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Marine Environmental Analysis and Monitoring: Recent Harmful Events and New Substances

A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Environmental Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 September 2025 | Viewed by 4465

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Prof. Dr. Frédéric Muttin

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Interests: oil spills; chronic and accidental pollutions; numerical modeling; statistical analysis; contingency planning; coastal risks
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Dr. Hélène Thomas-Guyon

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Dear Colleagues,

The growing number of new marine pollutants and the risks associated with recent pollution events, chronic or accidental, have led the scientific community to address novel challenging research initiatives. Recently, new concerns include low sulphur fuel, cryogenic ammonia, methanol, Li batteries, plastic, pellets, and several over conflicts. Thus, these topics are of large interest to many international organizations, commissions, conventions, regulators, national governments, ministries, and institutions, and they are well recognized by conferences, programs, and forces. This point is all the more crucial as the International Maritime Organization (IMO), in its policy to decarbonize shipping, has set a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030.

The scientific background lies at the intersection between anthropic disruptions (such as new energies for ship propulsion, cathodic protection...) and marine environment contamination and the quality index of maritime areas.

Advanced knowledge is required to produce new methods and methodologies and to innovate tools for new kinds of pollution and events that involve oceans, coastal zones, and harbor waters.

The aim of this Special Issue is dedicated to addressing new forms of marine pollution, either contaminants or from event points of view, in studying the engineering of new shipping modes or infrastructures, the chemistry of novel hazardous materials or products, and the biological issues of emerging substances on biodiversity.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: modelling, learning, toxicology- ecotoxicology, biology, physical and chemical modelling, chemistry.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Frédéric Muttin
Dr. Hélène Thomas
Dr. Stéphane Le Floch

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  • water quality
  • ecotoxicology
  • modeling/learning
  • chemical analysis
  • new fuels/shipments
  • accidents/conflicts
  • new risks

