CBMA

Domain of specialization

Microbial Ecology, leaf litter decomposition in freshwaters, metal pollution, eutrophication, multiple stressors, aquatic microbial decomposers, biostatistics, global warming

Present investigation interests

Biodiversity conservation, mycology, phylogenetic relationships, molecular markers, DNA barcoding

S. Duarte, S. Seena, F. Bärlocher, F. Cássio, C. Pascoal (2012). Preliminary insights into the phylogeography of six aquatic hyphomycete species. PLoS ONE 7(9): e45289. 

S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, F. Garabétian, F. Cássio, J.-Y. Charcosset (2009). Microbial decomposer communities are mainly structured by the trophic status in circumneutral and alkaline streams, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75:6211-6221.

S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, A. Alves, A. Correia, F. Cássio (2008). Copper and zinc mixtures induce shifts in microbial communities and reduce leaf litter decomposition in streams. Freshwater Biology, 53: 91-101.

S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, F. Cássio, F. Bärlocher (2006). Aquatic hyphomycete diversity and identity affect leaf litter decomposition in microcosms. Oecologia, 147: 658-666.

“FunDiver: Development of molecular tools for assessing fungal diversity and activity in freshwaters” (PTDC/AAC-AMB/113746/2009), coordinator.

“FreshBioFun: Biodiversity and functioning of detritus foodwebs in freshwaters” (PTDC/AAC-AMB/117068/2010), team member. 

“Efeito da poluição na decomposição da folhada por hifomicetos aquáticos: sua sensibilidade e resistência a iões metálicos e ambientes acídicos” (POCTI/BSE/34024/2000), team member.

S. Duarte, S. Seena, F. Bärlocher,  C. Pascoal, F. Cássio (2013). A decade´s perspective on the impact of DNA sequencing on aquatic hyphomycete research. Fungal Biology Reviews, in press.

S. Duarte, I. Fernandes, M.-J. Nogueira, F. Cássio, C. Pascoal (2013). Temperature alters interspecific relationships among aquatic fungi. Fungal Ecology, 6: 187-191.

S. Duarte, S. Seena, F. Bärlocher, F. Cássio, C. Pascoal (2012). Preliminary insights into the phylogeography of six aquatic hyphomycete species. PLoS ONE 7(9): e45289.

S. Seena, S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, F. Cássio (2012). Intraspecific variation of the aquatic fungus Articulospora tetracladia: an ubiquitous perspective. PLoS ONE 7(4): e35884.

S. Duarte, M. L. Fidalgo, C. Pascoal, F. Cássio (2012). The role of the freshwater shrimp Atyaephyra desmarestii in leaf litter breakdown in streams. Hydrobiologia, 640: 149-157.

C. Moreirinha, S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, F. Cássio (2011). Effects of cadmium and phenanthrene mixtures on aquatic fungi and microbially mediated leaf litter decomposition. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 61: 211-219.

S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, A. Alves, A. Correia, F. Cássio (2010). Assessing the dynamic of microbial communities during leaf decomposition in a low-order stream by microscopic and molecular techniques, Microbiological Research, 165:351-262.

A. Medeiros, S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, F. Cássio, M. A. S. Graça (2010). Effects of Zn, Fe and Mn on leaf litter breakdown by aquatic fungi: a microcosm study, International Review of Hydrobiology, 95:12-26.

S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, F. Garabétian, F. Cássio, J.-Y. Charcosset (2009). Microbial decomposer communities are mainly structured by the trophic status in circumneutral and alkaline streams, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75:6211-6221.

I. Fernandes, S. Duarte, F. Cássio, C. Pascoal (2009). Mixtures of zinc and phosphate affect leaf litter decomposition by aquatic fungi, Science of the Total Environment, 407:4283-4288.

K. R. Sridhar, S. Duarte, F. Cássio, C. Pascoal (2009). The role of early fungal colonizers in leaf-litter decomposition in Portuguese streams impacted by agricultural runoff, International Review of Hydrobiology, 94:399-409.

S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, F. Cássio (2009). Functional stability of stream-dwelling microbial decomposers exposed to copper and zinc stress, Freshwater Biology, 54:1683-1691.

S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, F. Cássio (2008). High diversity of fungi may mitigate the impact of pollution on plant litter decomposition in streams. Microbial Ecology, 56: 688–695.

