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R&D Projects

Call for Proposals for Scientific Research and Technological Development Projects in all Scientific Domains - 2010

Painel de Avaliação da área de Ambiente e Alterações Climáticas - 2010

Coordination

Ralf Ebinghaus
GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht, Institute for Coastal Research, Germany

Evaluation

Aristita Busuioc
National Meteorological Administration, Romania
Barbara Mazzolai
Italiano Institute of Technology, Center for MicroBioRobotics (IIT@SSSA), Italy
Joanna Wibig
Department of Meteorology and Climatology, University of Lodz, Poland
Jozef Pacyna
Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Norway
Maximilian Hempel
German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU), Germany
Milena Horvat
Department of Environmental Studies of the Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI), Slovenia
Nicola Pirrone
CNR Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Italy
Stephen Gerard Jennings
National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

Projects assigned

PTDC/AAC-AMB/116516/2010

PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE OF FISH TO OCEAN ACIDIFICATION: IT TAKES GUTS
Juan Fuentes
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/116588/2010

Bioaccumulation of the cyanotoxins microcystin and cylindrospermopsin in maize and rice cultivars and characterization of physiological and biochemical responses. A comprehensive investigation on the dynamics of cyanotoxins in plants.
Alexandre Campos
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/116629/2010

Holocene human-environment interactions in northern Portugal.
Maria Isabel dos Santos Rosa Caetano Alves
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Ciências (ADFCUP/FCUP/UP)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/116644/2010

Meta Decomposition - Meta analysis in the study of litter decomposition in freshwaters
Verónica Ferreira
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/116732/2010

Cracking the system: the role of genetic diversity on ecosystem complexity (GENCOM).
Mercedes Gonzalez Wanguemert
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/116753/2010

What can wastewater engineers do with microbial diversity data?
Regina Maria de Oliveira Barros Nogueira
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/116811/2010

BENTHEALTH - Benthic species health: responses within a contamination gradient
Rosa de Fátima Lopes de Freitas
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/116846/2010

Development of an analytical strategy for monitoring nanoparticles in aerosols (NANOSOL)
Teresa Alexandra Peixoto Rocha Santos
Instituto Piaget, Cooperativa para o Desenvolvimento Humano, Integral e Ecológico CRL (IPiaget)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/116946/2010

INVERT - Integration of mixed cultures and microalgae as a sustainable platform for organic waste valorization
MARIA ISABEL APARÍCIO PAULO FERNANDES CAPELA
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/116963/2010

AWESOME - All waste is equal but some is more equal than others: food waste
Sofia Guedes Vaz
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117048/2010

ClimaTox- Impact of climatic changes on toxicity of pollutants
Inês Domingues
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117111/2010

Spectroscopic LIDAR for monitoring and assessment of air pollution
Andrei Borissovitch Utkin
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação (INOV/INESC/IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117112/2010

Impacts of electric mobility on urban structure
Tomás Lopes Cavalheiro Ponce Dentinho
Universidade dos Açores (UAçores)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117139/2010

Insights into the Biodegradation of Ethylene Dibromide (1,2-dibromoethane) (EDB-BIO)
Anthony Steven Danko
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117171/2010

IN VITRO ANIMAL SYSTEMS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL BIOMONITORIZATION - The Use of Physiological/Biochemical and Genotoxic Responses of Fish Cell Culture
MARIA ANA DIAS MONTEIRO SANTOS
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117185/2010

Fishing-Tourism: symbioses for a sustainable management of the Azorean fishery (PESCATUR)
Maria Anunciação Mateus Ventura
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117199/2010

MEDFLOW Environmental flows in Mediterranean rivers - an holistic approach based on hydrologic, hydraulic and biological modeling
Teresa Ferreira
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117202/2010

ReserveDesign - Conserving biodiversity under global environmental scenarios
Miguel Bastos Araújo
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117209/2010

Evolution of flora in climate chage scenarios
António Luis Crespí
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117212/2010

UP-On site - Uranium on the hydrosphere of Portugal: Development of electrochemical sensors for on site analysis
Jorge Manuel Ginja Teixeira
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117238/2010

Piretróides sintéticos: Análise ambiental, estudo de bioremediação e avaliação da toxicidade
Valentina Maria Fernandes Domingues
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117262/2010

Obtention of standards of aquatic toxins for experimental purposes-CYANOSTANDARDS
Joana Fernades da Fonseca da Costa Martins Osswald
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117263/2010

Fasciola hepatica in Portugal:epidemiology and molecular biology.
Maria Amelia Afonso Gracio
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117304/2010

Green filters - Clay based materials: an environmentally sustainable solution for clean water supplies
Iwona Kuzniarska-Biernacka
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117330/2010

Electricity production from wastes: Microbial Fuel Cells towards full-scale applications
Cristina Sofia Torres de Matos
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117372/2010

LINKINSOIL: Integrate approach to soil metal contamination: LINKINg SOIL metal bioavailability to subcellular distribution and the onset of adverse effects in natural populations
Marta Sofia Soares Craveiro Alves Monteiro dos Santos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117393/2010

Waste of biodiesel industry: conversion of glycerol into bio-additive fuel
José Eduardo Castanheiro
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117424/2010

USE OF MULTI-INDICATORS FOR EVALUATION OF SEDIMENT QUALITY IN ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT. A CASE STUDY IN N PORTUGAL - MASQUE
Maria Virgínia Alves Martins
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117512/2010

WATER REUSE: REQUIREMENTS, CONSTRAINS AND GLOBAL IMPACTS
Ana Cristina Ribeiro Afonso Matos Coutinho
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117547/2010

RDFENERGY - Gasification of RDF and biomass mixtures for energy production
Rui Manuel Neto André
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117555/2010

PSYCHOBASS - Assessment of psiychopharmaceuticals neuroendocrine effects in aquatic species
Marta Sofia Sá Ferreira
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117574/2010

