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João L.T. Pestana
Researcher at University of Aveiro
Publications - 78
Citations - 1930
João L.T. Pestana is an academic researcher from University of Aveiro. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chironomus riparius & Population. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 71 publications receiving 1359 citations. Previous affiliations of João L.T. Pestana include University of New Brunswick & Federal University of Tocantins.
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Fear and loathing in the benthos: Responses of aquatic insect larvae to the pesticide imidacloprid in the presence of chemical signals of predation risk.
TL;DR: The results obtained demonstrate that natural and anthropogenic stressors can be treated within the same framework providing compatible data for modelling and expand the mechanistic study of effects of combined exposure to pesticides and perceived predation risk by measuring different endpoints over a wider range of pesticide concentrations.
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Structural and functional responses of benthic invertebrates to imidacloprid in outdoor stream mesocosms.
João L.T. Pestana,Alexa C. Alexander,Joseph M. Culp,Donald J. Baird,Allan J. Cessna,Amadeu M.V.M. Soares +5 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that leaf litter degradation and single species responses can be sensitive ecotoxicological endpoints that can be used as early warning indicators and biomonitoring tools for pesticide contamination.
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Life history and biochemical effects of chlorantraniliprole on Chironomus riparius
Andreia C.M. Rodrigues,Carlos Gravato,Carla Quintaneiro,Oksana Golovko,Vladimír Žlábek,Carlos Barata,Amadeu M.V.M. Soares,João L.T. Pestana +7 more
TL;DR: Results show that environmental concentrations of CAP can impair the fitness of C. riparius natural populations and at the same time that chironomids, as for most insecticides, are suitable test organisms to evaluate the organismal and biochemical effects of anthranilic diamides.
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Effects of Cadmium and Zinc on the feeding behaviour of two freshwater crustaceans: Atyaephyra desmarestii (Decapoda) and Echinogammarus meridionalis (Amphipoda)
TL;DR: Feeding assays appear to be a rapid, cheap and effective tool to be used in biomonitoring studies of Portuguese freshwaters and suggest the potential use of these two crustacean species as test organisms in ecotoxicological tests.
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Ingestion of small-sized and irregularly shaped polyethylene microplastics affect Chironomus riparius life-history traits.
TL;DR: The results from this study show that the ingestion and persistence of small-sized polyethylene microplastics caused significant impairments on life-history traits of C. riparius.