Biomarkers of Environmental Stress in Aquatic Organisms
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 265
Special Issue Editors
Interests: aquatic toxicology; ecotoxicology; ecological risk assessment; bioassays; pesticides
Interests: aquatic toxicology; ecotoxicology; molecular biomarkers; omics; toxicogenomics
Interests: adverse outcome pathways; aquatic toxicology; bioassays; biomarkers, ecotoxicology; emerging contaminants; environmental risk assessment; new approach methods (NAMs); in vitro testing; toxicogenomics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biomarkers are informative tools to measure the interaction between organisms and environmental stressors, including chemical, physical and biological agents. They are defined as molecular, biochemical, cellular and physiological alterations caused by such external stressors and may be used in hazard identification, as well as the assessment of exposure, effect and susceptibility of organisms. In recent years, modern laboratory tools have been making it possible to gain insight into the cellular stress responses of a variety of species to an unprecedented degree. In addition, the promising concept of Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOPs) links mechanistic responses on the cellular level with whole organism, population, community and potentially ecosystem effects and services. The application of carefully selected biomarkers in both prospective and retrospective environmental hazard and risk assessments is therefore within reach, aiding efforts to replace, reduce and refine the use of animals in toxicity testing. This issue is focused on the advances in biomarker development for aquatic organisms, and their application in environmental monitoring, hazard identification, and prospective risk assessment.
Dr. Inge Werner
Dr. Anne Sophie Voisin
Prof. Dr. Markus Hecker
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sublethal effect
- environmental risk assessment
- multiple stressors
- biological indicators
- surface water monitoring
- biomarkers
- organismal health