UV-filters in swimming pools - technologic strategies to minimize the formation of toxic products.
José Manuel Sousa Lobo
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto (FF/UP)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117592/2010

ACUTEALGATOX -Development of a cell-based multipoint-target acute bioassay using the alga Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata
Eduardo Jorge Valente Soares
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP/IPP)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117621/2010

An integrated approach for sustainable miombo woodlands management in Niassa National Reserve, northern Mozambique: fires and biodiversity
Ana Isabel Faria Ribeiro
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical,I.P. (IICT) (IICT/MNE)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117626/2010

Green house gases emissions in intertidal sediments of coastal wetlands: functional and spatial modelling
José Pavão Mendes de Paula
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117636/2010

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii bioremediation and bioassay for the assessment of heavy metal toxicity (CHLAMYREMED)
Maria da Glória Calado Inglês Esquível
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117661/2010

AquaPharm - Remediation and prevention systems of aqueous matrices contamination by pharmaceutical compounds
Lúcia Maria da Silveira Santos
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117681/2010

MINURB: Site-specific risk assessment of potentially harmful elements to human health on a mixed environmental scenario of mine land/residential land.
Amélia Paula Marinho Reis
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117682/2010

Reclaimed wastewater for irrigation and artificial aquifer recharge: risks, benefits and treatment potential for emerging contaminants (Acronym: ReClAiM)
Tibor Yvan Stigter
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117699/2010

AirInRoute: Daily route to indoor contaminants
Susana Marta Lopes Almeida
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117707/2010

ECOWATUR - Constructed Wetlands application for water reuse in Tourism units
MARIA CRISTINA SOUSA COUTINHO DE CALHEIROS E MENEZES
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117710/2010

Development of an alternative strategy for the recovery of polluted soils
Isabel Maria da Silva Videira e Castro Viana
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117724/2010

Study and development of environmentally sustainable noise barriers
Jorge Viçoso Patrício
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, I.P. (LNEC)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117775/2010

Development of an Integrated Process for Valorisation, Treatment and Management of Wastes Generated from Olive Oil Production
Helder Teixeira Gomes
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPBragança)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117784/2010

Greenhouse gases mitigation options and air quality over the Iberian Peninsula - MitigAIR
Ana Cristina Caldeira da Silva Gouveia Carvalho
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117853/2010

ENVHIS - Relative roles of history and environment in creating common distribution patterns: implications for conservation planning under global change
Ana Márcia Enes Barbosa
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117857/2010

Industrial wastes valorization by biohydrogen, biogas and microalgae production
Paula Alexandra Santinho Soares Marques
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117943/2010

Towards sustainable production of biofuels: metagenomic search of extreme environments for superior biocatalysts to process lignocellulosic residues
Maria Helena Dias dos Santos
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117977/2010

Characterization of nanoparticles emitted in indoor environments - Contribution to the study of workers health effects - NANOEXPOSURE
João Fernando Pereira Gomes
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118021/2010

Predicting ecological conditions in large reservoirs from climate and landscape changes
Edna Cabecinha
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118120/2010

SENSE and SHOOT of phenolic compounds: a bionanotechnology approach
João Cortez
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118144/2010

Sugars liquors from waste biomass saccharification with strong acids/methanol and cellulase enzymes
Jorge Manuel Tavares Branco Varejão
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra (IPC)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118156/2010

E2SCALE: Scaling-down estrogenic responses in fish
PATRÍCIA ISABEL SILVESTRE PINTO
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118252/2010

INDICATORS OF RISK SCENARIOS FOR THE QUALITY OF INLAND WATER BODIES
Ana Estela Azevedo Camacho Vasconcelos Barbosa
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, I.P. (LNEC)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118280/2010

COLOREAD: A bioindicator plant species that changes the COLOR of the petals in the presence of lEAD
Etelvina Figueira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118320/2010

RICEVALOR-Energetic valorisation of wastes obtained during rice production in Portugal
Maria Filomena de Jesus Pinto
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118401/2010

HighAD - Strategies to optimize Anaerobic Digestion of recalcitrant wastes
José Carlos Gomes da Costa
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118412/2010

COMETAS- Metals and arsenic in soils around abandoned mining areas. Assessing their pathways and human health impact.
Fátima Alexandra REMIZ PEREIRA AFRICANO
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118415/2010

Identifying candidate loci for plant metal hyperaccumulation adaptations using landscape genomics
Helena Cotrim
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118469/2010

Modification and Optimisation of Novel Activated Carbon prepared from Waste PET for Water and Air Treatment
Isabel Pestana da Paixão Cansado
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118491/2010

Use of biogas obtained from anaerobic digestion of waste forest subject to enzyme pretreatment
Nuno Paulo Correia e Afonso Moreira
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118543/2010

Improving Senegalese sole production: optimizing diet utilization for an environmental sustainable production
Paula Cristina Enes Oliveira da Silva
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118547/2010

Mediterranean temporary ponds as groundwater dependent ecosystems: understanding the dynamics and conservation strategies - CharcoMed
LUÍS MANUEL QUINTAIS CANCELA DA FONSECA
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118561/2010

CYANOTRACKER - Monitoring strategy for a rapid detection of cyanobacterial blooms´ occurrence and toxic potential
Daniela Rebelo de Figueiredo
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118581/2010

NitroTraceS - Tracing nitrogen sources and cycling in the evaluation of water resources degradation- Aveiro Region
Paula Galego Fernandes
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118647/2010

Microbe-assisted phytoremediation: unraveling the rhizosphere-microbial interactions in hydrocarbon-impacted salt marshes (MICROPHYT)
Maria Ângela Sousa Dias Alves Cunha
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118653/2010

Essential oils and infusions of medicinal and aromatic plants for environment and crop protection - (EOMAP-Env&CropProt)
Manuel Fernandes-Ferreira
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118674/2010

“ECO-SCIENCE”: Influence of climate change on the adverse effects caused by pesticides on aquatic and terrestrial community, using amphibians as models.
Enrique García Muñoz
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118751/2010

