Aquatic Ecotoxicology: Field and Laboratory Approaches
A special issue of Fishes (ISSN 2410-3888). This special issue belongs to the section "Physiology and Biochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2026) | Viewed by 7497
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The rapid development of the modern era has resulted in remarkable advances, such as healthcare improvements, the industrial revolution, and technological breakthroughs. However, an unprecedented increase in environmental pollution has been an insidious facet of this process. Pollution is now considered to be one of the most important threats to human health, and there is a consensus that it must be studied, tracked, and avoided. Ecotoxicology has emerged from this context as one of the most important scientific fields of this century.
The aim of this Special Issue, ‘Aquatic Ecotoxicology: Field and Laboratory Approaches’, is to further delve into the diverse possibilities of research within the important area of aquatic ecotoxicology without constraints regarding animal species, but limited to aquatic organisms. The main research fields we are looking for should be related to the following topics:
- Experimental studies aiming to elucidate the following: the mechanism of action of pollutants or its chronic effects; the toxicity of emergent contaminants not yet fully assessed; the development of bioindicator species and biomarkers; the interaction of changes in environmental parameters (such as pH and temperature) and pollutant toxicity; and the negative impacts of thermal pollution.
- Field studies related to the following: monitoring studies applying a biomarker approach or describing patterns of tissue contaminant accumulation in feral species; studies using an active biomonitoring approach to describe impacted areas; and studies using environmental water samples in standard toxicity assays.
Dr. Yuri Dornelles Zebral
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ecotoxicology
- monitoring programs
- experimental studies
- biomarkers
- metals
- organic pollution
- pesticides
- legacy contaminants
- emergent contaminants
- climate crisis
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