Emerging Contaminants in Riverine and Marine Ecosystems
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Quality and Contamination".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2023) | Viewed by 2430
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental behaviors; health risk; source apportionment; soil and sediment; remediation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Emerging contaminants (ECs) (endocrine-disrupting chemicals, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, pesticides, etc.) and superfluous nutrients have been receiving increased attention in the fields of riverine and marine ecosystems, as they pose serious threats to aquatic ecology and public health. Riverine and marine ecosystems receive diverse and complex contaminants from point and non-point sources, including industrial wastewater, municipal sewage discharge, and agricultural runoff. In contrast with terrestrial ecosytems, in riverine and marine ecosystems ECs and other contaminants generally have lower concentrations and higher mobility, thus are difficult to detect and assess, and harm aquatic environments. Given the serious negative effects of ECs and superfluous nutrients on riverine and marine ecosystems, green remediation strategies are expected to be developed.
This Special Issue welcomes critical reviews, monographs, mini research articles, and research papers concerning the occurrence, transportation, and risk assessment of ECs in riverine and marine ecosystems, their environmental effects on aquatic organisms (microbes, invertebrates, plants, fish, etc.), and sustainable and environmental friendly laboratory- and field-scale approaches and methods for remediating and mitigating ECs in riverine, estuarine and marine environments.
Prof. Dr. Yinhai Lang
Prof. Dr. Zhenhua Zhao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- emerging contaminants
- riverine and marine ecosystem
- source identification
- occurrence
- transportation
- ecological risk
- health risk
- contamination indices
- environmental toxicology
- remediation
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