Characterization of the risk of vector-borne pathogens along the flyway in inland wintering waders
Luisa Cristina Gouveia Mendes
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118803/2010

Water use optimization in an industrial complex through inter-sites processes integration, by applying the pinch methodology.
Maria Helena Gomes de Almeida Gonçalves Nadais
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118811/2010

ECOSAL: an ECO-friendly strategy to minimize the secondary SALinisation of soils and waterbodies
Catarina Pires Ribeiro Ramos Marques
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118837/2010

CAS(C)H - Characterisation and assessment of anthropogenic contamination at high altitude ecosystems.
Isabel Maria Cunha Antunes Lopes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118865/2010

PRETEND - ImPRovement of zebrafish Embryo Testing as a fast screening tool to predict ENDocrine disruption
Marta Sofia Soares Craveiro Alves Monteiro dos Santos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118927/2010

Can the carbon and nitrogen linkage patterns reveal the origin of the water-soluble organic matter in atmospheric aerosols?
REGINA MARIA BRANDÃO DE OLIVEIRA DUARTE
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118932/2010

MICROBESens - Novel biosensing platforms for screening microbiological contamination in water
Maria Goreti Ferreira Sales
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP/IPP)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118956/2010

Using natural tracers techniques for assessing aquifer recharge and groundwater chemical baseline: methodological innovations for varied climate and geography conditions
Francisco Javier Alcalá García
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119024/2010

PSYDR - Environmental occurrence and fate of psychiatric drugs
Valdemar Inocêncio Esteves
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119066/2010

Detoxification of phorbol esters in the seed cake from Jatropha curcas biodiesel production by microbial fermentation
Changhe Zhang
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119121/2010

Land abandonment in an extensive agro-ecosystem: implications on biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Helena Castro
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119142/2010

CYANODIVE - Do cyanophages contribute to microbial diversity in cyanobacteria dominated reservoirs?
Maria Margarida dos Prazeres Reis
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119154/2010

Sustainable management of lithium strategic metal: metallurgical recovery from natural and secondary resources (LIGEST)
Fernando de Oliveira Durao
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119166/2010

KEY-FUNCTION: Functional reference scenarios as a key to streams functional assessment through invertebrates traits
Maria João Feio
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119167/2010

Emerging contaminants removal from water: a challenge for using biowaste (BIOREM)
Marta Otero
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119183/2010

Lisbon 2020: Modeling biodiversity for urban sustainability
Maria Luz Costa Pereira Mathias
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119198/2010

CoffeeBIOPAK - Recovery of bioactive compounds from spent coffee grounds for production of active biodegradable food packaging
Maria Helena Rodrigues Gonçalves Soares Costa
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSARJ)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119212/2010

i-ChemMarkWaters - new immunoassays for chemical markers of pharmaceuticals input in natural waters.
Maria de Fatima Pinto Soares Pereira de Magalhaes Alpendurada
Instituto da Água da Região Norte (IAREN)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119280/2010

TRANSPORT: TRAffic iNduced Stone decay and Particulate air pOllution:a field study in PoRTugal
Nicola Schiavon
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119304/2010

BESS- BUSINESS AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND STRATEGIES
Maria do Rosario Partidario
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119335/2010

2JETBIO - Second Generation Jet Biofuel Biorefinery
César Simões da Fonseca
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119337/2010

Marine aerosols as a source of health relevant viruses
Maria Adelaide de Pinho Almeida
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119421/2010

M4EM - Non-Linear Modelling of Motor Vehicle Emissions
Gonçalo Nuno Antunes Gonçalves
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119426/2010

Emerging Streams of Waste of Electric and Electronic Equipment: Materials Valorization from LCD and Photovoltaic Pannels (EMERVAL)
Fernanda Maria Ramos da Cruz Margarido
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119435/2010

Large scale screen for epigenetic transgenerational effects of environmental radio frequency radiation
Wanda Viegas
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119481/2010

NEAR - Natural environments as reservoirs of resistance to last resort-antibiotics
Isabel Henriques
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119498/2010

R3CDW - Recovery, Reuse and Recycling of Construction and Demolition Waste
Joaquim M.R.A. Duque
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119500/2010

IASI - Impact Assessment in Small Islands: Key-Factors and Specific Approaches
Tomás Augusto Barros Ramos
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119508/2010

SPS - Sustainability Performance Assessment and Benchmarking Framework of The Public Sector
Tomás Augusto Barros Ramos
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119619/2010

Taxonomic and functional response of Mediterranean reptiles to repeated-fire regimes
Xavier Santos
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119637/2010

Pollen BioAerosols in Ambient Air: Cell-Based Biosensor for determination of the Allergenic Load
Rui Manuel de Almeida Brandao
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119670/2010

ISOMET- Isotopic geochemistry of transition elements, a new tool for environmental assessment. Application in abandoned mining areas.
Fátima Alexandra REMIZ PEREIRA AFRICANO
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119692/2010

Mapping the onset of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation through the Arctic Pacific using new proxies (NHG-MAP)
Zuzanna Natalia Stroynowski
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119735/2010

Rapid assessment of the toxicity of trace metals in seawater using an electronic tongue
Alisa Rudnitskaya
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119761/2010

HydroEnviModel - INTEGRATED WATERSHED HYDRO-ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING TO BUILD ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITY INDEX
HERLANDER MATA FERNANDES LIMA
Universidade da Madeira (UMA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119762/2010

Assessment of the Environmental Impact of Atmospheric Crude Oil Distillation Units in the Refinery Sector: Analysing Scenarios of Pollution Reduction
Belmira de Almeida Ferreira Neto
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119831/2010

Comprehensive Assessment of Triclosan Environmental Fate and Microbial Toxicity at the WWWP´s (Wastewater Treatment Plants)
Svitlana Lyubchyk
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCTUNL/UNL)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119844/2010

