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Rui Ribeiro is a researcher affiliated with the University of Coimbra in Portugal. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a significant focus on several specialized subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, and Education.

The researcher's work centers extensively on topics such as Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Heavy Metals in Environment, Advanced Oxidation Water Treatment, Electrochemical Analysis and Applications, and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions.

Ribeiro has contributed to a variety of scientific publications, including recent papers such as:

  • Easiness, usefulness and intention to use a MOOC in nursing, 2020, Nurse Education Today
  • Supported metalloporphyrins as reusable catalysts for the degradation of antibiotics: Synthesis, characterization, activity and ecotoxicity studies, 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Seawater intrusion: an appraisal of taxa at most risk and safe salinity levels, 2021, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Influence of salinity on the toxicity of copper and cadmium to Zebrafish embryos, 2021, Aquatic Toxicology
  • Combined effects of two abiotic stressors (salinity and temperature) on a laboratory-simulated population of Daphnia longispina, 2023, Hydrobiologia

The researcher frequently publishes in journals such as Chemosphere, Aquatic Toxicology, Nurse Education Today, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, and Biological Reviews. Among these, Chemosphere has hosted the largest number of their publications.

Rui Ribeiro collaborates regularly with several coauthors including Isabel Lopes, Matilde Moreira-Santos, Cátia Venâncio, Lishani Wijewardene, and Amadeu M.V.M. Soares. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse range of research outputs.

Best Publications

  • Scalp hair analysis as a tool in assessing human exposure to heavy metals (S. Domingos mine, Portugal)

    R. Pereira;R. Pereira;R. Ribeiro;F. Gonçalves

  • Effects of estuarine sediment contamination on feeding and on key physiological functions of the polychaete Hediste diversicolor: Laboratory and in situ assays.

    Susana M. Moreira;Inês Lima;Rui Ribeiro;Lúcia Guilhermino

  • Avoidance tests with Collembola and earthworms as early screening tools for site-specific assessment of polluted soils.

    Tiago Natal da Luz;Rui Ribeiro;José Paulo Sousa

  • Avoidance of copper contamination by field populations of Daphnia longispina

    Isabel Lopes;Donald J. Baird;R. U. I. Ribeiro

  • Tissues and hair residues and histopathology in wild rats (Rattus rattus L.) and Algerian mice (Mus spretus Lataste) from an abandoned mine area (Southeast Portugal)

    R. Pereira;M.L. Pereira;R. Ribeiro;F. Gonçalves

  • A review on the ecological quality status assessment in aquatic systems using community based indicators and ecotoxicological tools: what might be the added value of their combination?

    Monica Martinez-Haro;Ricardo Beiras;Juan Bellas;Ricardo Capela

  • Review of Aquatic In Situ Approaches for Stressor and Effect Diagnosis

    Mark Crane;G Allen Burton;Joseph M Culp;Marc S Greenberg

  • Immobilization of the marine microalga Phaeodactylum tricornutum in alginate for in situ experiments : Bead stability and suitability

    Susana M. Moreira;Matilde Moreira-Santos;Lúcia Guilhermino;Rui Ribeiro

  • Active and passive spatial avoidance by aquatic organisms from environmental stressors: A complementary perspective and a critical review.

    Cristiano V.M. Araújo;Matilde Moreira-Santos;Rui Ribeiro

  • An in situ bioassay integrating individual and biochemical responses using small fish species.

    Bruno Branco Castro;Bruno Branco Castro;Olímpia Sobral;Olímpia Sobral;Lúcia Guilhermino;Lúcia Guilhermino;Rui Ribeiro

  • Evaluating a bioremediation tool for atrazine contaminated soils in open soil microcosms: The effectiveness of bioaugmentation and biostimulation approaches

    D. Lima;P. Viana;S. André;S. Chelinho

  • Avoidance tests with small fish: Determination of the median avoidance concentration and of the lowest‐observed‐effect gradient

    Matilde Moreira-Santos;Cristina Donato;Isabel Lopes;Rui Ribeiro

  • An in situ bioassay for freshwater environments with the microalga Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata.

    Matilde Moreira-Santos;Amadeu M.V.M. Soares;Rui Ribeiro

  • The 'Coral Bulker' fuel oil spill on the north coast of Portugal: spatial and temporal biomarker responses in Mytilus galloprovincialis.

    Susana Maria Moreira;M. Moreira-Santos;R. Ribeiro;L. Guilhermino

  • Genetic determination of tolerance to lethal and sublethal copper concentrations in field populations of Daphnia longispina.

    I. Lopes;D. J. Baird;R. Ribeiro

  • Characterization of cholinesterase from guppy (Poecilia reticulata) muscle and its in vitro inhibition by environmental contaminants.

    Luz Maria Garcia;Bruno Castro;Rui Ribeiro;Lúcia Guilhermino

  • Environmental risk assessment of a metal-contaminated area in the Tropics. Tier I: screening phase

    Júlia C. Niemeyer;Júlia C. Niemeyer;Matilde Moreira-Santos;Marco Antonio Nogueira;Gabriel Machado Carvalho

  • Water-column, sediment, and in situ chronic bioassays with cladocerans.

    Anabela M.M. Pereira;Amadeu M.V.M. Soares;Fernando Gonçalves;Rui Ribeiro

  • Copper-driven avoidance and mortality in temperate and tropical tadpoles.

    Cristiano V.M. Araújo;Cândida Shinn;Matilde Moreira-Santos;Isabel Lopes

  • Toxicity and genotoxicity of organic and inorganic nanoparticles to the bacteria Vibrio fischeri and Salmonella typhimurium.

    I. Lopes;R. Ribeiro;F. E. Antunes;T. A. P. Rocha-Santos

  • Contaminant driven genetic erosion and associated hypotheses on alleles loss, reduced population growth rate and increased susceptibility to future stressors: an essay

    Rui Ribeiro;Isabel Lopes

Frequent Co-Authors

Isabel Lopes
Isabel Lopes University of Aveiro
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares University of Aveiro
Fernando Gonçalves
Fernando Gonçalves University of Aveiro
José Paulo Sousa
José Paulo Sousa University of Coimbra
Lúcia Guilhermino
Lúcia Guilhermino University of Porto
Ruth Pereira
Ruth Pereira University of Porto
Julián Blasco
Julián Blasco Spanish National Research Council
Donald J. Baird
Donald J. Baird University of New Brunswick
João Carlos Marques
João Carlos Marques University of Coimbra
Jörg Oehlmann
Jörg Oehlmann Goethe University Frankfurt

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