S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, A. Alves, A. Correia, F. Cássio (2008). Copper and zinc mixtures induce shifts in microbial communities and reduce leaf litter decomposition in streams. Freshwater Biology, 53: 91-101.

S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, F. Cássio, F. Bärlocher (2006). Aquatic hyphomycete diversity and identity affect leaf litter decomposition in microcosms. Oecologia, 147: 658-666.

S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, F. Cássio (2004). Effects of zinc on leaf decomposition by fungi in streams: studies in microcosms. Microbial Ecology, 48: 366–374.

S. Duarte, F. Cássio, C. Pascoal (2012). Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) in microbial ecology – insights from freshwaters. In: Gel Electrophoresis – Principles and Basics, S. Magdeldin (Ed). InTech, Rijeka, Croatia, ISBN 979-953-307-474-9.

Oral communications

S. Duarte, S. Seena, F. Bärlocher, F. Cássio, C. Pascoal. Biogeography of aquatic fungi: preliminary conclusions. XVI Congress of the Iberian Association of Limnology, Guimarães, Portugal, 2 to 6 July 2012.

I. Fernandes, S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, F. Cássio. Long-term effects of riparian vegetation diversity on stream-dwelling microbes and litter decomposition. Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS7), Girona, Spain, 27 June to 1 July 2011.

S. Duarte, L. Fidalgo, C. Pascoal, F. Cássio. Food preferences of the freshwater shrimp Atyaephyra desmarestii. XV Congresso da Associação Espanhola de Limnologia, Ponta Delgada, Portugal, 5 to 9 July 2010.

S. Duarte, J. Y-. Charcosset, F. Garabétian, C. Pascoal, F. Cássio. Effects of eutrophication on microbial decomposers of submerged leaf litter. 5th International Meeting on Plant Litter Processing in Freshwaters (PLPF), Coimbra, Portugal, 23 to 25 July 2008.

C. Moreirinha, S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, F. Cássio. Effects of cadmium and phenantrene mixtures on leaf-litter decomposition by fungi in streams. 5th International Meeting on Plant Litter Processing in Freshwaters (PLPF), Coimbra, Portugal, 23 to 25 July 2008.

S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, F. Cássio. Functional stability of microbial decomposers to stress induced by copper and zinc in streams. SETAC Europe 17th Annual Meeting, Porto, Portugal, 20 to 24 May 2007.

F. Cássio, C. Pascoal, S. Duarte, F. Bärlocher. Effects of species loss on the functioning of freshwater ecosystems. Congresso Micro’05-Biotec’05, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, 30 November to 3 December 2005.

S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, F. Cássio, F. Bärlocher. Effects of aquatic hyphomycete species richness and identity on leaf mass loss, fungal biomass and conidium production. The IX International Marine and Freshwater Mycology Symposium (IMFMS), Chiang Mai, Thailand, 14 to 19 November 2004.

S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, F. Cássio. Effects of zinc on leaf decomposition by fungi in streams. XII Congresso da Associação Espanhola de Limnologia / IV Congresso Ibérico de Limnologia, Porto, Portugal, 5 to 9 July 2004.

Poster communications

B. Antunes, J. Trabulo, S. Duarte, S. Seena, F. Cássio, C. Pascoal. Intraspecific diversity affects plant-litter decomposition in freshwaters. XVI Congress of the Iberian Association of Limnology, Guimarães, Portugal, 2 to 6 July 2012.

S. Seena, S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, F. Cássio. An ubiquitous perspective of the intraspecific diversity of the aquatic fungus Articulospora tetracladia. XVI Congress of the Iberian Association of Limnology, Guimarães, Portugal, 2 to 6 July 2012.

I. Fernandes, S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, F. Cássio. Long-term effects of riparian-plant diversity loss on a stream invertebrate shredder. XVI Congress of the Iberian Association of Limnology, Guimarães, Portugal, 2 to 6 July 2012. 

S. Duarte, I. Fernandes, M-J. Nogueira, A. Pinheiro, F. Cássio, C. Pascoal. Temperature changes interspecific relationships among aquatic hyphomycetes.Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS7), Girona, Spain, 27 June to 1 July 2011.

