Carmen Pedro

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Email: 
carmen.pedro@ipleiria.pt
URI: 
MARE - IPLeiria
Role: 
Researcher
Qualifications: 
Master
Research domain: 
Coastal Systems and Ocean
Research lines: 
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
Environmental Risk
Biotechnology and Resources Valorisation
ORCID ID: 
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2010-5243
Scopus Author ID: 
http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55897762900

Activity summary

Research in monitoring and evaluation of the coastal environmental quality status, namely trace metal contamination in coastal lagoons. Characterization of the benthic macroinvertebrates community in coastal environments. Effect of trace metals contamination in benthic macroinvertebrates community and in key-species of estuarine environments.

Highlights

The influence of cadmium contamination and salinity on the survival, growth and phytoremediation capacity of the saltmarsh plant Salicornia ramosissima Phytoremediation of cadmium by the facultative halophyte plant Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla, at different salinities The presence of cadmium in the intertidal environments of a moderately impacted coastal lagoon in western Portugal (Óbidos Lagoon) - spatial and seasonal evaluations The bivalve Cerastoderma edule as a bioindicator for metals in coastal lagoon Saltmarsh halophytes as environmental tools for the remediation of trace metals contamination in coastal lagoons Halophytes as valuable tools in the phytoremediation of coastal environments contaminated by trace metals Monitoring metal pollution on coastal lagoons using Cerastoderma edule—a report from a moderately impacted system in Western Portugal (Óbidos Lagoon)