International Artemia Aquaculture Consortium

Profile

Researchers at the Soil/Water Interactions Laboratory focus on hypersaline environments and investigate microalgae and Artemia populations from semi-arid coastal systems in Brazil. Their work involves examining soil-water-ecosystem interactions where Artemia serves as a model organism to study environmental chemistry, ecotoxicology, and pollutant impacts.

In published studies, Artemia is used for ecotoxicological assays. The laboratory applies these findings to assess ecosystem health and the effects of emerging contaminants in coastal and salt-production environments, leveraging Artemia as a biological indicator in integrated soil-water research.