Integrated innovative process for biofuels and energy production
Maria Suzana Leitão Ferreira Dias Vicente
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119848/2010

CONGENEER - CONtaminant-driven GENEtic ERosion: fitness costs and consequences on the viability of wild populations of Amphibia.
Isabel Maria Cunha Antunes Lopes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119880/2010

Secondary organic aerosols, a source of carbon in the atmosphere: unravelling formation mechanisms, assessed by spectroscopic and computational techniques
Pedro Miguel Duarte Vaz
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119884/2010

DEMOCON - Decentralized wastewater treatment monitoring and control
Helena Maria Rodrigues Vasconcelos Pinheiro
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119906/2010

COLIPOP - Heterogeneity among Escherichia coli populations on open water environments: is there a link between contexts and risks?
ANTÓNIO CARLOS MATIAS CORREIA
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119912/2010

MetTool - An assessment tool of Heavy Metals behavior in WWTPs
Manuel José Matos
Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL/IPL)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119951/2010

Ash and pollutant characterization of co-combustion of poultry litter and invasive Acacia
Joao Luis Monney de Sa Paiva
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu (IPV)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119966/2010

PhytoVet - Phyto-WWTPs and their application for the removal of veterinary drugs
Marisa Almeida
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119984/2010

Aquatic environments: reservoirs of resistance determinants and virulence factors
Nuno Mendonça
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120056/2010

Characterization of Heavy-Precipitation Occurrences and Violent Effects in Madeira Island (CHOVE-Madeira Island)
Luís Filipe Sanches Fernandes
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120089/2010

Antibiotics: micropollutants with macro-effects
Célia Maria Manaia Rodrigues
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120109/2010

Monitoring of emerging contaminants in waters resorting to flow analysis: quantification and remediation strategies
Paula Cristina de Azevedo Gomes Pinto
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120111/2010

CO2LARVAE - Climate Change Impacts on Temperate Reef Fish Larvae
Ana M Faria
ISPA, CRL (ISPA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120121/2010

(NanoProfile) Profiling the toxicity of nanomaterials in aquatic and terrestrial biological models
Joana Luísa Lourenço Estevinho Pereira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120129/2010

SORO&ALFAETANOL - An emergent strategy for bioethanol production from cheese whey and carob pulp for a sustainable biorefinary
Maria Emilia Lima Costa
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120143/2010

Inactivation of microorganisms in polluted aquaculture waters by a photochemical technique of low environmental impact
Maria do Amparo Ferreira Faustino
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120170/2010

CURB - Carbon in URBan systems: modeling, management and mitigation
Manuel Joaquim Sabença Feliciano
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPBragança)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120197/2010

OASIS: How to run regulated rivers in semi-arid regions?
Francisca Constança Frutuoso de Aguiar
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120219/2010

AZAP - Assessment of hazardous air pollutants over Portugal
Carlos Borrego
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120253/2010

ModREF - Modeling Reference diatom and macroinvertebrate communities in coastal rivers using Environmental Filters
Salomé Fernandes Pinheiro de Almeida
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120301/2010

Antibiotic degradation by advanced oxidation processes
Ana Maria Carreira Lopes
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120309/2010

Black Carbon in West Atlantic estuaries of Portugal. Implications for carbon sequestration.
José María de la Rosa Arranz
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120325/2010

Sentinel plant species for environmental monitoring of heavy metal soil contamination and for biotechnological application in phytoremediation
Maria Fernanda da Silva Fidalgo Ferro de Beça
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120363/2010

HUMANE - HUMAN Exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals: levels, pathways and adverse effects
Ana Catarina Almeida Sousa
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120372/2010

ENTOXYPAR: ENvironmental TOXicogenomics exploring the Yeast model: focus on pesticides related to PARkinson`s disease development.
Isabel Maria de Sá Correia Leite de Almeida
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120396/2010

Hg SPOTs - Mercury hotSPOTs and re-emission: A legacy from the past in Aveiro region
Sisenando Nogueira de Abreu
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120402/2010

WaterBioMark - Novel strategies based on biomarkers for aquatic systems monitoring and for biogeochemical studies
António Osmaro Santos Silva Rangel
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120423/2010

ProTEoME - PROteomic Tools to assess Endocrine disruptiOn MEchanisms
Marco Lemos
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120436/2010

GREEN-ANTIOX-Antioxidants recovery from agro industrial byproducts by green solvents
Celina Maria Lemos dos Santos
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal (IPSetúbal)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120446/2010

MineSuccess - Modeling the ecological succession and vegetation assemblage patterns for ecological restoration of areas contaminated with heavy metals: a data-driven approach.
Cristina Branquinho
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120452/2010

LANDCHANGE - Modelling and Forecasting the Dynamics of Complex Adaptive Ecological Systems Across Scales
João José Pradinho Honrado
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120475/2010

Prediction of ionic liquids (eco)toxicity and biodegradability by means of automated screening methodologies based on structure-activity relationships
Maria Lúcia Marques Ferreira de Sousa Saraiva
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120575/2010

The Tragedy of the Commons and the Sustainable Management of the Fisheries
José António Candeias Bonito Filipe
ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120581/2010

Controlling greenhouse gas emissions from biological wastewater treatment systems
Adrian Oehmen
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120597/2010

High rate anaerobic bioreactors catalyzed by Carbon Materials: development and demonstration of a new generation of electron shuttles for the degradation of environmental xenobiotics
Luciana José Ribeiro Pereira
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120642/2010

Photodegradation of emerging contaminants from personal care products: the role of humic substances
MARIA EDUARDA BASTOS HENRIQUES DOS SANTOS
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120649/2010

CLIMFISH - Climate change´s (hidrologycal & Oceonographic) effects on coastal fishery
Francisco Leitão
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120654/2010

Microbial Fuel Cells: experimental and modelling studies
Vânia Sofia Brochado de Oliveira
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120662/2010

