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Patrick Reis-Santos

Patrick Reis-Santos

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
4703
World Ranking
6227
National Ranking
492

Overview

Patrick Reis-Santos is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia. Their academic work primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a substantial body of publications spanning this field. Key subfields in which they contribute include Ecology, Pollution, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Their research addresses a variety of main topics, notably Marine and Fisheries Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Patrick Reis-Santos include Vanessa F. Fonseca, Bronwyn M. Gillanders, Bernardo Duarte, Isabel Caçador, and Susanne E. Tanner.

The scientist often publishes in several key venues, among which Frontiers in Marine Science, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, The Science of The Total Environment, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, and Ecological Indicators are notable for recurring scholarly contributions.

  • Reading the biomineralized book of life: expanding otolith biogeochemical research and applications for fisheries and ecosystem-based management (2022), Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
  • Microplastic in fish - A global synthesis (2021), Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
  • Climate-Friendly Seafood: The Potential for Emissions Reduction and Carbon Capture in Marine Aquaculture (2021), BioScience
  • Low abundance of microplastics in commercially caught fish across southern Australia (2021), Environmental Pollution
  • Depressed, hypertense and sore: Long-term effects of fluoxetine, propranolol and diclofenac exposure in a top predator fish (2020), The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Assessing anthropogenic pressures on estuarine fish nurseries along the Portuguese coast: a multi-metric index and conceptual approach.

    R.P. Vasconcelos;P. Reis-Santos;V. Fonseca;A. Maia

  • Relative importance of estuarine flatfish nurseries along the Portuguese coast

    Henrique N. Cabral;Rita Vasconcelos;Catarina Vinagre;Susana França

  • Nursery use patterns of commercially important marine fish species in estuarine systems along the Portuguese coast

    R.P. Vasconcelos;P. Reis-Santos;A. Maia;V. Fonseca

  • Microplastic in fish – A global synthesis

    Nina Wootton;Patrick Reis-Santos;Bronwyn M. Gillanders

  • Connectivity between estuaries and marine environment: Integrating metrics to assess estuarine nursery function

    R.P. Vasconcelos;P. Reis-Santos;M.J. Costa;H.N. Cabral

  • Otolith chemistry does not just reflect environmental conditions: a meta-analytic evaluation

    Christopher Izzo;Patrick Reis‐Santos;Patrick Reis‐Santos;Bronwyn M Gillanders

  • Climate-Friendly Seafood: The Potential for Emissions Reduction and Carbon Capture in Marine Aquaculture

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  • Evidence of estuarine nursery origin of five coastal fish species along the Portuguese coast through otolith elemental fingerprints

    Rita P. Vasconcelos;Patrick Reis-Santos;Susanne Tanner;Anabela Maia

  • Otolith chemistry in stock delineation: A brief overview, current challenges and future prospects

    Susanne E. Tanner;Patrick Reis-Santos;Patrick Reis-Santos;Henrique N. Cabral

  • Reading the biomineralized book of life: expanding otolith biogeochemical research and applications for fisheries and ecosystem-based management

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  • Ionoregulatory changes during metamorphosis and salinity exposure of juvenile sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus L.)

    Patrick Reis-Santos;Stephen D. McCormick;Stephen D. McCormick;Jonathan M. Wilson

  • Effects of temperature, salinity and water composition on otolith elemental incorporation of Dicentrarchus labrax

    Patrick Reis-Santos;Patrick Reis-Santos;Susanne E. Tanner;Travis S. Elsdon;Henrique N. Cabral

  • Juvenile fish condition in estuarine nurseries along the Portuguese coast.

    R.P. Vasconcelos;P. Reis-Santos;V. Fonseca;M. Ruano

  • Modulation of branchial ion transport protein expression by salinity in glass eels ( Anguilla anguilla L.)

    Jonathan Mark Wilson;Alexandre Leitao;Ana Filipa Goncalves;Catarina Ferreira

  • Screening of human and veterinary pharmaceuticals in estuarine waters: A baseline assessment for the Tejo estuary

    Patrick Reis-Santos;Patrick Reis-Santos;Miguel Pais;Bernardo Duarte;Isabel Caçador

  • Discriminating estuarine nurseries for five fish species through otolith elemental fingerprints

    Rita P. Vasconcelos;Patrick Reis-Santos;Susanne Tanner;Vanessa Fonseca

  • Connectivity between estuarine and coastal fish populations: contributions of estuaries are not consistent over time

    Patrick Reis-Santos;Susanne E. Tanner;Rita P. Vasconcelos;Travis S. Elsdon

  • Low abundance of microplastics in commercially caught fish across southern Australia.

    Nina Wootton;Patrick Reis-Santos;Natalie Dowsett;Natalie Dowsett;Alison Turnbull;Alison Turnbull

  • Climate Change and Fishes in Estuaries

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  • Temporal variability in estuarine fish otolith elemental fingerprints: Implications for connectivity assessments

    Patrick Reis-Santos;Patrick Reis-Santos;Bronwyn M. Gillanders;Susanne E. Tanner;Rita P. Vasconcelos

  • Predicting fish community properties within estuaries: Influence of habitat type and other environmental features

    Susana França;Rita P. Vasconcelos;Vanessa F. Fonseca;Susanne E. Tanner

  • Depressed, hypertense and sore: Long-term effects of fluoxetine, propranolol and diclofenac exposure in a top predator fish

    Irina A. Duarte;Patrick Reis-Santos;Sara C. Novais;Lénia D. Rato

  • A Comparison of Microplastic in Fish From Australia and Fiji

    Nina Wootton;Marta Ferreira;Patrick Reis-Santos;Bronwyn M. Gillanders

  • Biomarker responses to environmental contamination in estuaries: A comparative multi-taxa approach.

    Irina A. Duarte;Patrick Reis-Santos;Susana França;Henrique Cabral

Frequent Co-Authors

Henrique N. Cabral
Henrique N. Cabral INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Vanessa F. Fonseca
Vanessa F. Fonseca University of Lisbon
Bronwyn M. Gillanders
Bronwyn M. Gillanders University of Adelaide
Bernardo Duarte
Bernardo Duarte University of Lisbon
Isabel Caçador
Isabel Caçador University of Lisbon
Susana França
Susana França University of Lisbon
João Carlos Marques
João Carlos Marques University of Coimbra
Simon R. Thorrold
Simon R. Thorrold Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Catarina Vinagre
Catarina Vinagre University of Lisbon

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