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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande

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Microplastic research output and top contributors from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande.

89
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0
Tier 1 Papers
3,902
Citations
79% of papers are collaborative — co-authored with researchers from other institutions. Only 19 papers list Universidade Federal do Rio Grande as the sole institution. How attribution works →

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Top Authors

showing 50 of 174 affiliated authors
Author Papers
Felipe Kessler 17
Maíra Proietti 14
Grasiela Lopes Leães Pinho 12
Juliane Ventura‐Lima 9
Larissa Müller 8
José María Monserrat 6
Marcelo Estrella Josende 6
Gabriela Soares 5
Ana Luzia Lacerda 5
Lara M. Pinheiro 5
Eduardo R. Secchi 5
Ítalo Braga Castro 4
Beatriz Zachello Nunes 4
Wilson Wasielesky 4
Vanessa Ochi Agostini 4
Luís Poersch 4
Luís Alberto Romano 4
Bruna Guterres 3
Lucas Rodrigues 3
Marcelo Pias 3
Flávio Manoel Rodrigues da Silva Júnior 3
Elisa Helena Leão Fernandes 3
Cristiana Lima Dora 3
Sanye Soroldoni 3
Virgínia Fonseca Pedrosa 3
Everson Flores 3
Paula Alice Bezerra Barros 3
Felipe García‐Rodríguez 3
María Cristina Oddone 2
Caroline Balbela 2
Bruna Silva de Farias 2
Júlia Ferreiro 2
Luiz Antônio de Almeida Pinto 2
Tito Roberto Sant’Anna Cadaval 2
Elisa Helena Leão Fernandes 2
Maidana da Silva Idiarte 2
Elisa Leão L Fernandes 2
Manuel Haimovici 2
Pablo Gabriel Silva Barroso 2
Ronan Adler Tavella 2
Camila de Martinez Gaspar Martins 2
Michele Greque de Morais 2
Simon‐Pierre Gilson 2
Erik Muxagata 2
Thiago Teixeira 2
Felipe Lopes Alves 2
Osmar O. Möller 2
Lucélia do Valle Borges 2
Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa 2
Martín F. Desimone 1

