Recent Advances in Harmful Algal Blooms in Freshwater and Marine Systems

Topic Information

Dear Colleagues,

Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) are natural events that have become one of the main hazards to worldwide coastal resources and activities in recent decades. Amongst the HAB-associated socio-environmental and public health impacts are mass mortalities of native fauna and farmed organisms, extensive sanitary closures of aquaculture industries, and human poisoning outbreaks, including fatalities. These problems have increased the pressure on the international scientific community to make advances in understanding the factors that modulate HABs and their impacts. Therefore, the patterns of variability in HABs and their links with climatic and anthropogenic stressors need to be analysed at a spatiotemporal scale.​

In this Topic, we welcome the submission of papers based on field and laboratory studies that involve new advances in understanding HAB occurrences in freshwater, coastal, and oceanic systems worldwide. We encourage research that reports on the following: (i) new HAB detection methods, (ii) improved sampling strategies, (iii) new reports of toxic or harmful algal species, (iv) emerging toxins and new affected areas, (v) the effects of climate change and anthropogenic activities on the occurrence of HABs and their impacts, (vi) physiology experiments and toxicological impacts, and (vii) modelling studies of HAB dynamics.

Dr. Patricio A. Díaz
Dr. Gonzalo Álvarez
Topic Editors

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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Toxins toxins	4.0	8.2	2009	18.4 Days	CHF 2700	Submit
Water water	3.0	6.0	2009	19.1 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering jmse	2.8	5.0	2013	15.6 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Oceans oceans	1.6	3.5	2020	38.6 Days	CHF 1600	Submit
Hydrobiology hydrobiology	-	3.7	2022	30.8 Days	CHF 1000	Submit
Environments environments	3.7	5.7	2014	19.2 Days	CHF 1800	Submit

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