals, and chemical stressors, often in relation to marine species and ecosystems.

Montserrat Solé frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Prominent coauthors include Rosa Freitas, Amadeu M.V.M. Soares, Madalena Andrade, Eduarda Pereira, and Sergi Omedes.

Their work often appears in respected journals and venues such as:

  • Environmental Research
  • Chemosphere
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials

Best Publications

  • Estrogenicity determination in sewage treatment plants and surface waters from the Catalonian area (NE Spain)

    Montserrat Solé;Maria J. López de Alda;Montserrat Castillo;Cinta Porte

  • Endocrine disruptors in sewage treatment plants, receiving river waters, and sediments: integration of chemical analysis and biological effects on feral carp.

    Mira Petrovic;Montserrat Solé;María J. López De Alda;Damià Barceló

  • Antioxidant enzymes and peroxisome proliferation in relation to contaminant body burdens of PAHs and PCBs in bivalve molluscs, crabs and fish from the Urdaibai and Plentzia estuaries (Bay of Biscay).

    Amaia Orbea;Maren Ortiz-Zarragoitia;Montserrat Solé;Cinta Porte

  • Effects of the “Aegean Sea” oil spill on biotransformation enzymes, oxidative stress and DNA-adducts in digestive gland of the mussel (Mytilus edulus L.)

    M. Solé;C. Porte;X. Biosca;C.L. Mitchelmore

  • Responses of mixed-function oxygenase and antioxidase enzyme system of Mytilus sp. to organic pollution

    C. Porte;M. Sole;J. Albaigés;D.R. Livingstone

  • Effects on feeding rate and biomarker responses of marine mussels experimentally exposed to propranolol and acetaminophen

    Montserrat Solé;Montserrat Solé;Jennifer P. Shaw;Patricia E. Frickers;James W. Readman

  • Feminization of wild carp, Cyprinus carpio, in a polluted environment: plasma steroid hormones, gonadal morphology and xenobiotic metabolizing system.

    M Solé;D Raldua;F Piferrer;D Barceló

  • Pollution biomarkers in two estuarine invertebrates, Nereis diversicolor and Scrobicularia plana, from a Marsh ecosystem in SW Spain.

    Montserrat Solé;Justyna Kopecka-Pilarczyk;Justyna Kopecka-Pilarczyk;Julián Blasco

  • Vitellogenin Induction and Other Biochemical Responses in Carp, Cyprinus carpio , After Experimental Injection with 17α-Ethynylestradiol

    M. Solé;C. Porte;D. Barceló

  • Biomarker responses to pollution in two invertebrate species: Scrobicularia plana and Nereis diversicolor from the Cádiz bay (SW Spain).

    Erkuden Pérez;Julian Blasco;Montserrat Solé

  • Seasonal variation in the mixed-function oxygenase system and antioxidant enzymes of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis

    M. Solé;C. Porte;J. Albaigés

  • The use of biomarkers for assessing the effects of organic pollution in mussels.

    M. Solé;C. Porte;J. Albaigés

  • The integrated use of chemical analysis, cytochrome P450 and stress proteins in mussels to assess pollution along the Galician coast (NW Spain)

    C Porte;X Biosca;M Solé;J Albaigés

  • Differences in cytochrome P450 enzyme activities between fish and crustacea: relationship with the bioaccumulation patterns of polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs)

    Samuel Koenig;Pilar Fernández;Montserrat Solé

  • Bivalves residue analysis for the assessment of coastal pollution in the Ebro Delta (NW Mediterranean).

    M Solé;C Porte;D Barcelo;J Albaiges

  • Seasonal variation of plasmatic and hepatic vitellogenin and EROD activity in carp, Cyprinus carpio, in relation to sewage treatment plants

    Montserrat Solé;Damià Barceló;Cinta Porte

  • Mixed-function oxygenase system components and antioxidant enzymes in different marine bivalves: Its relation with contaminant body burdens

    M. Solé;C. Porte;J. Albaigés

  • Components of the cytochrome P450-dependent monooxygenase system and ‘NADPH-independent benzo[a]pyrene hydroxylase’ activity in a wide range of marine invertebrate species

    Montserrat Solé;David R. Livingstone

  • Imposex in the commercial snail Bolinus brandaris in the northwestern Mediterranean

    Montserrat Solé;Yolanda Morcillo;Cinta Porte

  • Variations on development and stress defences in Solea senegalensis larvae fed on live and microencapsulated diets

    C. Fernández-Díaz;J. Kopecka;J.P. Cañavate;C. Sarasquete

  • The Aegean Sea oil spill. 2. Temporal study of the hydrocarbons accumulation in bivalves

    Cinta Porte;Xavier Biosca;Dolors Pastor;Montserrat Sole

Frequent Co-Authors

Cinta Porte
Cinta Porte Spanish National Research Council
Rosa Freitas
Rosa Freitas University of Aveiro
Joan Enric Cartes
Joan Enric Cartes Spanish National Research Council
Joan Albaigés
Joan Albaigés Spanish National Research Council
Damià Barceló
Damià Barceló University of Almería
Francesc Maynou
Francesc Maynou Spanish National Research Council
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares University of Aveiro
Juan C. Sanchez-Hernandez
Juan C. Sanchez-Hernandez University of Castilla-La Mancha
Joan Navarro
Joan Navarro Spanish National Research Council
Benjamin Piña
Benjamin Piña Spanish National Research Council

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