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 · 708 citations · Full text

Ecotoxicity, Engineering, Oxidative Damage +23

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 · 279 citations · Full text

Engineering, Bioaccumulation, D. Labrax Juveniles +16

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 · 215 citations · Full text

Engineering, Bioaccumulation, Chemical Contaminant +18

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 · 180 citations

Redox Signaling, Biochemistry, Selenium Deficiency +11

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

Blue Shark, Prionace Glauca, Engineering +8