Microbial biodiversity in extreme environments of the Azores - potential and conservation
Maria de Lurdes Nunes Enes Dapkevicius
Universidade dos Açores (UAçores)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120698/2010

PLANTAS: The role of PLANTs in ArSenic biogeochemical cycling in contaminated salt marshes
Etelvina Figueira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120702/2010

HIDRALERTA - FLOOD FORECAST AND ALERT SYSTEM IN COASTAL AND PORT AREAS
Conceição Juana Fortes
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, I.P. (LNEC)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120788/2010

Sustainable Water and Wastewater Treatment through Understanding of Membrane Ageing
Svetlozar Gueorguiev VELIZAROV
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120796/2010

DREDGE - Determining Regional Effects of Dredging in laGoonal Ecosystems
MANUEL RAMIRO DIAS PASTORINHO
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120801/2010

SoilScreening - Real time monitoring of plant-soil interactions using advanced flow techniques
João Luís Machado dos Santos
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120803/2010

EnvIRONsensing - Iron sensing systems for biogeochemical applications
António Osmaro Santos Silva Rangel
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120827/2010

Um Interface SIG para obter Planos de Evacuação para Cheias
Jorge Leandro
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120862/2010

Assessment of emissions from industrial/residential/agricultural biomass burning (EMIRA)
Margarita Guennadievna Evtyugina
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120867/2010

Carbon dioxide fixation by incorporation in high value materials
Arménio Serra
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120880/2010

Eco-hydrodynamic Approach towards Estuary Preservation using Flow Regulation and System Health Indicators (ESPRI)
Garel Erwan
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120901/2010

Mercury Isotopic composition: A key for tracing Hg contamination sources from the Tagus estuary to adjacent shelf area?
Mário Jorge dos Santos Gustavo Mil-Homens
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120903/2010

MineRisk - Mining Activity Assessment Risk: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Ana Rita Gonçalves Neves Lopes Salgueiro
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120962/2010

UBio Tool-Linking Geochemical Processes with Microbial Analysis in Uranium Mines
Ana Paula Kuan Yon Chung
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120968/2010

NanoROUTES- TOXICITY AND EXPOSURE ROUTES OF NANOPARTICLES IN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
Susana Patrícia Mendes Loureiro
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120969/2010

The use of Gastropod Statoliths for 4D Monitoring Spatial and Temporal Trends of Environmental Contamination (4D-Contaminants)
Carlos Miguel Miguez Barroso
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121037/2010

BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN METAL CONTAMINATION AND ECOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS ON MACROBENTHIC COMMUNITIES: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH FROM GENE TO COMMUNITY - ECOAPPROACH
Susana Isabel Almeida Alves Carvalho
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121052/2010

(Sefficiency) Sustainable efficiency, evapotranspiration and entropy in water resources management and adaptation
Naim Haie
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121053/2010

BETIO - Bayesian Tools for Environmental Input-Output Analysis
joao Filipe Dias Rodrigues
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121078/2010

POLINSDI: A comparative assessment of the policy influence of national Sustainable Development Indicators
Tomás Augusto Barros Ramos
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121103/2010

BotryFuelPharm - Botryococcus braunii as a source of biofuel and high added-value bioactive compounds
Maria Beatriz Pinto Pereira Palma Nobre
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121119/2010

Taxonomic, functional, and genetic dimensions of aquatic fungal diversity ---FunDs
Seena Sahadevan
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121145/2010

Economic evaluation of landscape using a bio-economic model
Maria de Belém Ferreira da Silva da Costa Freitas
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121157/2010

Identification of rumen genes associated to reductive acetogenesis in vitro: a strategy for decrease in methane emission by ruminants.
Sofia Varela van Harten
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária (FMV/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121184/2010

Biodegradation and biosorption of organic solvents in liquid effluents
Cristina Quintelas
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121207/2010

Application of membrane processes for valorization of second cheese whey concentrates and chemical/biological treatment of permeates.
Maria de Fátima Nunes de Carvalho
Instituto Politécnico de Beja (IPBeja)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121235/2010

FAQUIR - Forecasting the Air QUality Impact oveR mainland Portugal and Madeira island induced by forest fire smoke and desert dust
Jorge Humberto Melo Rosa Amorim
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121278/2010

EnvBioSys - Environmental assessment of biofuel systems - an extended framework to include the effects of land use change and address uncertainty
Luis Arroja
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121281/2010

Forest understory collection, treatment and impact on soil (FUCTIS)
jose de jesus figueiredo da silva
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121290/2010

PopDrop - The effects of drospirenone on Poecilia reticulata: biomarkers, behaviour and reproduction
Carlos Gravato
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121354/2010

FIRETOX - Toxic effects of wildfires on aquatic systems
Nelson Abrantes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121375/2010

Spatial Variation of Dose Rate in Soils and Sediments - VADOSE
Christopher Ian Burbidge
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121379/2010

QUEST - Ecological Quality in Transition Systems: structural indices and functional indicators
Victor Manuel dos Santos Quintino
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121396/2010

BIOFUEL - BIomass Oil of FUture with supErcritical fLuid
Rafal Lukasik
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121425/2010

Chronic exposure to industrial noise/vibration: Visceral damage.
MARIA JOÃO FEYTOR PINTO RODRIGUES DE OLIVEIRA DE MEIRELES MOREIRA
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da universidade do Porto (ICBAS/UP)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121454/2010

POPCONNECT - Combining genetic and field-based data to assess the effects of roads on landscape functional connectivity and population viability
Sara Maria Lopes Santos
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121456/2010

FiscalEcoLand — Integrating environmental services of land use into fiscal benefits and local government financing
João Miguel Dias Joanaz de Melo
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121515/2010

EffectWolf - assessment of effects caused by wolfram ore on humans and autochthonous species
Bruno André Fernandes de Jesus da Silva Nunes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121559/2010

Supramolecular Device for PPCPs Detection
Maria de Fátima Guerreiro da Silva Campos Raposo
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCTUNL/UNL)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121571/2010

