List of works by Rubens Figueira

Air contaminants and litter fall decomposition in urban forest areas: The case of São Paulo - SP, Brazil

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Anthropogenic and natural variability in the composition of sedimentary organic matter of the urbanised coastal zone of Montevideo (Río de la Plata).

scientific article published on 11 November 2017

Arsenic and other trace elements in two catfish species from Paranaguá Estuarine Complex, Paraná, Brazil.

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Artificial and natural radioactivity in edible mushrooms from Sao Paulo, Brazil

scientific article published on 04 July 2012

Assessment of historical fecal contamination in Curitiba, Brazil, in the last 400 years using fecal sterols.

scientific article published on 11 July 2014

Assessment of the health quality of Ria de Aveiro (Portugal): heavy metals and benthic foraminifera.

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Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in marine organisms and sediments from Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica.

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Coastline changes and sedimentation related with the opening of an artificial channel: the Valo Grande Delta, SE Brazil.

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Combined SEM/AVS and attenuation of concentration models for the assessment of bioavailability and mobility of metals in sediments of Sepetiba Bay (SE Brazil).

scientific article published on 31 January 2013

Control of oceanic circulation on sediment distribution in the southwestern Atlantic margin (23 to 55° S)

scientific article published on 15 September 2021

Coupling spectroscopic and chromatographic techniques for evaluation of the depositional history of hydrocarbons in a subtropical estuary.

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Critical evaluation of different methods to calculate the Geoaccumulation Index for environmental studies: A new approach for Baixada Santista - Southeastern Brazil.

scientific article published on 22 December 2017

Depositional history of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in an Amazon estuary during the last century

scientific article published on 17 October 2017

Depositional history of sedimentary linear alkylbenzenes (LABs) in a large South American industrial coastal area (Santos Estuary, Southeastern Brazil).

scientific article published on November 2010

Determination of geochemical background values on a tropical estuarine system in a densely urban area. Case study: Capibaribe estuary, Northeastern Brazil.

scientific article published on 8 September 2017

Distribution of 137Cs, 238Pu and 239+240 Pu in sediments of the southeastern Brazilian shelf-SW Atlantic margin

scientific article published on 28 July 2005

Early diagenesis and clay mineral adsorption as driving factors of metal pollution in sediments: the case of Aveiro Lagoon (Portugal).

scientific article published on 11 February 2015

Evaluation of metals and hydrocarbons in sediments from a tropical tidal flat estuary of Southern Brazil

scientific article published on 16 December 2014

Geochemical behavior, environmental availability, and reconstruction of historical trends of Cu, Pb, and Zn in sediment cores of the Cananéia-Iguape coastal system, Southeastern Brazil.

scientific article published on 22 November 2017

Historical economic and environmental policies influencing trace metal inputs in Montevideo Bay, Río de la Plata

scientific article published on 2 September 2016

Integrated environmental monitoring and multivariate data analysis-A case study

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Levels of metals, arsenic and phosphorus in sediments from two sectors of a Brazilian Marine Protected Area (Tupinambás Ecological Station).

scientific article published on 15 November 2014

Long-term eutrophication and contamination of the central area of Sepetiba Bay (SW Brazil)

Multi-molecular markers and metals as tracers of organic matter inputs and contamination status from an Environmental Protection Area in the SW Atlantic (Laranjeiras Bay, Brazil).

scientific article published on 13 January 2012

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a large South American industrial coastal area (Santos Estuary, Southeastern Brazil): sources and depositional history.

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Radiocarbon geochronology of the sediments of the São Paulo Bight (southern Brazilian upper margin).

scientific article published on 29 July 2011

Response of benthic foraminifera to organic matter quantity and quality and bioavailable concentrations of metals in Aveiro Lagoon (Portugal).

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Sedimentary record of PAHs in the Barigui River and its relation to the socioeconomic development of Curitiba, Brazil.

scientific article published on 15 March 2014

Sources and temporal patterns of polychlorinated biphenyls around a large South American grain-shipping port (Paranaguá Estuarine System, Brazil).

scientific article published on 26 January 2013

Spatial distribution and enrichment assessment of heavy metals in surface sediments from Baixada Santista, Southeastern Brazil.

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Spatial distribution and historical input of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in sediments from a subtropical estuary (Guaratuba Bay, SW Atlantic)

scientific article published on 15 March 2013

Spatial sediment variability in a tropical tide dominated estuary: Sources and drivers

scientific article published in 2016

Spatial variability in the concentrations of metals in beached microplastics.

scientific article published on 12 October 2017

Unraveling the performance of the benthic index AMBI in a subtropical bay: The effects of data transformations and exclusion of low-reliability sites

scientific article published in December 2017

Use of a chemometric tool to establish the regional background and assess trace metal enrichment at Baixada Santista - southeastern Brazil.

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Wastewater contamination in Antarctic melt-water streams evidenced by virological and organic molecular markers

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