Aquatic Organisms in Toxicology and Environmental Health
A special issue of Fishes (ISSN 2410-3888). This special issue belongs to the section "Environment and Climate Change".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 706
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Aquatic systems, serving as ultimate sinks, have been receiving discharges from domestic and industrial wastewaters. Given that some rivers and lakes are utilized as water supplies, this poses significant threats to human health. Effective water quality control and management are essential for safeguarding the health of both ecosystems and human populations. While physical and chemical indices can provide information on pollutants, they do not fully capture the potential synergistic or additive effects among various pollutants in water. Biological monitoring has proven to be particularly effective in assessing the environmental risks posed by pollutants in aquatic ecosystems. To date, numerous aquatic organisms, including algae, macrophytes, zooplankton, insects, bivalve mollusks, gastropods, fish, amphibians, and other aquatic species, have demonstrated utility in evaluating these risks. The use of living sentinel organisms enables the integration of diverse bioavailable pollutants present in the environment with assessments of their toxicity, providing an early warning for the health of ecosystems and the human population.
Dr. Hong-Jie Sun
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- aquatic organism
- toxicology
- environmental assessment
- health risks
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