Mechanisms of cooperation in a low complexity, metal-resistant bacterial consortium - application into bioremediation
Maria de Fátima Azevedo Alexandrino Fernandes
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121602/2010

IODINE - Environmental and nutritional factors affecting iodine deficiency in Guinea-Bissau (W Africa): a new paradigm
Adriano Agostinho Donas Bôto Bordalo e Sá
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da universidade do Porto (ICBAS/UP)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121668/2010

GreenPack-Sustanable packaging with advanced properties
Ana Vera Alves Machado Nobrega
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121671/2010

BioWAY - Bio-transformation of DEPROTEINISED WHEY WASTE into bioplastic using new materials
José Carlos Pereira Roseiro
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121681/2010

An integrated approach for assessing Particulate Matter-Associated Damage in Industrial Areas
Ana Maria Lima Viegas Goncalves Crespo
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121708/2010

Assessing impacts on wetland ecosystems functions and services: experimental and modelling approach for the Guadiana Estuary WEcoFunS
Natasa Atanasova
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121883/2010

AquaDrug - physiological and endocrine effects of common pharmaceutical drugs on non-target aquatic species
Bruno André Fernandes de Jesus da Silva Nunes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121950/2010

EuroLifeNet-PM: Participatory Methodology for Assessment of Personal Exposure to PM2.5
Pedro Manuel Barbosa Ferraz de Abreu
Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas (ISCSP/Ulisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121984/2010

AgroWasteSF - Upgrading agroindustrial wastes into bioproducts by fungi solid-state fermentation
Isabel Maria Pires Belo
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122004/2010

NEoSOIL -New Eco-friendly approach for the stabilisation of metals in SOIL
Ruth Maria de Oliveira Pereira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122039/2010

GBTec - Biodegradable and recalcitrant wastes can be transformed in added-value products through biogas and syngas biological conversion processes.
Maria Madalena dos Santos Alves
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122055/2010

Freshwater snails in Alqueva dam: new insights into their ecology, biogeography and their potential role as intermediate host of parasites.
Maria Manuela Palmeiro Calado
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122072/2010

Development of new design tools, and operation strategies for moving bed biofilm reactors.
Ricardo Jorge Nogueira Santos
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122076/2010

HYDROMASS: "A sustainable biomass pre-treatment platform for a biorefinery approach"
Pedro Simões
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122100/2010

Rentabilization of cork-based materials as adsorbent for pharmaceuticals contaminants
Maria da Conceição Branco da Silva Mendonça Montenegro
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122121/2010

Green Oxidative Degradation of Organic Pollutants through Environmental Catalysis
Marina Kirillova
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122159/2010

Avaliando a exposição humana a POPs (Poluentes orgânicos persistentes) baseada em dados de biomonitores ambientais
Cristina Branquinho
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122224/2010

Plant.NanoSafe - Phytotoxicity endpoints and trophic transfer of Nanomaterials (NMs) and phytoremoval approaches
maria da conceiçáo Lopes Vieira dos Santos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122272/2010

Metal oxyanions removal from aqueous solutions by an integrated photocatalytic-sorption process and by biossorption.
Cidália Maria de Sousa Botelho
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122284/2010

Removal of cyanotoxins from drinking water by nanofiltration: building and validation of a predictive rejection model incorporating hindrance factors and solute - membrane interactions
Rui Manuel Carvalho Viegas
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, I.P. (LNEC)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122326/2010

ERAPESTMIX - Prospective and retrospective ecological risk assessment of pesticide mixtures
Maria José Antão Pais de Almeida Cerejeira
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122332/2010

Estudo da combustão do syngas enriquecido do oxigénio
Abel Rouboa
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122348/2010

SuperMullet: Impacts of anthropogenic pollution load on estuarine fish populations - a case study on genetic diversity and ecophysiological adaptations of grey mullets (Mugil cephalus)
Ralph Urbatzka
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122354/2010

Development of recombinant microorganisms for bioethanol production from agricultural residues and municipal solid waste
Aladje Balde
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122370/2010

Removal of organic pollutants in water and wastewater by catalytic ozonation
Manuel Fernando Ribeiro Pereira
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122393/2010

BIONATIC: BIOlogical and NATural Substrates for Diffuse polluTIon Control
Fernanda Maria Fraga Mimoso Gouveia e Cassio
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122458/2010

EMISSHIP - Forecasting atmospheric emissions from shipping: Portugal in 2020
Sofia Isabel Vieira de Sousa
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122461/2010

BIOTOOL - Can biochemical tools predict biological water quality of rivers?
Maria da Natividade Ribeiro Vieira
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122502/2010

BIONano - BIOavailability of Nanoparticules in terrestrial invertebrates
Carla Filipa Gomes de Almeida Santos Calhôa
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122554/2010

(NANOASH) Integrative ecotoxicological assessment of NANO-sized ASH residues in soil
Ana Catarina Gomes Marcelo Bastos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122556/2010

METAS - Metabolism and speciation of arsenic, antimony, selenium and mercury in plants from mining areas and crops: strategies for environmental applications and food chain protection
Md Anawar Hossain
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122674/2010

GreenMadeira: Enhancing Madeira Archipelago endogenous resources in a biorefinery framework.
Paula C Castilho
Universidade da Madeira (UMA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122675/2010

EcoFUN - Phytoplankton community and ecosystem function: Responses to anthropogenic pressures
Ana C Brito
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122714/2010

50L4R-M: Activated Membranes for SOLAR-driven water purification
Adrian Manuel Tavares da Silva
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122847/2010

Solar Light Responsive Photocatalysts for Energy Production and Simultaneous Pollutant Abatement - SOLCAT
JOAQUIM LUÍS BERNARDES MARTINS DE FARIA
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122856/2010

VOC and Odor removal in the Biological Plate Tower with hanging Biomass - VocOdorBPT-HB
João Monteiro Peixoto
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122857/2010

