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Vanessa F. Fonseca

Vanessa F. Fonseca

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
34
Citations
3795
World Ranking
7706
National Ranking
75

Overview

Vanessa F. Fonseca is affiliated with the University of Lisbon in Portugal and focuses their research within the broad field of Environmental Science. Their work encompasses several subfields including Ecology, Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Molecular Biology, and Global and Planetary Change. This range reflects a multidisciplinary approach to studying environmental impacts, particularly related to contaminants and biological processes.

The primary topics covered in Vanessa F. Fonseca's research include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Identification and Quantification in Food, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, Heavy Metals in the Environment, and Mercury Impact and Mitigation Studies.

Fonseca has contributed papers in multiple scientific journals, with frequent publications in Frontiers in Marine Science, Biology, The Science of The Total Environment, Ecological Indicators, and the Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. These journals align with their environmental science emphasis and cover both ecological and toxicological aspects.

Among the recent papers associated with their research is "Environmental risk assessment and bioaccumulation of pharmaceuticals in a large urbanized estuary" published in 2021 in The Science of The Total Environment. Other relevant papers in the dataset, while authored by frequent collaborators, reflect themes related to pharmaceuticals, pollutants, and aquatic organisms, showing shared research interests in the field:

  • 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)
  • First screening of biocides, persistent organic pollutants, pharmaceutical and personal care products in Antarctic phytoplankton from Deception Island by FT-ICR-MS (2021, Chemosphere)
  • Fluoxetine Arrests Growth of the Model Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum by Increasing Oxidative Stress and Altering Energetic and Lipid Metabolism (2020, Frontiers in Microbiology)
  • Bioconcentration of neuroactive pharmaceuticals in fish: Relation to lipophilicity, experimental design and toxicity in the aquatic environment (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)

Vanessa F. Fonseca collaborates frequently with several researchers, reflecting a network of interdisciplinary partnerships. Their most frequent co-authors include:

  • Bernardo Duarte
  • Isabel Caçador
  • Patrick Reis-Santos
  • Irina A. Duarte
  • Eduardo Feijão

This collaborative work spans multiple environmental and ecological topics, as reflected in the diversity of publication venues and research subjects. Fonseca's output demonstrates ongoing engagement with the assessment of environmental contaminants, particularly pharmaceuticals, and their ecological consequences within marine and aquatic systems.

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

  • Synergistic Effects of Climate Change and Marine Pollution: An Overlooked Interaction in Coastal and Estuarine Areas

    Henrique Cabral;Vanessa Fonseca;Tânia Sousa;Miguel Costa Leal;Miguel Costa Leal;Miguel Costa Leal

  • Habitat suitability index models for the juvenile soles, Solea solea and Solea senegalensis, in the Tagus estuary: Defining variables for species management

    Catarina Vinagre;Vanessa Fonseca;Henrique Cabral;Maria José Costa

  • Application of an integrated biomarker response index (IBR) to assess temporal variation of environmental quality in two Portuguese aquatic systems

    A. Serafim;B. Lopes;V.F. Fonseca

  • Ecological quality assessment of transitional waters based on fish assemblages in Portuguese estuaries: the Estuarine Fish Assessment Index (EFAI)

    H. N. Cabral;V. F. Fonseca;R. Gamito;C. I. Gonçalves

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

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

  • Multi-biomarker responses to estuarine habitat contamination in three fish species: Dicentrarchus labrax, Solea senegalensis and Pomatoschistus microps.

    V.F. Fonseca;S. França;A. Serafim

  • 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

  • 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

  • Growth variability of juvenile soles Solea solea and Solea senegalensis, and comparison with RNA : DNA ratios in the Tagus estuary, Portugal

    V. F. Fonseca;C. Vinagre;H. N. Cabral

  • Are fish early growth and condition patterns related to life-history strategies?

    V. F. Fonseca;H. N. Cabral

  • Habitat specific growth rates and condition indices for the sympatric soles Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758) and Solea senegalensis Kaup 1858, in the Tagus estuary, Portugal, based on otolith daily increments and RNA‐DNA ratio

    C. Vinagre;V. Fonseca;A. Maia;R. Amara

  • Environmental risk assessment and bioaccumulation of pharmaceuticals in a large urbanized estuary.

    Vanessa F. Fonseca;Irina A. Duarte;Bernardo Duarte;Andreia Freitas

  • First screening of biocides, persistent organic pollutants, pharmaceutical and personal care products in Antarctic phytoplankton from Deception Island by FT-ICR-MS.

    Bernardo Duarte;Carla Gameiro;Ana Rita Matos;Andreia Figueiredo

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

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

  • Evaluation of sediment toxicity in different Portuguese estuaries: Ecological impact of metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

    A. Serafim;B. Lopes;C. Pereira

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Reis-Santos
Patrick Reis-Santos University of Adelaide
Henrique N. Cabral
Henrique N. Cabral INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
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
José Lino Costa
José Lino Costa University of Lisbon
Maria João Bebianno
Maria João Bebianno University of Algarve
João M. Neto
João M. Neto University of Coimbra
Catarina Vinagre
Catarina Vinagre University of Lisbon

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