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List of works by Fernanda Cássio

A decade's perspective on the impact of DNA sequencing on aquatic hyphomycete research

scientific article published in 2013

Anthropogenic stress may affect aquatic hyphomycete diversity more than leaf decomposition in a low-order stream

article published in 2005

Aquatic hyphomycete diversity and identity affect leaf litter decomposition in microcosms

scientific article published on 23 February 2006

Assessing effects of eutrophication in streams based on breakdown of eucalypt leaves

Assessing structural and functional ecosystem condition using leaf breakdown: studies on a polluted river

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Assessing the Contribution of Micro-Organisms and Macrofauna to Biodiversity–Ecosystem Functioning Relationships in Freshwater Microcosms

scientific article published in 2010

Assessing the dynamic of microbial communities during leaf decomposition in a low-order stream by microscopic and molecular techniques

scientific article published on 31 August 2009

Biochemical and functional responses of stream invertebrate shredders to post-wildfire contamination

scientific article published on 18 August 2020

Biogeography of aquatic hyphomycetes: Current knowledge and future perspectives

scholarly article by Sofia Duarte et al published February 2016 in Fungal Ecology

Can metal nanoparticles be a threat to microbial decomposers of plant litter in streams?

scientific article published on 7 May 2011

Combined per‐capita and abundance effects of an invasive species on native invertebrate diversity and a key ecosystem process

scientific article published in 2022

Contribution of fungi and bacteria to leaf litter decomposition in a polluted river.

scientific article published on September 2004

Copper oxide nanoparticles can induce toxicity to the freshwater shredder Allogamus ligonifer

scientific article

DNA barcoding of fungi: a case study using ITS sequences for identifying aquatic hyphomycete species

scientific article published in 2010

Differences in the sensitivity of fungi and bacteria to season and invertebrates affect leaf litter decomposition in a Mediterranean stream

scientific article published on 9 June 2016

Direct and indirect effects of an invasive omnivore crayfish on leaf litter decomposition

scientific article published on October 2015

Does the developmental stage and composition of riparian forest stand affect ecosystem functioning in streams?

scientific article published on 07 August 2017

Eco-physiological Responses of Aquatic Fungi to Three Global Change Stressors Highlight the Importance of Intraspecific Trait Variability

scientific article published on 12 April 2022

Effects of Zn, Fe and Mn on Leaf Litter Breakdown by Aquatic Fungi: a Microcosm Study

Effects of cadmium and phenanthrene mixtures on aquatic fungi and microbially mediated leaf litter decomposition.

scientific article

Effects of heavy metals on the production of thiol compounds by the aquatic fungi Fontanospora fusiramosa and Flagellospora curta

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Effects of increased temperature and aquatic fungal diversity on litter decomposition

scientific article published in 2012

Effects of inter and intraspecific diversity and genetic divergence of aquatic fungal communities on leaf litter decomposition-a microcosm experiment.

scientific article

Effects of intrapopulation phenotypic traits of invasive crayfish on leaf litter processing

scientific article published on 30 April 2018

Effects of metal nanoparticles on freshwater rotifers may persist across generations

scientific article published on 06 October 2020

Effects of metals on growth and sporulation of aquatic fungi

scientific article published in July 2010

Effects of riparian plant diversity loss on aquatic microbial decomposers become more pronounced with increasing time

scientific article

Effects of zinc on leaf decomposition by fungi in streams: studies in microcosms

scientific article published on 29 June 2004

Elevated temperature may intensify the positive effects of nutrients on microbial decomposition in streams

article published in 2014

Enzymatic biomarkers can portray nanoCuO-induced oxidative and neuronal stress in freshwater shredders

scientific article published on 28 September 2016

Ethanol and phenanthrene increase the biomass of fungal assemblages and decrease plant litter decomposition in streams

scientific article published on 14 May 2016

Eutrophication modulates plant-litter diversity effects on litter decomposition in streams

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Evidence of Micro- and Macroplastic Toxicity Along a Stream Detrital Food-Chain

scientific article published in 2022

Evidence of micro and macroplastic toxicity along a stream detrital food-chain

scientific article published in 2022

Fsy1, the sole hexose-proton transporter characterized in Saccharomyces yeasts, exhibits a variable fructose:H(+) stoichiometry.

scientific article published on 24 August 2012

Functional Purification of the Monocarboxylate Transporter of the Yeast Candida utilis

scientific article published on 27 June 2006

Functional expression of the lactate permease Jen1p of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Pichia pastoris.

scientific article published on December 2003

Fungi from metal-polluted streams may have high ability to cope with the oxidative stress induced by copper oxide nanoparticles

scientific article published on 9 March 2015

Fungistatic effect of agrochemical and pharmaceutical fungicides on non-target aquatic decomposers does not translate into decreased fungi- or invertebrate-mediated decomposition

scientific article published on 20 November 2019

High Diversity of Fungi may Mitigate the Impact of Pollution on Plant Litter Decomposition in Streams

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How do physicochemical properties influence the toxicity of silver nanoparticles on freshwater decomposers of plant litter in streams?

scientific article

Humic acid can mitigate the toxicity of small copper oxide nanoparticles to microbial decomposers and leaf decomposition in streams

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Impacts of warming on aquatic decomposers along a gradient of cadmium stress.

scientific article published on 7 June 2012

Individual and mixed effects of anticancer drugs on freshwater rotifers: A multigenerational approach

Intraspecific diversity affects stress response and the ecological performance of a cosmopolitan aquatic fungus

scientific article published in 2019

Intraspecific traits change biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning under metal stress

scientific article

Intraspecific variation of the aquatic fungus Articulospora tetracladia: an ubiquitous perspective

scientific article

Invasive dynamics of the signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus in a protected area

scientific article published on 22 November 2024

Leaf Breakdown Rates: a Measure of Water Quality?

