Monitoring and Mitigating Pollutants in Aquatic Environments
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 7 October 2026 | Viewed by 68
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Interests: aquatic plants; trace metals; microplastics; bioindication; aquatic pollution; ecotoxicology
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Interests: distribution of macrophytes; bioindication; environmental parameters; aquatic degradation; lentic, lotic water bodies; artificial water bodies
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Pollution and degradation of aquatic environments are among the most serious current global environmental problems. Rivers and lakes serve as a direct or indirect sink for various contaminants that threaten the natural environment and human well-being. Aquatic ecosystems serve both important ecological and economic functions. Therefore, addressing problems of aquatic pollution monitoring and mitigation methods is crucial for developing management and protection strategies and has become a top priority for sustainable development. Effective protection of water resources is today one of the main challenges for researchers and policymakers. Here, it is our pleasure to announce a new Special Issue, “Monitoring and Mitigating Pollutants in Aquatic Environments”, of the journal Sustainability.
This Special Issue will focus on advanced monitoring and mitigation solutions for pollution of aquatic environments. The goal is to better understand current technological advances and expand knowledge of the fate and impacts of pollutants in aquatic environments to propose sustainable solutions for polluted ecosystems. This may include addressing pollution risks, evidence-based planning and management, and proposing methods for monitoring and protection.
We invite original research articles and critical reviews on topics related (but not limited) to:
- Recognizing and determining the characteristics and distribution of pollution in aquatic environments;
- Ecological risk of pollution in aquatic environments;
- Contaminants of emerging concern in aquatic environments;
- Monitoring and protection of water, sediment, and biota;
- Environmental monitoring and assessment in aquatic environments;
- Remote sensing technologies for monitoring of pollution in aquatic environments;
- Theory and methods of pollution control in aquatic environments;
- Protection strategies for natural and artificial water bodies;
- Development for environmental management and social, economic, or political aspects of environmental sustainability;
- Sustainable solutions and techniques for pollution mitigation in aquatic environments, e.g., phytoremediation, constructed wetlands.
Dr. Ludmiła Polechońska
Prof. Dr. Mateja Germ
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental contamination and pollution
- management
- protection
- sustainable solution
- aquatic systems
- water, sediment and biota
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