Origin and Dynamic of Micropollutants in Contaminated River, Estuary, and Surrounding Coastal Water Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Freshwater and coastal rivers are threatened by intense anthropogenic and nature activities.  Urbanization and rural activities result in human pressures and are responsible for the evident change in the river and coastal quality. On the other hand, natural changes also have an influence on river systems. The most typical example is the origin and dynamic of micropollutants, such as nutrients, heavy metals, or organic pollutants (PAHs, POPs, etc.).  There are important scientific and economic reasons to quantify micropollutant addition and removal in river systems. 

In recent decades, micropollutants in coastal and freshwater rivers have been evaluated by several different methods and techniques. Because the measurement of hydro-chemical variables and biological indicators in the marine environment will favour better understanding of aquatic environment, methodological approaches are probably necessary to fill in the existing knowledge gap between the origin and dynamic of micropollutants.

This Special Issue aims to put together classical and innovative studies of methods and techniques of micropollutants. These methods emphasize environmental and ecological problem solving by micropollutants’ spatial and temporal variation, data analysis such as multivariate statistical analysis and chemometrics, etc.

Dr. Meilin Wu
Dr. Hui Zhao
Dr. Dilip Kumar Jha
Guest Editors

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