Micro and Nanoplastics in Freshwater Fauna: Sources, Quantification and Effects
A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 2696
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microplastic; plastic pollution; ecology; food webs
Interests: fishery ecology; fish biology
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Dear Colleagues,
Plastic is among the emerging contaminants that are raising more and more concern in the scientific community. Although research on plastic in the environment has received increasing attention in the last decade, research on the sources, quantification, and effect of plastic in freshwaters is still underrepresented in the scientific literature.
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the Special Issue of the journal Biology titled “Micro and Nanoplastics in freshwater fauna: sources, quantification and effects”.
This Special Issue aims to collect original research articles and reviews on micro- and nanoplastic pollution in freshwater fauna with a focus on: the development, standardization, validation, and isolation protocols; the quantification of micro-/nanoplastics in freshwater fauna, their entry into the food chain, and transfer within the food webs; and their effects on organisms. Research studies and reviews can also consider species that partially spend their lives in freshwater or that inhabit transitional waters.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Silvia Galafassi
Dr. Pietro Volta
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microplastics
- nanoplastics
- freshwater
- anthropic impact
- trophic chain
- ingestion
- exposition
- toxicity
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