Contaminants and Microbes in Marine, Lake and River Ecosystems under a Climate Change Scenario
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water and Climate Change".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 10242
Special Issue Editors
Interests: persistent organic pollutants (POPs); emerging compounds; ecotoxicology; environmental fate of microorganic pollutants; bioaccumulation/biomagnification; polar and temperate regions
Interests: microbial ecology; biodegradation; phytodegradation; microcosm studies; antibiotics; antibiotic-resistant genes (ARGs); organic pollutants; environmental contamination
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Interests: POPs; emerging contaminants; analytical chemistry; persistence of contaminants; polar ecosystems
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Interests: pharmaceutical; personal care products; abiotic compartments; bioaccumulation; development of analytical methods
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the last decade, the attention of the scientific world has been focused on new classes of xenobiotics, the so-called “emerging contaminants” (ECs). These compounds belong to chemicals commonly used worldwide, such as pharmaceuticals, hormones, components of personal care products, flame-retardants, industrial additives, and nanomaterials. Several scientific studies have reported the ubiquitous occurrence of ECs in aquatic ecosystems and their potential undesirable ecological effects. Although EU policy attempts to protect aquatic ecosystems, actual legislation has not still defined environmental quality standards (EQSs) for many of these chemicals. Climate-change-driven increases in contaminant spread to the aquatic environment will lead to bioaccumulation and trophic web biomagnification.
Moreover, the role of the microbial community in transferring pollutants from abiotic to biotic levels is still mostly unknown, despite their key role in aquatic ecology and response to global changes. In fact, microorganisms are particularly susceptible to climate change and are considered sentinels of environmental perturbations and pioneers in climate simulations. Therefore, changes in microbial communities are a precursor to modifications in the health and viability of the environment as a whole.
Aquatic ecosystems, apart from their bacterial and algal populations, contain fungal, protozoan, and viral populations, which interact and contribute to the functioning of the food web. Therefore, new research efforts are aimed at improving our knowledge of the overall aquatic ecosystem responses to pollution occurrence, food web accumulation, and effects under a climate change scenario. In accordance with these ideas, this Special Issue entitled “Contaminants and Microbes in Marine, Lake, and River Ecosystems under a Climate Change Scenario” aims to present new research to advance our knowledge on all the aspects related to the proposed subject. Specifically, the topics of interest include but are not restricted to:
- Emerging and legacy pollutant analyses: occurrence and distribution of selected contaminants in water column and sediment;
- The role of the microbial community in transferring pollutants to higher trophic levels: to elucidate drivers and followers in this process and identify key-species for contaminant turn-over and accumulation;
- Dynamics of natural microbial communities: to distinguish microbial community structure and function spatial and temporal changes;
- Dynamics of contamination in polar and temperate aquatic ecosystems.
Dr. Nicoletta Ademollo
Dr. Jasmin Rauseo
Dr. Luisa Patrolecco
Dr. Francesca Spataro
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- water ecosystems
- emerging organic compounds
- legacy POPs
- environmental contamination
- abiotic and biotic processes
- microbial communities
- climate change
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