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Odete Rocha is affiliated with the Federal University of São Carlos in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a substantial number of publications in this field. The subfields they work in include Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry, Pollution, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their work extensively covers topics such as Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Heavy metals in environment, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, and Fish biology, ecology, and behavior.

Rocha's recent scholarly papers include:

  • From ecological functions to ecosystem services: linking coastal lagoons biodiversity with human well-being (2023), published in Hydrobiologia
  • Effects of abamectin-based and difenoconazole-based formulations and their mixtures in Daphnia magna: a multiple endpoint approach (2020), published in Ecotoxicology
  • The drifting dinoflagellate Ceratium furcoides (Levander) Langhans 1925: fundamental niche shift during global invasion (2021), published in Hydrobiologia
  • The economic costs of invasive aquatic plants: A global perspective on ecology and management gaps (2023), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Isolation of Naegleria spp. from a Brazilian Water Source (2020), published in Pathogens

Among their frequent collaborators are Raquel Aparecida Moreira, Rafael L. Macêdo, Michiel A. Daam, Diego Ferreira Gomes, and Thandy Júnio da Silva Pinto, reflecting strong collaborative research networks.

Rocha publishes regularly in several academic journals, most notably Hydrobiologia, Ecotoxicology, Water Air & Soil Pollution, Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia, and Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.

In addition to journal articles, Rocha has authored books published by RFB Editora eBooks, including:

  • A importância da preservação dos rios (2022)
  • Desvendando o Rio Monjolinho (2022)
  • VIVÊNCIAS DE UMA HORTA AGROECOLÓGICA: DA TEORIA À PRÁTICA (2022)

Best Publications

  • Composition and abundance of zooplankton in the limnetic zone of seven reservoirs of the Paranapanema River, Brazil

    E. V. Sampaio;O. Rocha;T. Matsumura-Tundisi;J. G. Tundisi

  • The relationship between cell carbon and cell volume in freshwater algal species used in zooplanktonic studies

    O. Rocha;A. Duncan

  • Zooplankton community structure of two marginal lakes of the River Cuiabá (Mato Grosso, Brazil) with analysis of Rotifera and Cladocera diversity

    I. F. Neves;O. Rocha;K. F. Roche;A.A. Pinto

  • The Cascading Reservoir Continuum Concept (CRCC) and its application to the river Tietê-basin, São Paulo State, Brazil

    F. A. R. Barbosa;Judit Padisák;E. L. G. Espindola;Gábor Borics

  • Epilithic diatoms as indicators of water quality in the Gravataí river, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    S. E. Salomoni;O. Rocha;V. L. Callegaro;E. A. Lobo

  • From ecological functions to ecosystem services: linking coastal lagoons biodiversity with human well-being

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  • Phytoplankton community and physical-chemical characteristics of water in the public reservoir of Cruzeta, RN, Brazil

    Chellappa Nt;Borba Jm;Rocha O

  • Evaluation of water treatment sludges toxicity using the Daphnia bioassay.

    Rosana B. Sotero-Santos;Odete Rocha;Jurandyr Povinelli

  • Acute and chronic ecotoxicological effects of four pharmaceuticals drugs on cladoceran Daphnia magna

    Laira L. Damasceno de Oliveira;Sara Cristina Antunes;Fernando Gonçalves;Odete Rocha

  • Biodiversity assessment of benthic macroinvertebrates along a reservoir cascade in the lower São Francisco river (northeastern Brazil)

    M. Callisto;M. Goulart;F. A. R. Barbosa;O. Rocha

  • Aerobic and anaerobic metabolism for the zebrafish, Danio rerio, reared under normoxic and hypoxic conditions and exposed to acute hypoxia during development

    WR Barrionuevo;MN Fernandes;O Rocha

  • Toxicity of ferric chloride sludge to aquatic organisms

    Rosana B. Sotero-Santos;Odete Rocha;Jurandyr Povinelli

  • Toxicity of a cyanobacteria bloom in Barra Bonita Reservoir (Middle Tietê River, São Paulo, Brazil).

    Rosana Barbosa Sotero-Santos;Carlos Roberto De Souza E. Silva;Nelsy Fenerich Verani;Keico Okino Nonaka

  • Limnological and ecotoxicological studies in the cascade of reservoirs in the Tietê river (São Paulo, Brazil)

    S. Rodgher;E. L. G. Espíndola;O. Rocha;R. Fracácio

  • Can mixtures of cyanotoxins represent a risk to the zooplankton? The case study of Daphnia magna Straus exposed to hepatotoxic and neurotoxic cyanobacterial extracts.

    Emanuela Cristina Freitas;Carlos Pinheiro;Odete Rocha;Susana Loureiro

  • Phytoplankton community: indicator of water quality in the Armando Ribeiro Gonçalves Reservoir and Pataxó Channel, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

    N. T. Chellappa;F. R. A. Câmara;O. Rocha

  • Occurrence and toxicity of an Anabaena bloom in a tropical reservoir (Southeast Brazil)

    Rosana Barbosa Sotero-Santos;Rosana Barbosa Sotero-Santos;Elisa Garcia Carvalho;Maria José Dellamano-Oliveira;Odete Rocha

  • Acute toxicity tests with the tropical cladoceran Pseudosida ramosa: The importance of using native species as test organisms.

    Emanuela Cristina Freitas;Odete Rocha

  • Alterations on growth and gill morphology of Danio rerio (Pisces, Ciprinidae) exposed to the toxic sediments

    Renata Fracácio;Nelsy Fenerich Verani;Evaldo Luiz Gaeta Espíndola;Odete Rocha

  • Impact of stress and disturbance factors on the phytoplankton communities in Northeastern Brazil reservoir

    Naithirithi T. Chellappa;Thiago Chellappa;Fabiana R.A. Câmara;Odete Rocha

  • Can hydrologic management practices of rice fields contribute to macroinvertebrate conservation in southern Brazil wetlands

    Cristina Stenert;Cristina Stenert;Roberta C. Bacca;Leonardo Maltchik;Odete Rocha

  • Zooplankton communities as eutrophication bioindicators in tropical reservoirs

    Antonio José Gazonato Neto;Lidiane Cristina da Silva;Angelo Augusto Saggio;Odete Rocha

  • Evaluation of cyanobacteria toxicity in tropical reservoirs using crude extracts bioassay with cladocerans

    Denise Tieme Okumura;Rosana Barbosa Sotero-Santos;Rosana Barbosa Sotero-Santos;Renata Akemi Takenaka;Odete Rocha

Frequent Co-Authors

Leonardo Maltchik
Leonardo Maltchik Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos
Gábor Borics
Gábor Borics Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Judit Padisák
Judit Padisák University of Pannonia
Sara C. Antunes
Sara C. Antunes University of Porto
Stefano Mammola
Stefano Mammola National Research Council (CNR)
Fernando Gonçalves
Fernando Gonçalves University of Aveiro
Susana Loureiro
Susana Loureiro University of Aveiro
Marcos Callisto
Marcos Callisto Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Sarah Laxhmi Chellappa
Sarah Laxhmi Chellappa University of Southampton
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares University of Aveiro

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