Metal stress induces programmed cell death in aquatic fungi

scientific article published on 27 February 2009

Metal-binding proteins and peptides in the aquatic fungi Fontanospora fusiramosa and Flagellospora curta exposed to severe metal stress

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

Microbial decomposer communities are mainly structured by trophic status in circumneutral and alkaline streams

scientific article published on 31 July 2009

Microbial decomposition is highly sensitive to leaf litter emersion in a permanent temperate stream.

scientific article

Microscopy- or DNA-based analyses: Which methodology gives a truer picture of stream-dwelling decomposer fungal diversity?

article by Isabel Fernandes et al published December 2015 in Fungal Ecology

Mixtures of zinc and phosphate affect leaf litter decomposition by aquatic fungi in streams

scientific article published on 2 May 2009

Natural organic matter alters size-dependent effects of nanoCuO on the feeding behaviour of freshwater invertebrate shredders

scientific article published on 6 January 2015

New climatic targets against global warming: will the maximum 2 °C temperature rise affect estuarine benthic communities?

scientific article

Physiological responses to nanoCuO in fungi from non-polluted and metal-polluted streams

scientific article

Plant litter diversity affects invertebrate shredder activity and the quality of fine particulate organic matter in streams

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Plastic Interactions with Pollutants and Consequences to Aquatic Ecosystems: What We Know and What We Do Not Know

scientific article published on 09 June 2022

Pollution-induced community tolerance (PICT): towards an ecologically relevant risk assessment of chemicals in aquatic systems

Polyhydroxyfullerene binds cadmium ions and alleviates metal-induced oxidative stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

scientific article published on 18 July 2014

Preliminary insights into the phylogeography of six aquatic hyphomycete species

scientific article

Priority effects of stream eutrophication and assembly history on beta diversity across aquatic consumers, decomposers and producers

scientific article published in 2021

Proteomic responses to silver nanoparticles vary with the fungal ecotype

scientific article published on 23 November 2019

Quantitative analysis of proton movements associated with the uptake of weak carboxylic acids. The yeast Candida utilis as a model

scientific article published in November 1993

Realized fungal diversity increases functional stability of leaf litter decomposition under zinc stress

scientific article published on 24 July 2009

Reconstitution of lactate proton symport activity in plasma membrane vesicles from the yeast Candida utilis

scientific article published on 30 September 1996

Reply to the "Letter to the editor, Proteomic responses to silver nanoparticles vary with the fungal ecotype" by Huang et al

scientific article published on 22 September 2020

Responses of Aquatic Fungal Communities on Leaf Litter to Temperature-Change Events

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Responses of antioxidant defenses to Cu and Zn stress in two aquatic fungi

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Responses of microbial decomposers to drought in streams may depend on the environmental context

scientific article published on 15 September 2017

Responses of primary production, leaf litter decomposition and associated communities to stream eutrophication

scientific article published on 19 March 2015

Role of fungi, bacteria, and invertebrates in leaf litter breakdown in a polluted river

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Seasonal Variability May Affect Microbial Decomposers and Leaf Decomposition More Than Warming in Streams

scientific article

Some new DNA barcodes of aquatic hyphomycete species

article published in 2015

Spring stimulates leaf decomposition in moderately eutrophic streams

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Structural and functional measures of leaf-associated invertebrates and fungi as predictors of stream eutrophication

scientific article published in 2016

Taxa-area relationship of aquatic fungi on deciduous leaves.

scientific article published on 18 July 2017

Temperature alters interspecific relationships among aquatic fungi

scientific article published in 2013

Temperature and interspecific competition alter the impacts of two invasive crayfish species on a key ecosystem process

scientific article published in 2022

Temperature modulates AgNP impacts on microbial decomposer activity.

scientific article published on 7 June 2017

The Role of Early Fungal Colonizers in Leaf-Litter Decomposition in Portuguese Streams Impacted by Agricultural Runoff

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The increase in temperature overwhelms silver nanoparticles effects on the aquatic invertebrate Limnephilus sp

scientific article published on 22 May 2020

The role of the freshwater shrimp Atyaephyra desmarestii in leaf litter breakdown in streams

article published in 2011

Transcriptomics reveals the action mechanisms and cellular targets of citrate-coated silver nanoparticles in a ubiquitous aquatic fungus

scientific article published on 22 October 2020

When Microscopic Organisms Inform General Ecological Theory

scientific article published in 2010

Wildfire impacts on freshwater detrital food webs depend on runoff load, exposure time and burnt forest type

scientific article published on 18 July 2019