List of works - Maria J. Rocha

A Stereological Estimation of the Nervous Ganglia Volumes and Number of Neurons in the Peppery Furrow Shell Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778).

scientific article published in August 2015

A Stereological Study of the Three Types of Ganglia of Male, Female, and Undifferentiated (Bivalvia)

scientific article published on 31 August 2022

A mollusk VDR/PXR/CAR-like (NR1J) nuclear receptor provides insight into ancient detoxification mechanisms

scientific article published on 17 February 2016

A stereological study of the volume-weighted volume and of the relative volume of the nucleus of normal and preneoplastic hepatocytes in a trout model of hepatocarcinogenesis.

scientific article published on 3 August 2012

Annual fluctuations of endocrine-disrupting compounds at the lower end of the Lima River, Portugal, and in adjacent coastal waters

scientific article published in October 2014

Changes in the amount of kidney pigmented macrophage aggregates throughout the breeding cycle of female Ohrid trout, Salmo letnica Kar. (Teleostei, Salmonidae).

scientific article published on 14 July 2011

Characterization and spatial relationships of the hepatic vascular-biliary tracts, and their associated pancreocytes and macrophages, in the model fish guppy (Poecilia reticulata): A study of serial sections by light microscopy

scientific article published on 28 December 2017

Chemical Survey and Risk Assessment of 56 Pesticides in the Sado River Estuary (Iberian Peninsula, Portugal)

scientific article published in 2023

Contamination levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in wild versus cultivated samples of female and male mussels (Mytilus sp.) from the Northwest Coast of Iberian Peninsula--new application for QuEChERS (Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged, and Safe

scientific article published on 13 August 2013

Cytological, immunocytochemical, ultrastructural and growth characterization of the rainbow trout liver cell line RTL-W1.

scientific article published on 7 January 2013

Determination of 17 endocrine disruptor compounds and their spatial and seasonal distribution in the Sado River Estuary (Portugal)

article

Determination of 54 pesticides in waters of the Iberian Douro River estuary and risk assessment of environmentally relevant mixtures using theoretical approaches and Artemia salina and Daphnia magna bioassays

scientific article published on 18 July 2017

Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in coastal sediments from the Porto region (Portugal) by microwave-assisted extraction, followed by SPME and GC-MS.

scientific article published on October 2011

Determination of seventeen endocrine disruptor compounds and their spatial and seasonal distribution in Ria Formosa Lagoon (Portugal).

scientific article published on 18 April 2013

Development and Validation of a HPLC‐DAD Method for Determination of Several Endocrine Disrupting Compounds in Estuarine Water

article

Development and application of a QuEChERS-based extraction method for the analysis of 55 pesticides in the bivalve Scrobicularia plana by GC-MS/MS.

scientific article

Development and optimisation of a GC-MS method for the evaluation of oestrogens and persistent pollutants in river and seawater samples

article

Development and optimization of a HPLC-DAD method for the determination of diverse pharmaceuticals in estuarine surface waters

scientific article published in March 2010

Development and validation of a GC-MS method for determination of 39 common pesticides in estuarine water – targeting hazardous amounts in the Douro River estuary

Development and validation of a GC-MS method for the evaluation of 17 endocrine disruptor compounds, including phytoestrogens and sitosterol, in coastal waters - their spatial and seasonal levels in Porto costal region (Portugal).

scientific article published in June 2013

Distribution of endocrine disruptors in the Mondego River estuary, Portugal

scientific article published on 4 March 2008

Endocrine disruptors in the Leça River and nearby Porto Coast (NW Portugal): presence of estrogenic compounds and hypoxic conditions

Environmental assessment of pesticides in the Mondego River Estuary (Portugal).

scientific article published on 4 January 2016

Ethinylestradiol Exposure of Primary Culture Brown Trout Hepatocytes Induce Morphological Changes in Peroxisomes

article

Expression of the myosin light chains 1, 2 and 3 in the muscle of blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo, Brunnich), during development.

