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Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
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IMAR, Instituto do Mar |
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Manuel Augusto Simões Graça |
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· Research Interest My research interests fall into two areas (1) decompositionof leaf litter, and (2) biomonitoring. Firstly, I am interested in understanding factors ruling the decomposition of organic matter i.e. the transference of energy and materials of litter into secondary production. Therefore, my studies include chemical changes in decomposing leaves, the ecology of the decomposers (aquatic hyphomycetes) and animals feeding on detritus. My research is done mainly in streams, but I have done research in terrestrial and marshland systems. Secondly, I am interested in developing, improving and applying tools to asses environmental quality and the effect of effluent discharges in receiving systems. Under this research topic, I am cooperating with regional environmental agencies and the industry. |
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IMAR and Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Coimbra, Largo Marques de Pombal 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal |
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Tel: +351 239828071 Fax: +351 239826798 E-mail: mgraca@ci.uc.pt |
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Visit Coimbra: http://www.uc.pt/coimbra |
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Full professor (Professor Catedrárico) Ph.D. University of Sheffield, U.K. Subjects: General Ecology for Biology and Environmental Engeneering Direction Board of the IMAR - Institute of Marine Sciences and AIL - Iberial Limnological Association. |
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Cristina Canhoto (Ph.D.) - leaf decomposition & ecology of shredders Manuela Abelho (Ph.D.) - leaf decomposition Maria João Feio (Ph.D) - Invertebrates, predictive models. Andrea Encalada (Ph.D.) - tropical streams Verónica Ferreira (Ph.D) - leaf decomposition & aquatic hyphomycetes Ana Gonçalves, Mafalda Gama, (Ph.D Students) - stream ecology, biomonitoring & litter processing
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