Reviewing the effects of contamination on the biota of Brazilian coastal ecosystems: scientific challenges for a developing country in a changing world

AS Martinez, T Underwood, RA Christofoletti… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pollution is a major worldwide problem that is increasing with urban growth, mainly along
coastal areas. Pollution is often worse, governance is poorer and managerial strategies to …

Environmental factors have stronger effects than biotic processes in patterns of intertidal populations along the southeast coast of Brazil

CAMM Cordeiro, A Pardal, L Giménez, ÁM Ciotti… - Marine Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rocky shore communities are shaped by complex interactions among environmental drivers
and a range of biological processes. Here, we investigated the importance of abiotic and …

A simulated toxic assessment of cesium on the blue mussel Mytilus edulis provides evidence for the potential impacts of nuclear wastewater discharge on marine …

M Xu, Y Zhang, S Cao, Y Li, J Wang, H Dong… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The toxic effects of cesium (Cs) on the blue mussel Mytilus edulis were experimentally
investigated to assess the potential environmental consequences of the discharge of …

Macroecology of rocky intertidal benthic communities along the southwestern Atlantic: Patterns of spatial variation and associations with natural and anthropogenic …

A Pardal, AS Martinez, ÁM Ciotti… - Marine environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Assessing spatial variability in biodiversity and its relationships with potential drivers is
necessary for understanding and predicting changes in ecosystems. Here, we evaluated …

Impacts of copper contamination on a rocky intertidal predator-prey interaction

A Pardal, AS Martinez, RA Christofoletti, S Karythis… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Metal contamination can change ecological interactions with potential effects on community
dynamics. However, understanding real effects of metals on biota relies on studies …

Research on Rocky Shores in Brazil: Advances and Contributions to International Fora

A Pardal, SR Jenkins, SA Navarrete… - Brazilian Rocky …, 2024 - Springer
In this chapter, we provide an overview of how rocky shore research in Brazil contributes to
international fora. Here, we bring our perspectives on the advance of Brazil-based science …

Behaviour, biochemical and histological responses of the freshwater mussels Unio ravoisieri exposed to wastewater from Wadi Guenniche (Northeastern Tunisia)

A Bousselmi, N Khalloufi, O Bacha… - Chemistry and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Wastewater effluents increase contaminant levels in the aquatic environment, leading to
various disruptive effects. In this study, responses of Unio ravoisieri transplanted into …

Influence of environmental variables over multiple spatial scales on the population structure of a key marine invertebrate

A Pardal, CAMM Cordeiro, AM Ciotti, SR Jenkins… - Marine Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Quantifying scale-dependent patterns and linking ecological to environmental variation is
required to understand mechanisms regulating biodiversity. We conducted a large-scale …

Anthropogenic Stressors on Shallow Coastal Rocky Reefs

AS Martinez, L Altvater - Brazilian Rocky Shores, 2024 - Springer
In this chapter, we provide an overview of the impacts of human activities on Brazilian rocky
reefs. We highlight the increase in population and urbanization, which have amplified …

Local and large-scale spatial variation in a marine predator–prey interaction in the southwestern Atlantic

A Pardal, SR Jenkins, RA Christofoletti - Oecologia, 2022 - Springer
Predator–prey interactions are a key ecological process which can be modified by
environmental conditions over a range of spatial scales. Through two complementary short …