Top Papers

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Millimeter-Sized Marine Plastics: A New Pelagic Habitat for Microorganisms and Invertebrates
2014 Tier 2 512 citations
The vertical distribution of buoyant plastics at sea: an observational study in the North Atlantic Gyre
2015 Tier 2 498 citations
Marine Plastic Pollution in Waters around Australia: Characteristics, Concentrations, and Pathways
2013 Tier 2 461 citations
Plastics in sea surface waters around the Antarctic Peninsula
2019 Tier 2 364 citations
Microplastics in the pelagic environment around oceanic islands of the Western Tropical Atlantic Ocean
2014 Tier 2 176 citations
Micro- and nanoplastic toxicity: A review on size, type, source, and test-organism implications
2023 Tier 2 149 citations
Diverse groups of fungi are associated with plastics in the surface waters of the Western South Atlantic and the Antarctic Peninsula
2020 Tier 2 122 citations
Microalgae Polysaccharides: An Overview of Production, Characterization, and Potential Applications
2021 Tier 2 118 citations
Microplastic contamination in seawater across global marine protected areas boundaries
2022 Tier 2 109 citations
A Global Plankton Diversity Monitoring Program
2019 Tier 2 101 citations
Ingestion of plastic debris by commercially important marine fish in southeast-south Brazil
2020 Tier 2 82 citations
Microplastics in aquatic systems: A review of occurrence, monitoring and potential environmental risks
2023 Tier 2 80 citations
The fate of plastic litter within estuarine compartments: An overview of current knowledge for the transboundary issue to guide future assessments
2021 Tier 2 79 citations
Changes in Phytoplankton Communities Along the Northern Antarctic Peninsula: Causes, Impacts and Research Priorities
2020 Tier 2 78 citations
Uptake and ingestion are the main pathways for microplastics to enter marine benthos: A review
2020 Tier 2 66 citations
Floating plastics and their associated biota in the Western South Atlantic
2021 Tier 2 63 citations
A global snapshot of microplastic contamination in sediments and biota of marine protected areas
2022 Tier 2 61 citations
Extracting DNA from ocean microplastics: a method comparison study
2016 Tier 2 59 citations
Do beachrocks affect microplastic deposition on the strandline of sandy beaches?
2019 Tier 2 53 citations
Coastal Ocean Observing and Modeling Systems in Brazil: Initiatives and Future Perspectives
2021 Tier 2 43 citations
Ingestion of plastics at sea: does debris size really matter?
2014 Tier 2 40 citations
Salt marshes as the final watershed fate for meso- and microplastic contamination: A case study from Southern Brazil
2022 Tier 2 38 citations
Abundance, composition, and distribution of microplastics in intertidal sediment and soft tissues of four species of Bivalvia from Southeast Brazilian urban beaches
2022 Tier 2 35 citations
Biomass valorization via pyrolysis in microalgae-based wastewater treatment: Challenges and opportunities for a circular bioeconomy
2023 Tier 2 30 citations
The use of microplastics as a reliable chronological marker of the Anthropocene onset in Southeastern South America
2022 Tier 2 28 citations
Microplastic in clams: An extensive spatial assessment in south Brazil
2024 Tier 2 25 citations
How natural and anthropogenic factors should drive microplastic behavior and fate: The scenario of Brazilian urban freshwater
2023 Tier 2 25 citations
Oxidative effects of consuming microplastics in different tissues of white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei
2023 Tier 2 22 citations
A fresh look at microplastics and other particles in the tropical coastal ecosystems of Tamandaré, Brazil
2021 Tier 2 22 citations
Advances in Chitosan-Based Materials for Application in Catalysis and Adsorption of Emerging Contaminants
2024 Tier 2 21 citations
The effect of agricultural intensification and water-locking on the world's largest coastal lagoonal system
2021 Tier 2 21 citations
Marine Protected Areas Affected by the most extensive Oil Spill on the Southwestern Atlantic coast
2023 Tier 2 20 citations
Zooplankton exposure to microplastic contamination in a estuarine plume-influenced region, in Northeast Brazil
2023 Tier 2 18 citations
Anthropogenic debris in three sympatric seal species of the Western Antarctic Peninsula
2024 Tier 2 17 citations
Assessing the Plastisphere from Floating Plastics in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea, with Emphasis on Viruses
2024 Tier 2 16 citations
The science we need for the beaches we want: frontiers of the flourishing Brazilian ecological sandy beach research
2023 Tier 2 16 citations
Biomineralization biomarkers to assess microplastics toxic effects in the freshwater snail Pomacea canaliculata
2023 Tier 2 15 citations
Bridging archaeology and marine conservation in the Neotropics
2023 Tier 2 15 citations
Understanding the interactions between cephalopods and marine litter: A research evaluation with identification of gaps and future perspectives
2023 Tier 2 15 citations
Agar-Agar and Chitosan as Precursors in the Synthesis of Functional Film for Foods: A Review
2023 Tier 2 11 citations
Diving boldly into COVID‐19 contaminated wastewater: Eyes at nanotechnology‐assisted solutions
2023 Tier 2 11 citations
Toxic effects of environmental-relevant exposure to polyethylene terephthalate (PET) micro and nanoparticles in zebrafish early development
2024 Tier 2 10 citations
A Synthesis of Provision and Impact in Seagrass Ecosystem Services in the Brazilian Southwest Atlantic
2023 Tier 2 10 citations
Biochemical and physiological effects of multigenerational exposure to spheric polystyrene microplastics in Caenorhabditis elegans
2023 Tier 2 10 citations
Microplastic contamination in no-take Marine Protected Areas of Brazil: Bivalves as sentinels
2025 Tier 2 9 citations
Assessing the impact of simulated ocean acidification on the photodegradation of selected microplastics
2024 Tier 2 9 citations
Biological Responses of Oyster Crassostrea gasar Exposed to Different Concentrations of Biofloc
2023 Tier 2 9 citations
Comparison of the toxic effects of organic and inorganic arsenic in <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i> using a multigenerational approach
2022 Tier 2 9 citations
Trajectory, fate, and magnitude of continental microplastic loads to the inner shelf: A case study of the world's largest coastal shallow lagoon
2024 Tier 2 8 citations
Multigenerational effects of co-exposure to dimethylarsinic acid and polystyrene microplastics on the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
2023 Tier 2 8 citations