Vasco Branco

Microplastics cause neurotoxicity, oxidative damage and energy-related changes and interact with the bioaccumulation of mercury in the European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758)

Luís Gabriel A. Barboza, Luís R. Vieira, Vasco Branco et al. · Aquatic Toxicology · 2017 · 736 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Toxicology +17

Microplastics increase mercury bioconcentration in gills and bioaccumulation in the liver, and cause oxidative stress and damage in Dicentrarchus labrax juveniles

Luís Gabriel A. Barboza, Luís R. Vieira, Vasco Branco et al. · Scientific Reports · 2018 · 294 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Marine Sciences, Toxicology +17

Effects of microplastics and mercury in the freshwater bivalve Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774): Filtration rate, biochemical biomarkers and mercury bioconcentration

Patrícia Oliveira, Luís Gabriel A. Barboza, Vasco Branco et al. · Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety · 2018 · 222 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Toxicology +17

Mercury and selenium interaction in vivo: Effects on thioredoxin reductase and glutathione peroxidase

Vasco Branco, João Canário, Jun Lu et al. · Free Radical Biology and Medicine · 2011 · 184 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Biochemistry, Toxicology +16

Mercury and selenium in blue shark (Prionace glauca, L. 1758) and swordfish (Xiphias gladius, L. 1758) from two areas of the Atlantic Ocean

Vasco Branco, Carlos Vale, João Canário et al. · Environmental Pollution · 2007 · 169 citations

Life Sciences, Marine Sciences, Zoology +13