default author photo

Elisa Leão L Fernandes

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)

Av. Itália, s/n - km 8 - Carreiros

Rio Grande, RS

Brazil

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

5

DOWNLOADS

350

TOTAL CITATIONS

1

Scholarly Papers (5)

1.

The Use of Microplastics as a Reliable Chronological Marker of the Anthropocene Onset in Southeastern South America

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 03 Sep 2022
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), University of Exeter, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS/PPGA), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS/PPGA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG) and UdelaR
Downloads 125 (580,653)

Abstract:

Loading...

Agriculture, Aquatic contamination, FT-IR spectroscopy, Holocene, Industry, Paleolimnology, Patos-Mirim system, Urbanization

2.

Plastic waste transport in Patos Lagoon during the April-May 2024 extreme flood event

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 09 Dec 2025
Kristhal Doto, Pablo Silva, Isabel Jalón-Rojas and Elisa Leão L Fernandes
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)
Downloads 66 (951,658)

Abstract:

Loading...

Keywords: plastic contamination, plastic accumulation, hot spots, Estuaries, coastal lagoons, numerical modelling, extreme event.

3.

Influence of Winds and River Discharge on the Transport of Microplastics in the World's Largest Choked Coastal Lagoon (Patos Lagoon, Brazil)

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 08 Oct 2024
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG) and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)
Downloads 62 (951,658)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Loading...

Microplastics transport, Numerical Modelling, Coastal lagoon dynamics, Hydrodynamic modeling, River discharge effects.

4.

Trajectory, Fate, and Magnitude of Continental Microplastic Loads to the Inner Shelf: A Case Study of the World's Largest Coastal Shallow Lagoon

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 08 Mar 2024
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS/PPGA), affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, UdelaR, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)
Downloads 56 (1,010,164)

Abstract:

Loading...

Coastal Plume, South Atlantic, Continental Loads, Numerical Modelling, Plastic Fiber Transport, Accumulation Hotspots

5.

Modeling the Potential Source Routes of Marine Macroplastics on a Beach Adjacent to the Patos Lagoon Estuary, South Brazil

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 03 May 2025
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG) and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)
Downloads 41 (1,170,409)

Abstract:

Loading...

Marine debris, floating plastic, coastal lagoon, Lagrangian particle tracking, backward simulations