Maria Quintela, PhD, post doc

Contact

Address
Dept of Population Biology
Evolutionary Biology Centre (EBC)
Uppsala University
Norbyvägen 18 D
SE-752 36 Uppsala
SWEDEN

Telephone
+46 18 471 6491

Telefax
+46 18 471 6424

EDUCATION

PhD, University of A Coruña Spain, 2002. Dissertation: “Nucella lapillus (L.) en Galicia: imposex como biomarcador de contaminación por TBT y estructura de la población”. Supervisors: Dr. Rodolfo Barreiro and Dr. José Miguel Ruiz.

M.S., University of A Coruña Spain, 1998. Dissertation: “Impacto de la contaminación por organoestánnicos sobre poblaciones de Nucella lapillus L. en Galicia”. Supervisors: Dr. Rodolfo Barreiro and Dr. José Miguel Ruiz.

Degree in Biological Sciences, University of A Coruña Spain, 1996

PUBLICATIONS

1. J.M. Ruiz, M. Quintela, R. Barreiro. 1998. Ubiquitous imposex and organotin bioaccumulation in gastropods Nucella lapillus from Galicia NW Spain: a possible effect of nearshore shipping. Marine Ecology Progress Series, Vol. 164: 237-244.

2. J.M. Ruiz, M. Quintela, R. Barreiro. 1998. Tributyltin and imposex: no uncertainty shown Comment. Marine Ecology Progress Series, Vol. 170: 293-294.

3. R. Barreiro, J.M. Ruiz, M. Quintela. 1998. Respuesta a la contaminación por TBT en individuos trasplantados de Nucella lapillus L. desde zonas poco contaminadas a los puertos de Ferrol y A Coruña. Cuadernos de Investigación en Biología Bilbao, vol 20: 279-282.

4. R. Barreiro, M. Quintela, J.M. Ruiz. 1999. Aphally and imposex in Nucella lapillus L. from Galicia NW Spain: incidence, geographical distribution and consequences for the biomonitoring of TBT contamination. Marine Ecology Progress Series 185: 229-238.

5. M. Quintela, R. Barreiro, J.M. Ruiz. 2000. The use of Nucella lapillus L. transplanted in cages to biomonitor TBT pollution. The Science of the Total Environment 247: 227-237.

6. R. Barreiro, R. González, M. Quintela, J.M. Ruiz. 2001. Imposex, organotin bioaccumulation and sterile females in Nassarius reticulatus from polluted areas of NW Spain. Marine Ecology Progress Series 218: 203-212.

7. M. Quintela, R. Barreiro, J.M. Ruiz. 2002. Dumpton Syndrome reduces the tributyltin TBT sterilising effect on Nucella lapillus L. by limiting the development of the imposed vas deferens. Marine Environmental Research 54: 657-660.

8. Rolán, E.; Orro, J.; Quintela, M. (2005) Cyclope neritea (Gastropoda, Nassariidae) en Galicia. Noticiario SEM, 44: 57-59

9. R. Barreiro, M. Quintela, I. Bárbara, J. Cremades. 2006. RAPD differentiation between an invasive and a native species of Grateloupia Rhodophyta in Galicia NW Spain. Phycologia 45 (2), 213-217.

10. R. Barreiro, L. Couceiro, M. Quintela, J.M. Ruiz. 2006. Population genetic structure of the prosobranch Nassarius reticulatus L. in a ria seascape NW Iberian Peninsula as revealed by RAPD analysis. Marine Biology 148: 1051-1060.

11. M. Quintela, L. Couceiro, J.M. Ruiz & R. Barreiro. Discovery of imposex in the gastropod Cyclope neritea now invading Galicia (NW Spain). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 86: 1171-1173.

POPULAR SCIENCE

1. R. Barreiro, M. Quintela, J.M. Ruiz. 2000. Síndrome de Dumpton: Anomalía genética que disminuye el efecto del disruptor endocrino TBT en el gasterópodo marino Nucella lapillus L.. Quadern CAPS 29: 59-60.

2. M. Quintela. 2001. A disrupción endocrina. Cerna 33: 19-21.

3. M. Quintela. 2003. La contaminación por petróleo en las costas y en el mar. Historia Natural 1: 74-79

4. M. Quintela. 2003. Contaminación mariña debido ás pinturas dos barcos. A situación no litoral galego. Cadernos de ADEGA 10: 29-37

5. R. Barreiro, M. Quintela, J.M. Ruiz. 2004. TBT e imposex en Galicia: los efectos de un disruptor endocrino en poblaciones de gasterópodos marinos. Ecosistemas nº3.