Ana I. Catarino

Low levels of microplastics (MP) in wild mussels indicate that MP ingestion by humans is minimal compared to exposure via household fibres fallout during a meal

Ana I. Catarino, Valeria Macchia, William Sanderson et al. · Environmental Pollution · 2018 · 743 citations

Microplastics, Engineering, Environmental Engineering +10

Development and optimization of a standard method for extraction of microplastics in mussels by enzyme digestion of soft tissues

Ana I. Catarino, Richard C. Thompson, William Sanderson et al. · Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry · 2016 · 316 citations

Risks of floating microplastic in the global ocean

Gert Everaert, Maarten De Rijcke, Britt Lonneville et al. · Environmental Pollution · 2020 · 211 citations · Full text

Microplastic detection and identification by Nile red staining: Towards a semi-automated, cost- and time-effective technique

Nelle Meyers, Ana I. Catarino, Annelies Declercq et al. · The Science of The Total Environment · 2022 · 175 citations · Full text

Environmental Monitoring, Engineering, Marine Debris +19

Use of fluorescent-labelled nanoplastics (NPs) to demonstrate NP absorption is inconclusive without adequate controls

Ana I. Catarino, Amelie Frutos, Theodore B. Henry · The Science of The Total Environment · 2019 · 171 citations

Nanoparticles, Nanomedicine, Adequate Controls +13