scientific article published on 18 March 2010

Frequency of micronuclei and of other nuclear abnormalities in erythrocytes of the grey mullet from the Mondego, Douro and Ave estuaries--Portugal

scientific article published on 28 January 2014

Histological and Stereological Characterization of Brown Trout ( Salmo trutta f. fario) Trunk Kidney

scientific article published on 11 October 2010

Histological characterization of the maturation stages of the ovarian follicles of the goldfish Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)

scientific article published on 25 May 2020

In vitro exposure of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) testis to estrogenic endocrine disrupting chemicals: mRNA expression of genes encoding steroidogenic enzymes

scientific article published on July 2011

Measurement of peroxisomal enzyme activities in the liver of brown trout (Salmo trutta), using spectrophotometric methods ⬇️

scientific article published on March 11, 2003

Morphological and molecular effects of cortisol and ACTH on zebrafish stage I and II follicles

scientific article

Multi-matrix quantification and risk assessment of pesticides in the longest river of the Iberian peninsula

scientific article published on 5 August 2016

Occurrence and seasonal loads of pesticides in surface water and suspended particulate matter from a wetland of worldwide interest--the Ria Formosa Lagoon, Portugal

scientific article published on 5 October 2015

Occurrence of endocrine disruptor compounds in the estuary of the Iberian Douro River and nearby Porto Coast (NW Portugal)

article

PAHs in water and surface sediments from Douro River estuary and Porto Atlantic coast (Portugal)-impacts on human health

scientific article

Pesticides in a temperate coastal lagoon in southwest Europe (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal) – Risk assessment and acute assays with Artemia and Daphnia

scientific article published in 2024

Pex11α in brown trout (Salmo trutta f. fario): Expression dynamics during the reproductive cycle reveals sex-specific seasonal patterns

scientific article

Pharmaceutical trace analysis in aqueous environmental matrices by liquid chromatography–ion trap tandem mass spectrometry

scientific article published on 27 August 2009

Plasma and urine levels of C18, C19 and C21 steroids in an asynchronous fish, the tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus (Teleostei, Cichlidae).

scientific article published in November 1996

Pollution by endocrine disruptors in a southwest European temperate coastal lagoon (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal).

scientific article published on 19 January 2016

Pollution by oestrogenic endocrine disruptors and β-sitosterol in a south-western European river (Mira, Portugal).

scientific article

Qualitative and quantitative insights into the 3D microanatomy of the nervous ganglia of Scrobicularia plana (Bivalvia: Tellinoidea: Semelidae)

scientific article published on 17 September 2017

Quantification of 17 endocrine disruptor compounds and their spatial and seasonal distribution in the Iberian Ave River and its coastline

Seasonal and spatial distribution of several endocrine-disrupting compounds in the Douro River Estuary, Portugal

scientific article published on 27 March 2008

Seasonal changes in hepatocytic lipid droplets, glycogen deposits, and rough endoplasmic reticulum along the natural breeding cycle of female ohrid trout (Salmo letnica Kar.)-A semiquantitative ultrastructural study

scientific article

Seasonal-spatial survey of pesticides in the most significant estuary of the Iberian Peninsula – the Tagus River estuary

Spatial and seasonal distribution of 17 endocrine disruptor compounds in an urban estuary (Mondego River, Portugal): evaluation of the estrogenic load of the area

scientific article published on 24 January 2014

Spatial distribution and quantification of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in Sado River estuary, Portugal

scientific article

Spatial relationships of the intrahepatic vascular-biliary tracts and associated pancreatic acini of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Teleostei, Cichlidae): a serial section study by light microscopy

scientific article published in January 2007

Spatiotemporal distribution of pharmaceuticals in the Douro River estuary (Portugal).

scientific article published on 21 August 2010

Steroid metabolism by ovarian follicles of the sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax

scientific article

Testing the effects of ethinylestradiol and of an environmentally relevant mixture of xenoestrogens as found in the Douro River (Portugal) on the maturation of fish gonads--a stereological study using the zebrafish (Danio rerio) as model

scientific article published on 20 July 2012

The 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 4: Gender-specific and seasonal gene expression in the liver of brown trout (Salmo trutta f. fario).

scientific article published on 5 March 2009

The hepatocytes of the brown trout (Salmo trutta f. fario): a stereological study of their number and size during the breeding cycle

The hepatocytes of the brown trout (Salmo trutta fario): a stereological study of some cytoplasmic components with the breeding cycle

scientific article published in August 2010

The toxicity potential of pharmaceuticals found in the Douro River estuary (Portugal)--experimental assessment using a zebrafish embryo test.

