Filipa Bessa
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Filipa Bessa is a Professor at the University of Coimbra in Portugal. Her research focuses on the impact of plastic pollution and marine litter in coastal environments, as evidenced by her recent publications on topics such as pharmaceuticals in coastal sediments, marine litter accumulation patterns, and the effects of debris ingestion in seabird communities. Additionally, she explores innovative methodologies for mapping and quantifying marine litter using unmanned aerial systems.
Recent Grants
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EDUCAPLAST - A problemática da poluição por microplásticos e o desenvolvimento de bioplásticos como alternativa de futuro: comunicar e envolver a Sociedade [The issue of microplastic pollution and the development of bioplastics as an alternative for the future: communicating and involving society]
Open Date: 2023-04-01
Close Date: 2023-12-01
Grant: Close
EDUCAPLAST - A problemática da poluição por microplásticos e o desenvolvimento de bioplásticos como alternativa de futuro: comunicar e envolver a Sociedade [The issue of microplastic pollution and the development of bioplastics as an alternative for the future: communicating and involving society]
Open Date: 2023-04-01
Close Date: 2023-12-01
Grant: Close
i-plastic - Dispersion and impacts of micro- and nano-plastics in the tropical and temperate oceans: from regional land-ocean interface to the open ocean
Open Date: 2020-09-01
Close Date: 2023-08-31
Grant: Close
UAS4LITTER - Low-cost Unmanned Aerial Systems UASs for marine litter coastal mapping
Open Date: 2018-10-04
Close Date: 2022-04-03
Grant: Close
RIVER-SEA - Land-based sources of marine litter and microplastics. Evaluation and modelling of the input from rivers and estuaries and implementation of prevention and reduction strategies at the source
Open Date: 2018-10-04
Close Date: 2021-10-03
Articles (10)
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Collaborators (4)
Jose Gonçalves
Prof.
Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto
Gil Gonçalves
Assistant Professor
University of Coimbra
Luisa Gonçalves
Associate Professor
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
Sara Leston
University of Coimbra
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