Study of the start-up phase and transient conditions of anaerobic reactors in municipal solid and industrial forestry wastes treatment
Maria Teresa Loureiro dos Santos
Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL/IPL)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122884/2010

The origin and the environmental impact of the fly ash unburned carbon
Bruno Valentim
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Ciências (ADFCUP/FCUP/UP)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122892/2010

BREAK-OIL: Microbial processes in bioremediation of petrol- and vegetable-oil spills
Diana Zita Machado de Sousa
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122896/2010

Decision Process Analysis on Environmental Sustainability: Implications to the Management
Tomás Lopes Cavalheiro Ponce Dentinho
Universidade dos Açores (UAçores)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122931/2010

ECO.ORG - A universal organism based ecosystem model
Tânia Alexandra dos Santos Costa e Sousa
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122983/2010

Biodegradable and biocompatible chelating agents immobilized on filtering membranes for water cleansing systems
MARIA TERESA BARROS DA SILVA
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/123015/2010

“Antidepressants in waste, surface and drinking waters: scenario of Portuguese regions with different consumption patterns"
Liliana João Gatões da Silva
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/123040/2010

EcoConsumer - Relating environmental pressures of consumption and production in Portugal
João Miguel Dias Joanaz de Melo
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/123105/2010

FoodSys - An integrated model to assess vulonerabilities of the global trade food system and global environmental change.
Maria Paula Baptista da Costa Antunes
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/116553/2010

PLIMA - Impact of climate change on microbial plankton in the Ria Formosa coastal lagoon: effects of increased UVR, CO2 and temperature
Rita Isabel de Oliveira Soares Branco Domingues
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/116658/2010

Airborne laser scanning and remote sensing techniques for documentation and analysis of natural and cultural resources. Applications in climate change, landscape archaeology and spatial biology
Luis Seco
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Ciências (ADFCUP/FCUP/UP)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/116672/2010

HEAT - Role of biodiversity, species thermal tolerance and food web structure in the response to climate change: Temperate versus tropical ecosystems
Catarina Vinagre
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/117928/2010

Predictability assessment and hybridization of seasonal drought forecasts in Europe - PH-DROUGHT
Carlos Alberto Leitão Pires
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/118003/2010

The potential of the dog cockle, Glycymeris glycymeris (bivalvia), as an annually resolved, multi-proxy, multi-centennial paleoenvironmental proxy archive for changes in the upwelling system off Portugal (GLYCY)
Pedro Seabra Freitas
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/118012/2010

BIOMODUL - Modulation of bacterial consortia for the sustainable and integrated production of hydrogen and electricity
Patrícia Maria Brito Madeira da Silva Moura
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/118042/2010

Assessing fire severity and management effectiveness in Brazilian Savannas (Cerrado): exploratory study in the Jalapão State Park
João Manuel Neves Silva
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/118091/2010

Species resposes to a changing environment: an integrative approach
Ramiro Morales Hojas
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/118100/2010

Elemental and isotopic composition of Pecten maximus (Bivalvia) shells: High-resolution multiproxy archives of past seawater temperature and δ18Ow/salinity (PALPEC)
Pedro Seabra Freitas
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/118325/2010

OXYCOMB - Oxygen enriched combustion of coal and wastes in fluidized beds systems
Pedro Miguel Rosa de Jesus Abelha
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/118446/2010

Isotopic records of Lipid Biomarkers in marine sediments: paleoclimatic and paleohydrologic proxies
Teresa Alexandra Ribeiro Rodrigues
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/118555/2010

Coastal Dune Forests under Scenarios of Groundwater Limitation: from Tropics to Mediterranean (GWTropiMed)
Cristina Maria Filipe Máguas da Silva Hanson
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/118768/2010

Terrestrial records of climate variability from the western Iberian Peninsula: High-resolution speleothem archives from Portugal (SPARC)
Pedro Seabra Freitas
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/119023/2010

Hydrographic changes in the Gulf of Cadiz during the Pliocene and their relation to Azores Current and Mediterranean Outflow Dynamics (PLIO-MOW)
Antje Helga Luise Voelker
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/119078/2010

Reconstruction and model simulations of past climate in Portugal using documentary and early instrumental sources (17th-19h century) (Klimhist)
Maria João Alves Pessanha Alcoforado Calhau
Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território da Universidade de Lisboa (IGOT/Ulisboa/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/119100/2010

Soil function profiling during fungal bioremediation: integrated bio-geochemical and meta-proteomics assessment
CRISTINA SILVA PEREIRA
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/119227/2010

Sustainable land management options under climate change in desertification affected areas in Lower Alentejo
Sérgio Fernando Dias Rosendo
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (FCSH/UNL)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/119424/2010

Soil structure and water retention as ecosystem services regulated by soil biodiversity: ECOSOILSERV project
Franklin Gerardo Ojeda Castro
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/119463/2010

Permafrost and Climate Change in the Antarctic Peninsula - PERMANTAR-3
Gonçalo Brito Guapo Teles Vieira
Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território da Universidade de Lisboa (IGOT/Ulisboa/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/119868/2010

Effects of CLIMATE change on the photochemistry, diversity and productivity of MicroPhytoBenthos (MPBCLIMATE)
Paulo Jorge Sousa Dias Cartaxana
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/120052/2010

Metachange - Deciphering the dynamics of marine holobionts in a changing climate
Rodrigo da Silva Costa
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/120257/2010

Carbon fluxes in a near shore environment: testing the "Continental shelf pump hypothesis"(CFLUX)
Pedro Manuel Silva Duarte
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/120657/2010

MOSAIC - MOdelling Saltmarsh hAlophyte Intra and Interspecific Competition - Climate change impacts
Maria Isabel Violante Caçador
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/120694/2010

Can we predict species` futures under climate change? Using species` naturalized distributions as independent test data for climate-niche models.
Regan Early
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/120719/2010

