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Ricardo Barra is affiliated with the University of Concepción in Chile and contributes to the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Water Science and Technology, Ocean Engineering, and Environmental Engineering.

Their recent publications cover a range of environmental topics with a focus on contamination and pollutant impacts. Notable papers include:

  • "Experimental Exposure of Lumbricus terrestris to Microplastics" (2020), published in Water Air & Soil Pollution
  • "Spatial and temporal distribution of Persistent Organic Pollutants and current use pesticides in the atmosphere of Argentinean Patagonia" (2020), published in Chemosphere
  • "Occurrence and Distribution of Microplastics in Soils and Intertidal Sediments at Fildes Bay, Maritime Antarctica" (2022), published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Emergent interactive effects of climate change and contaminants in coastal and ocean ecosystems" (2022), published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Endocrine Disruptor Impacts on Fish From Chile: The Influence of Wastewaters" (2021), published in Frontiers in Endocrinology

Ricardo Barra's main research topics reflect a focus on environmental contaminants and their effects, featuring:

  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Heavy metals in environment

Frequent coauthors in their work include Alessandra Perfetti-Bolaño, Roberto Urrutia, Gester G. Gutiérrez, Karla Pozo, and Miriam L. Diamond. These collaborations indicate active involvement in interdisciplinary research.

The scientist commonly publishes in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Water
  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Bisphenol A (BPA) in China: A review of sources, environmental levels, and potential human health impacts

    Y. Q. Huang;Chris K C Wong;J. S. Zheng;H. Bouwman

  • Evaluation of water quality in the Chillán River (Central Chile) using physicochemical parameters and a modified water quality index.

    Patrick Debels;Ricardo Figueroa;Roberto Urrutia;Ricardo Barra

  • Passive-Sampler Derived Air Concentrations of Persistent Organic Pollutants on a North-South Transect in Chile

    Karla Pozo;Tom Harner;Mahiba Shoeib;Roberto Urrutia

  • Pesticide levels in surface waters in an agricultural-forestry basin in Southern Chile.

    Graciela Palma;Alejandra Sánchez;Yohana Olave;Francisco Encina

  • Persistent toxic substances in soils and waters along an altitudinal gradient in the Laja River Basin, Central Southern Chile.

    Ricardo Barra;Peter Popp;Roberto Quiroz;Coretta Bauer

  • Occurrence of hydrophobic organic pollutants (BFRs and UV-filters) in sediments from South America.

    Enrique Barón;Pablo Gago-Ferrero;Marina Gorga;Ignacio Rudolph

  • Effects of pulp and paper mill discharges on caged rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Biomarker responses along a pollution gradient in the Biobio River, Chile

    Rodrigo Orrego;Abed Burgos;Gustavo Moraga-Cid;Barbara Inzunza

  • Toward the next generation of air quality monitoring: Persistent organic pollutants

    Hayley Hung;Matthew MacLeod;Ramon Guardans;Martin Scheringer

  • Preliminary data on polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in farmed fish tissues (Salmo salar) and fish feed in Southern Chile.

    Mónica Montory;Ricardo Barra

  • Assessing the impact of plantation forestry on plant biodiversity: A comparison of sites in Central Chile and Chilean Patagonia

    Andreas Ch. Braun;Danny Troeger;Rafael Garcia;Mauricio Aguayo

  • EROD activity and biliary fluorescence in Schroederichthys chilensis (Guichenot 1848): biomarkers of PAH exposure in coastal environments of the South Pacific Ocean.

    Daniel Fuentes-Rios;Rodrigo Orrego;Anny Rudolph;Gonzalo Mendoza

  • Temperature dependence of the distribution of organochlorine compounds in the mosses of the Andean mountains

    Joan O Grimalt;Francesca Borghini;Juan C Sanchez-Hernandez;Ricardo Barra

  • Organochlorine compounds in soils and sediments of the mountain Andean Lakes

    Francesca Borghini;Joan O. Grimalt;Juan C. Sanchez-Hernandez;Ricardo Barra

  • Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Eastem and Western South American Countries

    Ricardo Barra;Juan Carlos Colombo;Gabriela Eguren;Nadia Gamboa

  • Experimental Exposure of Lumbricus terrestris to Microplastics

    Carolina Baeza;Camila Cifuentes;Patricia González;Ana Araneda

  • PAH fluxes in the Laja Lake of south central Chile Andes over the last 50 years: Evidence from a dated sediment core

    Roberto Quiroz;Peter Popp;Roberto Urrutia;Coretta Bauer

  • Bioavailability of PAHs in the Biobio river (Chile): MFO activity and biliary fluorescence in juvenile Oncorhynchus mykiss.

    R. Barra;J.C. Sanchez-Hernandez;R. Orrego;O. Parra

  • Aerobic secondary utilization of a non-growth and inhibitory substrate 2,4,6-trichlorophenol by Sphingopyxis chilensis S37 and sphingopyxis-like strain S32.

    Carlos Aranda;Félix Godoy;José Becerra;Ricardo Barra

  • PCBs and PBDEs in wild Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in the Northern Patagonia, Chile.

    Mónica Montory;Evelyn Habit;Pilar Fernandez;Joan O. Grimalt

  • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the South American Environment

    Ricardo Barra;Caroline Castillo;Joao Paulo Machado Torres

  • First report on chlorinated pesticide deposition in a sediment core from a small lake in central Chile.

    Ricardo Barra;Marco Cisternas;Roberto Urrutia;Karla Pozo

  • Spatial variability of atmospheric semivolatile organic compounds in Chile

    Chubashini Shunthirasingham;Ricardo Barra;Gonzalo Mendoza;Monica Montory

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Urrutia
Roberto Urrutia University of Concepción
Silvano Focardi
Silvano Focardi University of Siena
Kelly R. Munkittrick
Kelly R. Munkittrick University of New Brunswick
Karla Pozo
Karla Pozo Masaryk University
Mark E. McMaster
Mark E. McMaster Environment and Climate Change Canada
Daniel González-Acuña
Daniel González-Acuña University of Concepción
Peter Popp
Peter Popp Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Maria Cristina Fossi
Maria Cristina Fossi University of Siena
Joan O. Grimalt
Joan O. Grimalt Spanish National Research Council
Juan C. Sanchez-Hernandez
Juan C. Sanchez-Hernandez University of Castilla-La Mancha

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