S. Seena, S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, F. Cássio. ITS barcodes as unambiguous discriminators of strains of Articulospora tetracladia. 2^nd conference of the European Consortium for the Barcode of Life (ECBOL2), Braga, Portugal, 2 to 4 June 2010.

S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, F. Cássio. Can microbial decomposers of plant litter be used as bioindicators of anthropogenic stress in streams? III International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology - BioMicroWorld 2009, Lisboa, Portugal, 2 to 4 December 2009.

K. R. Sridhar, S. Duarte, F. Cássio, C. Pascoal. Fungal communities in sediments from streams with constrasting water chemistry. III International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology - BioMicroWorld 2009, Lisboa, Portugal, 2 to 4 December 2009.

S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, F. Cássio. High diversity of fungi may mitigate the impact of pollution on plant litter decomposition in streams. SETAC Europe 19th Annual Meeting, Göteborg, Suécia, 31 May to 4 June 2009.

K. R. Sridhar, S. Duarte, F. Cássio, C. Pascoal. The role of early colonizers in leaf-litter decomposition in streams. 5th International Meeting on Plant Litter Processing in Freshwaters (PLPF), Coimbra, Portugal, 23 to 25 July 2008.

I. Fernandes, S. Duarte, F. Cássio, C. Pascoal. Mixtures of zinc and phosphate affect leaf litter decomposition by aquatic fungi. SETAC Europe 17th Annual Meeting, Porto, Portugal, 20 to 24 May 2007.

A. Medeiros, S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, F. Cássio, M. A. S. Graça. Effects of heavy metals on leaf litter breakdown by aquatic fungi: a microcosm study. SETAC Europe 17th Annual Meeting, Porto, Portugal, 20 to 24 May 2007.

S. Duarte, A. Alves, C. Pascoal, A. Correia, F. Cássio. Diversity and activity of fungi and bacteria on decomposing leaves in a low-order stream. 11th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME-11), Vienna, Austria, 20 to 25 August 2006.

S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, A. Alves A. Correia, F. Cássio. Effects of copper and zinc mixtures on leaf decomposition by freshwater fungi and bacteria. 11th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME-11), Vienna, Austria, 20 to 25 August 2006.

F. Borges, S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, F. Cássio. Assessment of fungal biomass based on Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis band intensities. 11th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME-11), Vienna, Austria, 20 to 25 August 2006.

S. Duarte, C. Pascoal, F. Cássio. Fungal diversity may be more sensitive to pollution than fungal biomass and leaf decomposition in streams. XIII Congresso da Associação Espanhola de Limnologia / V Congresso Ibérico de Limnologia, Barcelona, Spain, 2 to 7 July 2006.

Other communications

S. Duarte. The impact of DNA barcoding on aquatic hyphomycete research: preliminary studies. Oral communication in DBio seminars, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal, 10 April 2013.

S. Duarte. Diversidade e atividade de fungos decompositores da folhada em rios: abordagens tradicionais e moleculares. Oral communication in the "XIV Jornadas de Biologia Aplicada - BioPercursos no século XXI", Universidade de Minho, Braga, Portugal, 28 February 2013.

S. Duarte. Despertar para a Ciência. Oral communication at Escola Secundária D. Maria II, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal, 23 November 2011.

S. Duarte. Food preferences of the freshwater shrimp Atyaephyra desmarestii. Oral communication in DBio seminars, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal, 16 June 2010.

S. Duarte. Effects of eutrophication on microbial decomposers of submerged leaf litter in streams. Oral communication in DBio seminars, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal, 20 May 2009.

Graduation students

André Pinheiro “Relações interespecíficas entre fungos aquáticos sob stresse de cádmio” Universidade do Minho, co-supervision with C. Pascoal. Graduation in Applied Biology, July 2010.

José Trabulo “Será que a identidade intraespecífica de fungos aquáticos afeta a decomposição da vegetação ripícola sob stresse de cádmio?” Universidade do Minho, co-supervision with C. Pascoal. Graduation in Applied Biology, July 2011.

MSc students

José Trabulo "Using traditional and molecular approaches for assessing fungal diversity on decomposing plant-litter in streams." Universidade do Minho, co-supervision with F. Cássio and C. Pascoal. Master in Ecology, ongoing.