Indicator framework for green jobs assessment within cost-effective energy efficiency measures: application to electric systems and equipment
Tomás Augusto Barros Ramos
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/120728/2010

Carbon dioxide capture through microalgal and cyanobacteria cultures
José Carlos Magalhães Pires
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/120774/2010

Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies, for the Olive Oil sector in Portugal, based on a Life Cycle Analysis and Water footprint perspective.
Filipe Duarte Santos
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/120844/2010

Shelf and estuarine evolution driven by climatic and human impacts in Southwest Iberia Peninsula - CLIMAN
João Manuel Alveirinho Dias
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/120881/2010

ACID FLASH: The impact of ocean ACIDiFication on microbes, metaL bioavailability and the role of salt mArSH plants in a changing environment
Cleary Daniel
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/120882/2010

CLIVAGE - Climate Variability and Changes Adaptation Strategies for Small Islands
Fernando Francisco Machado Veloso Gomes
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/121063/2010

INEW-INtegrated modelling of climate change mitigation and adaptation options for Energy and Water systems
Julia Seixas
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/121125/2010

RESET4UAQCS -REmote SEnsing Technologies for Urban Air Quality and Climatic Studies
Daniele Bortoli
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/121181/2010

Multidisciplinary study of climate changes in the Azores Islands: evaluation of past trends, simulation and monitoring future changes
RUI MIGUEL PIRES BENTO DA SILVA ELIAS
Universidade dos Açores (UAçores)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/121210/2010

EstuarineFlood - Modeling of estuarine floods under present and future sea level scenarios
Maria Amélia Vieira da Costa Araújo
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/121517/2010

COOL BOX: From genes to eCOsystem: ecOLogically relevant effects, a linking tool BOX
Mónica João Barros Amorim
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/121523/2010

The changing climate and the growing city (CINCITY)
Ana Isabel Couto Neto da Silva Miranda
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/122414/2010

Regional Climate Modeling of Extreme Weather Events over Iberian Peninsula
HARI PRASAD DASARI
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/122588/2010

pHish - Ocean acidification effects on finfish: reproductive physiology, larvae ontogeny and metabolic shifts in European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
Maria Teresa Coelho Pais Vieira Dinis
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/122695/2010

A natural experiment to investigate predicted malaria threat under global climate change on a community-wide scale
Sergei V Drovetski
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/116568/2010

BiomAshTech - Ash impacts during thermo-chemical conversion of biomass.
Luís António da Cruz Tarelho
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/116594/2010

Carofuel - New process for a sustainable microbial biodiesel production: The yeast Rhodotorula glutinis biorefinary as a source of biodiesel, biogas and carotenoids
MARIA TERESA SARAIVA LOPES DA SILVA
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/116685/2010

ECO-IAS: Ecosystem-level impacts of an invasive alien species
Ronaldo Gomes de Sousa
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117068/2010

FreshBioFun: Biodiversity and the functioning of detritus food-webs in freshwaters
Cláudia Pascoal
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117178/2010

REpulse- Responses of Daphnia magna exposed to chemical pulses and mixtures throughout generations
Susana Patrícia Mendes Loureiro
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117688/2010

CONBI: Biodiversity and Conservation of Bivalves - ecogeographic, genetic and physiological information
Elsa Froufe
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/117956/2010

Source apportionment of URBan Emissions of primary particulate matter (URBE)
Célia dos Anjos Alves
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/118873/2010

PhytoMarsh - The phytosphere of salt-marsh plants: an underexplored microbial hot-spot
Artur Jorge da Costa Peixoto Alves
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119172/2010

[ILTOX] Ecotoxicological evaluation and treatment of aqueous effluents contaminated with ionic liquids
Joao Manuel da Costa e Araújo Pereira Coutinho
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119273/2010

ResOrgRisk - Environmental risk assessment of the use of organic residues as soil amendments
Paula Maria da Luz Figueiredo de Alvarenga
Instituto Politécnico de Beja (IPBeja)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/119433/2010

IDEAL - Insecticides, DEtritivores and ALiens: Combined effects of invasive species and insecticides along detritus based stream food webs
João Luís Teixeira Pestana
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120697/2010

ReaLISE - Derivation of Risk LImits for the Protection of Soil Ecossystem from emerging compounds
Ruth Maria de Oliveira Pereira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120889/2010

ECOPHARMAP - Ecopharmacovigilance of five relevant pharmaceuticals: contamination mapping in Portugal
Angelina Lopes Simões Pena
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120940/2010

MycoFat: Metabolic engineering of yeast fatty acids synthesis for biodiesel production
Björn Fredrik Johansson
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121161/2010

Terpenes and Terpenoids: Physicochemical Property Data for Fate Predictions of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds in the Environment
Bernd Schröder
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121191/2010

Biogeochemical Processes induced by Climate and Anthropogenic Circulation Changes: The Case Study of Ria de Aveiro (Portugal) (BioChangeR)
Nuno Alexandre Firmino Vaz
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121301/2010

Biological warfare: unraveling the genomics of natural venoms and the mechanisms of natural venom-resistance
Agostinho Antunes
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/121650/2010

NANOECOTOX-Impacts of metal nanoparticles to aquatic ecosystems: from community responses to cellular targets
Fernanda Maria Fraga Mimoso Gouveia e Cassio
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/AAC-AMB/122312/2010

Carbon nanotube membranes for water desalination and purification
Adrian Manuel Tavares da Silva
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/118092/2010

Organic Nanoreactores for CO2 Chemical Conversion: Application of the New “Confining Reaction Fields” (CRF) Theory to Processes of Atmospheric CO2 Sequestering and Conversion
Abilio Jose Fraga do Nascimento Sobral
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/AAC-CLI/121339/2010

Mid-Latitude North Atlantic Extreme Storms Variability: Diagnosis, Modelling Dynamical Processes and Related Impacts on Iberia (STORMEx)
Margarida da Conceição Rasteiro Magano Lopes Rodrigues Liberato
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)