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List of works by Paula Alvarenga

A contribution towards the risk assessment of soils from the São Domingos Mine (Portugal): chemical, microbial and ecotoxicological indicators.

scientific article published on 25 October 2011

A study on As, Cu, Pb and Zn (bio)availability in an abandoned mine area (São Domingos, Portugal) using chemical and ecotoxicological tools

scientific article published on 23 April 2013

Amendment application in a multi-contaminated mine soil: effects on soil enzymatic activities and ecotoxicological characteristics.

scientific article published on 12 December 2013

Assessment of anthropogenic sources of water pollution using multivariate statistical techniques: a case study of the Alqueva's reservoir, Portugal

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Assessment of the Environmental Impact of Acid Mine Drainage on Surface Water, Stream Sediments, and Macrophytes Using a Battery of Chemical and Ecotoxicological Indicators

scientific article published in 2021

Assessment of the environmental impact of an abandoned mine using an integrative approach: A case-study of the "Las Musas" mine (Extremadura, Spain)

scientific article published on 22 December 2018

Chemical and ecotoxicological effects of the use of drinking-water treatment residuals for the remediation of soils degraded by mining activities

scientific article published in October 2018

Ecological and ecotoxicological responses in the assessment of the ecological status of freshwater systems: A case-study of the temporary stream Brejo of Cagarrão (South of Portugal).

scientific article published on 5 April 2018

Ecotoxicological assessment of the potential impact on soil porewater, surface and groundwater from the use of organic wastes as soil amendments

scientific article published on 29 December 2015

Ecotoxicological endpoints, are they useful tools to support ecological status assessment in strongly modified water bodies?

scientific article published on 21 September 2015

Efficiency of soil organic and inorganic amendments on the remediation of a contaminated mine soil: II. Biological and ecotoxicological evaluation.

scientific article published on 12 April 2014

Evaluation of chemical and ecotoxicological characteristics of biodegradable organic residues for application to agricultural land.

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Evaluation of composts and liming materials in the phytostabilization of a mine soil using perennial ryegrass.

scientific article published on 17 September 2008

Evaluation of surface water quality using an ecotoxicological approach: a case study of the Alqueva Reservoir (Portugal).

scientific article published on 25 April 2009

Evaluation of tests to assess the quality of mine-contaminated soils

scientific article published on 2 February 2008

Exploring the Use of Species Sensitivity Distributions to Define Protective Limits for the Use of Organic Wastes as Soil Amendments

scientific article published on 27 May 2019

Field study on the accumulation of trace elements by vegetables produced in the vicinity of abandoned pyrite mines.

scientific article published on 16 November 2013

Integrated environmental assessment of freshwater sediments: a chemical and ecotoxicological approach at the Alqueva reservoir.

scientific article published on 29 August 2013

Integrative toolbox to assess the quality of freshwater sediments contaminated with potentially toxic metals

Land-Cover Patterns and Hydrogeomorphology of Tributaries: Are These Important Stressors for the Water Quality of Reservoirs in the Mediterranean Region?

Occurrence and potential risk of currently used pesticides in sediments of the Alqueva reservoir (Guadiana Basin).

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Organic residues as immobilizing agents in aided phytostabilization: (I) effects on soil chemical characteristics.

scientific article published on 31 December 2008

Organic wastes as soil amendments - Effects assessment towards soil invertebrates

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Reclamation of a mine contaminated soil using biologically reactive organic matrices

scientific article published in March 2009

Recycling organic wastes to agricultural land as a way to improve its quality: A field study to evaluate benefits and risks.

scientific article published on 12 January 2017

Risk assessment of pesticides detected in surface water of the Alqueva reservoir (Guadiana basin, southern of Portugal).

scientific article published on 13 May 2014

Risk assessment of representative and priority pesticides, in surface water of the Alqueva reservoir (South of Portugal) using on-line solid phase extraction-liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

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Root biomass production in populations of six rooted macrophytes in response to Cu exposure: intra-specific variability versus constitutive-like tolerance.

scientific article published on 21 July 2014

Sewage sludge, compost and other representative organic wastes as agricultural soil amendments: Benefits versus limiting factors

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Spatial and temporal variability of the water and sediments quality in the Alqueva reservoir (Guadiana Basin; southern Portugal).

scientific article published on 2 November 2013

The effect of compost treatments and a plant cover with Agrostis tenuis on the immobilization/mobilization of trace elements in a mine-contaminated soil

scientific article published in January 2014

Use of wastes from the pulp and paper industry for the remediation of soils degraded by mining activities: Chemical, biochemical and ecotoxicological effects

scientific article published on 06 June 2019

Water-Sediment Physicochemical Dynamics in a Large Reservoir in the Mediterranean Region under Multiple Stressors

scientific article published on 05 March 2021