scientific article published on 27 May 2011

The toxicity potential of pharmaceuticals found in the Douro River estuary (Portugal): assessing impacts on gonadal maturation with a histopathological and stereological study of zebrafish ovary and testis after sub-acute exposures

scientific article published on 28 June 2011

The toxicity potential of pharmaceuticals found in the Douro River estuary (Portugal): evaluation of impacts on fish liver, by histopathology, stereology, vitellogenin and CYP1A immunohistochemistry, after sub-acute exposures of the zebrafish model

scientific article published on 3 March 2012

Toxicological relevance of endocrine disruptors in the Tagus River estuary (Lisbon, Portugal).

scientific article published on 2 July 2015

Variations in the volumes of parenchyma and stroma of the liver and in the cytology of hepatocytes are associated with gonadal stages in female Ohrid trout (Salmo letnica)

Viability analysis of oocyte-follicle complexes and gonadal fragments of zebrafish as baseline for toxicity testing

scientific article published on 22 October 2013

List of works by Maria J. Rocha

A Stereological Estimation of the Nervous Ganglia Volumes and Number of Neurons in the Peppery Furrow Shell Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778).

A Stereological Study of the Three Types of Ganglia of Male, Female, and Undifferentiated (Bivalvia)

A mollusk VDR/PXR/CAR-like (NR1J) nuclear receptor provides insight into ancient detoxification mechanisms

A stereological study of the volume-weighted volume and of the relative volume of the nucleus of normal and preneoplastic hepatocytes in a trout model of hepatocarcinogenesis.

Annual fluctuations of endocrine-disrupting compounds at the lower end of the Lima River, Portugal, and in adjacent coastal waters

Changes in the amount of kidney pigmented macrophage aggregates throughout the breeding cycle of female Ohrid trout, Salmo letnica Kar. (Teleostei, Salmonidae).

Characterization and spatial relationships of the hepatic vascular-biliary tracts, and their associated pancreocytes and macrophages, in the model fish guppy (Poecilia reticulata): A study of serial sections by light microscopy

Chemical Survey and Risk Assessment of 56 Pesticides in the Sado River Estuary (Iberian Peninsula, Portugal)

Contamination levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in wild versus cultivated samples of female and male mussels (Mytilus sp.) from the Northwest Coast of Iberian Peninsula--new application for QuEChERS (Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged, and Safe

Cytological, immunocytochemical, ultrastructural and growth characterization of the rainbow trout liver cell line RTL-W1.

Determination of 17 endocrine disruptor compounds and their spatial and seasonal distribution in the Sado River Estuary (Portugal)

Determination of 54 pesticides in waters of the Iberian Douro River estuary and risk assessment of environmentally relevant mixtures using theoretical approaches and Artemia salina and Daphnia magna bioassays

Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in coastal sediments from the Porto region (Portugal) by microwave-assisted extraction, followed by SPME and GC-MS.

Determination of seventeen endocrine disruptor compounds and their spatial and seasonal distribution in Ria Formosa Lagoon (Portugal).

Development and Validation of a HPLC‐DAD Method for Determination of Several Endocrine Disrupting Compounds in Estuarine Water

Development and application of a QuEChERS-based extraction method for the analysis of 55 pesticides in the bivalve Scrobicularia plana by GC-MS/MS.

Development and optimisation of a GC-MS method for the evaluation of oestrogens and persistent pollutants in river and seawater samples

Development and optimization of a HPLC-DAD method for the determination of diverse pharmaceuticals in estuarine surface waters

Development and validation of a GC-MS method for determination of 39 common pesticides in estuarine water – targeting hazardous amounts in the Douro River estuary

Development and validation of a GC-MS method for the evaluation of 17 endocrine disruptor compounds, including phytoestrogens and sitosterol, in coastal waters - their spatial and seasonal levels in Porto costal region (Portugal).

Distribution of endocrine disruptors in the Mondego River estuary, Portugal

Endocrine disruptors in the Leça River and nearby Porto Coast (NW Portugal): presence of estrogenic compounds and hypoxic conditions

Environmental assessment of pesticides in the Mondego River Estuary (Portugal).

Ethinylestradiol Exposure of Primary Culture Brown Trout Hepatocytes Induce Morphological Changes in Peroxisomes

Expression of the myosin light chains 1, 2 and 3 in the muscle of blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo, Brunnich), during development.

