R.A. Costa , S. Sá , A.T. Pereira , A.R. Ângelo , J. Vaqueiro , M. Ferreira , C. Eira (2020) Prevalence of entanglements of seabirds in marine debris in the central Portuguese coast.
Marine Pollution Bulletin , 161
, (111746), .
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Ruuskanen S., Espin S., Sanchez-Virosta P., Sarraude T., Hsu B.Y., Pajunen P., Costa R.A., Eens M., Hargitai R., Torok J., Eeva T. (2019) Transgenerational endocrine disruption: Does elemental pollution affect egg or nestling thyroid hormone levels in a wild songbird?.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 247
725-735.
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Costa R.A., Pereira A.T., Costa E., Henriques A.C., Miodonski J., Ferreira M., Vingada J.V., Eira C. (2019) Razorbill Alca torda mortality in the Portuguese west coast.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH, 65
, (1), .
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Costa R.A., Gomes T., Eira C., Vaqueiro J., Vingada J.V. (2017) Great tit response to decreasing industrial heavy metal emissions.
ECOTOXICOLOGY, 26
, (6), 802-808.
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Costa R.A., Torres J., Vingada J.V., Eira C. (2016) Persistent organic pollutants and inorganic elements in the Balearic shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus wintering off Portugal.
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN, 108
, (1-2), 311-316.
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Costa R.A., Eeva T., Eira C., Vaqueiro J., Medina P., Vingada J.V. (2014) Great tits breeding performance and mercury contamination from the paper and pulp industry in the west coast of Portugal.
Chemistry And Ecology ,
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Costa R.A., Eeva T., Eira C., Vaqueiro J., Vingada J.V. (2013) Assessing heavy metal pollution using great tits (Parus major): feathers and excrements from nestlings and adults.
Environmental Monitoring And Assessment, 185
, (6), 5339-5344.
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Costa R.A., Eeva T., Eira C., Vaqueiro J., Vingada J.V. (2012) Trace Elements in Faeces of Great Tit Nestlings in Relation to Breeding Performance in Coastal Areas in Central Portugal.
Archives Of Environmental Contamination And Toxicology, 63
, (4), 594-600.
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Costa R.A., Eeva T., Eira C., Vaqueiro J., Vingada J.V. (2011) Effects of air pollution from paper and pulp industry on breeding success of Great tit in maritime pine forests.
Ecoscience, 18
, (2), 115-123.
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Costa R.A., Petronilho J.M.S., Soares A.M.V.M., Vingada J.V. (2011) The Use of Passerine Feathers to Evaluate Heavy Metal Pollution in Central Portugal.
BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY, 86
, (3), 352-356.
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Costa R.A., Petronilho J.M.S., Soares A.M.V.M., Vingada J.V. (2011) The Use of Passerine Feathers to Evaluate Heavy Metal Pollution in Central Portugal.
BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY, 86
, (3), 352-356.
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Rute Alexandra Pais Costa
Investigadora
- Researcher ID: U-8186-2018
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8776-5588
- Ciencia ID: 8216-B2F6-3B64
- Departamento: Biologia
- Grupo de Investigação: Environmental Changes, Hazards & Conservation (ECHC)
- ISI Web of KnowledgeSM search factor: AU=(Costa RA) AND AD=(Aveiro or Minho)
Interesses de investigação
Seabirds, ornithology, ecology, pollution
Graus académicos
2013: Phd in Sciences, specialization in Biology, by the University of Minho, with the presentation of the thesis “Forest Avifauna as Bioindicators of Heavy Metal Pollution”.
2006: Master in environmental management by the University of Aveiro, with the presentation of the thesis “Avifauna as bio indicator of atmospheric pollution by heavy metals”.
2000: Degree in Biology, by the Faculty of Science of the University of Coimbra.
2006: Master in environmental management by the University of Aveiro, with the presentation of the thesis “Avifauna as bio indicator of atmospheric pollution by heavy metals”.
2000: Degree in Biology, by the Faculty of Science of the University of Coimbra.
Atividades científicas
Researcher (DL-57/2016, Norma Transitória) - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM)& Department of Biology, University of Aveiro (UAv), Portugal (PT), Jan 2019 – Jan 2022
Postdoctoral researcher at CESAM with the project: Seabirds as marine ecosystem health indicators, Jun 2014- Jan 2019
Research Fellowship in project “CET SENTI – Cetaceans as marine ecosystem health sentinels, 2013-2014
Research Fellowship in project “Monitorização de Avifauna na linha de Lares”, 2013
Phd fellowship with the thesis: Forest Avifauna as a Bioindicator of Heavy Metal Pollution, 2009-2013
Research Fellowship in project “SAFESEA – Sustainable local fisheries and promotion of a safe sea for cetaceans”, 2008
Postdoctoral researcher at CESAM with the project: Seabirds as marine ecosystem health indicators, Jun 2014- Jan 2019
Research Fellowship in project “CET SENTI – Cetaceans as marine ecosystem health sentinels, 2013-2014
Research Fellowship in project “Monitorização de Avifauna na linha de Lares”, 2013
Phd fellowship with the thesis: Forest Avifauna as a Bioindicator of Heavy Metal Pollution, 2009-2013
Research Fellowship in project “SAFESEA – Sustainable local fisheries and promotion of a safe sea for cetaceans”, 2008
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