Carolina Rocha

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Email: 
carolina.vpr@gmail.com
URI: 
MARE - UCoimbra
Role: 
Researcher
Qualifications: 
Master
Research domain: 
Coastal Systems and Ocean
Research lines: 
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

Activity summary

Aquatic Ecotoxicology. Effects of environmentally-relevant concentrations of micro(nano)plastics, organic pollutants and metals in in vivo (mainly fish species) and in vitro models; biomarker analyses (lipidomics, proteomics and enzymatic activities, non-protein thiols). Identification and quantification of contaminants in complex environmental matrixes (including persistent organic pollutants, plastics, metals) through applicable GC-MS/MS, AAS, spectrophotometry techniques.