Frequency of micronuclei and of other nuclear abnormalities in erythrocytes of the grey mullet from the Mondego, Douro and Ave estuaries--Portugal

Histological and Stereological Characterization of Brown Trout ( Salmo trutta f. fario) Trunk Kidney

Histological characterization of the maturation stages of the ovarian follicles of the goldfish Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)

In vitro exposure of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) testis to estrogenic endocrine disrupting chemicals: mRNA expression of genes encoding steroidogenic enzymes

Measurement of peroxisomal enzyme activities in the liver of brown trout (Salmo trutta), using spectrophotometric methods ⬇️

Morphological and molecular effects of cortisol and ACTH on zebrafish stage I and II follicles

Multi-matrix quantification and risk assessment of pesticides in the longest river of the Iberian peninsula

Occurrence and seasonal loads of pesticides in surface water and suspended particulate matter from a wetland of worldwide interest--the Ria Formosa Lagoon, Portugal

Occurrence of endocrine disruptor compounds in the estuary of the Iberian Douro River and nearby Porto Coast (NW Portugal)

PAHs in water and surface sediments from Douro River estuary and Porto Atlantic coast (Portugal)-impacts on human health

Pesticides in a temperate coastal lagoon in southwest Europe (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal) – Risk assessment and acute assays with Artemia and Daphnia

Pex11α in brown trout (Salmo trutta f. fario): Expression dynamics during the reproductive cycle reveals sex-specific seasonal patterns

Pharmaceutical trace analysis in aqueous environmental matrices by liquid chromatography–ion trap tandem mass spectrometry

Plasma and urine levels of C18, C19 and C21 steroids in an asynchronous fish, the tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus (Teleostei, Cichlidae).

Pollution by endocrine disruptors in a southwest European temperate coastal lagoon (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal).

Pollution by oestrogenic endocrine disruptors and β-sitosterol in a south-western European river (Mira, Portugal).

Qualitative and quantitative insights into the 3D microanatomy of the nervous ganglia of Scrobicularia plana (Bivalvia: Tellinoidea: Semelidae)

Quantification of 17 endocrine disruptor compounds and their spatial and seasonal distribution in the Iberian Ave River and its coastline

Seasonal and spatial distribution of several endocrine-disrupting compounds in the Douro River Estuary, Portugal

Seasonal changes in hepatocytic lipid droplets, glycogen deposits, and rough endoplasmic reticulum along the natural breeding cycle of female ohrid trout (Salmo letnica Kar.)-A semiquantitative ultrastructural study

Seasonal-spatial survey of pesticides in the most significant estuary of the Iberian Peninsula – the Tagus River estuary

Spatial and seasonal distribution of 17 endocrine disruptor compounds in an urban estuary (Mondego River, Portugal): evaluation of the estrogenic load of the area

Spatial distribution and quantification of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in Sado River estuary, Portugal

Spatial relationships of the intrahepatic vascular-biliary tracts and associated pancreatic acini of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Teleostei, Cichlidae): a serial section study by light microscopy

Spatiotemporal distribution of pharmaceuticals in the Douro River estuary (Portugal).

Steroid metabolism by ovarian follicles of the sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax

Testing the effects of ethinylestradiol and of an environmentally relevant mixture of xenoestrogens as found in the Douro River (Portugal) on the maturation of fish gonads--a stereological study using the zebrafish (Danio rerio) as model

The 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 4: Gender-specific and seasonal gene expression in the liver of brown trout (Salmo trutta f. fario).

The hepatocytes of the brown trout (Salmo trutta f. fario): a stereological study of their number and size during the breeding cycle

The hepatocytes of the brown trout (Salmo trutta fario): a stereological study of some cytoplasmic components with the breeding cycle

The toxicity potential of pharmaceuticals found in the Douro River estuary (Portugal)--experimental assessment using a zebrafish embryo test.

The toxicity potential of pharmaceuticals found in the Douro River estuary (Portugal): assessing impacts on gonadal maturation with a histopathological and stereological study of zebrafish ovary and testis after sub-acute exposures

The toxicity potential of pharmaceuticals found in the Douro River estuary (Portugal): evaluation of impacts on fish liver, by histopathology, stereology, vitellogenin and CYP1A immunohistochemistry, after sub-acute exposures of the zebrafish model

Toxicological relevance of endocrine disruptors in the Tagus River estuary (Lisbon, Portugal).

Variations in the volumes of parenchyma and stroma of the liver and in the cytology of hepatocytes are associated with gonadal stages in female Ohrid trout (Salmo letnica)

Viability analysis of oocyte-follicle complexes and gonadal fragments of zebrafish as baseline for toxicity testing