Sediment Pollution Process and Microbial Responses in Aquatic Environment
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Quality and Contamination".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 August 2025 | Viewed by 96
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental health; lake ecology; emerging pollutants; migration and transformation of pollutants; environmental risk assessment
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Interests: heavy metal adsorption; seasonal characteristics of phosphorus sorption; sediment contamination control
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen, and pollutants such as heavy mentals, microplastics, and antibiotics, are released into the surface aquatic environment from agricultural, industrial, and municipal sources, posing risks to human health. As one of the most significant mediums in the aquatic environment, sediment plays a crucial role in the migration and transformation of these pollutants. The physical and chemical properties of sediments, the environmental conditions at the sediment–water interface, and microbial communities are all important factors influencing the environmental behavior of pollutants. In addition, the migration and transformation of pollutants in sediments can alter the properties of sediment and the interface conditions, thus affecting microbial activities. This Special Issue welcomes the submission of articles that address scientific issues such as the mechanism of sediment pollution and the responses of microbial communities to these processes. We also welcome the submission of original research, novel methods and protocols, and reviews.
Dr. Fei-Fei Che
Dr. Wei Huang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sediment
- nutrient
- heavy mentals
- antibiotics
- migration and transformation
- microbial community
- influencing mechanism
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