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The Influence of the Atlantic Water Boundary Current on the Phytoplankton Composition and Biomass in the Northern Barents Sea and the Adjacent Nansen Basin
by Larisa Pautova, Marina Kravchishina, Vladimir Silkin, Alexey Klyuvitkin, Anna Chultsova, Svetlana Vazyulya, Dmitry Glukhovets and Vladimir Artemyev
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2024, 12(9), 1678; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12091678 - 20 Sep 2024
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The modern Arctic is characterized by a decreased ice cover and significant interannual variability. However, the reaction of the High Arctic ecosystem to such changes is still being determined. This study tested the hypothesis that the key drivers of changes in phytoplankton are [...] Read more.
The modern Arctic is characterized by a decreased ice cover and significant interannual variability. However, the reaction of the High Arctic ecosystem to such changes is still being determined. This study tested the hypothesis that the key drivers of changes in phytoplankton are the position and intensity of Atlantic water (AW) flow. The research was conducted in August 2017 in the northern part of the Barents Sea and in August 2020 in the Nansen Basin. In 2017, the Nansen Basin was ice covered; in 2020, the Nansen Basin had open water up to 83° N. A comparative analysis of phytoplankton composition, dominant species, abundance, and biomass at the boundary of the ice and open water in the marginal ice zone (MIZ) as well as in the open water was carried out. The total biomass of the phytoplankton in the photic layer of MIZ is one and a half orders of magnitude greater than in open water. In 2017, the maximum abundance and biomass of phytoplankton in the MIZ were formed by cold-water diatoms Thalassiosira spp. (T. gravida, T. rotula, T. hyalina, T. nordenskioeldii), associated with first-year ice. They were confined to the northern shelf of the Barents Sea. The large diatom Porosira glacialis grew intensively in the MIZ of the Nansen Basin under the influence of Atlantic waters. A seasonal thermocline, above which the concentrations of silicon and nitrogen were close to zero, and deep maxima of phytoplankton abundance and biomass were recorded in the open water. Atlantic species—haptophyte Phaeocystis pouchettii and large diatom Eucampia groenlandica—formed these maxima. P. pouchettii were observed in the Nansen Basin in the Atlantic water (AW) flow (2020); E. groenlandica demonstrated a high biomass (4848 mg m−3, 179.5 mg C m−3) in the Franz Victoria trench (2017). Such high biomass of this species in the northern Barents Sea shelf has not been observed before. The variability of the phytoplankton composition and biomass in the Franz Victoria trench and in the Nansen Basin is related to the intensity of the AW, which comes from the Frame Strait as the Atlantic Water Boundary Current. Full article
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Accumulation and Phytoremediation Potentiality of Trace and Heavy Metals in Some Selected Aquatic Plants from a Highly Urbanized Subtropical Estuary
by Fatema Tanjin, Md. Mofizur Rahman, Yeasmin Nahar Jolly, Khadijatul Kubra Riya, Shirin Akter, Mohammed Fahad Albeshr, Takaomi Arai, Jimmy Yu and Mohammad Belal Hossain
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2024, 12(7), 1131; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12071131 - 5 Jul 2024
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The global concern over trace and heavy metal contamination in aquatic environments necessitates the development of effective remediation strategies. Using aquatic plants for heavy metal removal is a relatively economical and sustainable technology worldwide. This study involved collecting sediment and aquatic plant samples [...] Read more.
The global concern over trace and heavy metal contamination in aquatic environments necessitates the development of effective remediation strategies. Using aquatic plants for heavy metal removal is a relatively economical and sustainable technology worldwide. This study involved collecting sediment and aquatic plant samples (Acanthus ilicifolius, Typha elephantina, and Cynodon dactylon) from a highly urbanized estuary to analyze metal concentrations in sediment, assess ecological risks, and explore the phytoremediation potential. Trace and heavy metals were detected using Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (EDXRF). The sediment metal concentrations were found in decreasing order of Fe, Ti, Mn, Rb, Zr, Zn, Sr, Cu, Co, and As. Fe, Sr, and As concentrations were below certified values, whereas Cu, Zn, and Rb exceeded them. Cumulatively, the pollution load index (PLI) values were close to 1 (0.845), indicating that the study area is likely experiencing metal pollution. The Contamination Factor (CF) values, ranging from 1 to 3, indicated a moderate degree of sediment pollution for Ti, Mn, Cu, Zn, and Rb. The Enrichment Factor (EF) values similarly showed moderate enrichment for these metals, with Cu exhibiting the highest degree of enrichment. Ecological risk assessment highlighted the only metal, Cu, as posing the greatest risk among the studied metals. In terms of phytoremediation potential, the bioconcentration factor (BCF) followed the decreasing order of C. dactylon > A. ilicifolius > T. elephantina for most metals, with low BCF values (<1) indicating low accumulator potential. However, the translocation factor (TF) values for Zn (1.464) and Rb (1.299) in A. ilicifolius species were greater than 1, indicating low accumulation potential but hyper-metabolizing capabilities, allowing the plant to accumulate metals in its aerial parts, making it effective for phytostabilization. Full article
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Towards a Digital Information Platform for Locating and Assessing Environmental Impacts of Submarine Groundwater Discharge: Examples from the Baltic Sea
by Klaus Hinsby, Jan Scholten, Joonas Virtasalo, Beata Szymczycha, Jørgen O. Leth, Lærke T. Andersen, Maria Ondracek, Jørgen Tulstrup, Michał Latacz and Rudolf Bannasch
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2025, 13(3), 614; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse13030614 - 20 Mar 2025
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The number of studies on submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) and the evidence of its significance in biogeochemical cycling and potential impacts on the chemical and ecological status of coastal waters is increasing globally. Here, we briefly present SGD studies from the Baltic Sea [...] Read more.
The number of studies on submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) and the evidence of its significance in biogeochemical cycling and potential impacts on the chemical and ecological status of coastal waters is increasing globally. Here, we briefly present SGD studies from the Baltic Sea identified along the coastlines of Denmark, Finland, Germany, Poland, Sweden and Russia in the southwestern, southern and north–northeastern parts of the Baltic Sea. We introduce a digital SGD map viewer and information platform enabling easy overview and access to information on identified SGD sites in the coastal areas of the Baltic Sea. SGDs potentially transport critical pollutants from urban and agricultural areas on land to the marine environment. The pollutants include nutrients, dissolved organic and inorganic carbon, metals, pharmaceuticals, and other emerging contaminants, potentially harming marine ecosystems and biodiversity and possibly contributing to the poor chemical or ecological status of coastal waters, affecting human and environmental health. We focus on case studies from Finland, Germany, Poland and Denmark that include the results and interpretations from the applied geochemical, geophysical and geological methods, as well as bionic autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for locating, investigating, modelling and visualizing SGD sites in 2D and 3D. The potential Pan-European or even global SGD information platform established within the European Geological Data Infrastructure (EGDI) enables the easy combination and comparison of map layers such as seabed sediment types and coastal habitats. The EGDI map viewer provides easy access to information from SGD studies and may serve as an entry point to relevant information on SGDs, including contents of pollutants, for the scientific community and policy-makers. The information potentially includes the results of model simulations, data from near real-time sensors at permanently installed monitoring stations and surveys in time and space conducted by AUVs. The presented digital SGD information platform is particularly pertinent to the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No. 14, which focuses on the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and marine resources. Full article
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