Effects of Ocean Plastic Pollution on Aquatic Life
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Pollution".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 May 2024 | Viewed by 163
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plastic originates from a diverse range of sources and is a ubiquitous and semi-permanent pollutant that haunts the world’s oceans. Rather than being degraded, it breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces and can persist in marine ecosystems for hundreds to thousands of years. The complexity and scale of this issue often means that the risks of plastic pollution differs between different geographic locations and various ocean depths. An assessment of the threats of marine plastic pollution to aquatic life and the solutions to these risks require a multidisciplinary approach, including an assessment of the environmental impacts of different plastics and their chemical additives, monitoring and modelling of the accumulation and transport of plastics and an assessment of the sources of the leakage of plastic into marine environments. As such, we aim to publish high-quality papers on a wide scope of topics relating to ocean plastic pollution and its impact on marine life, including the following:
- Traditional and innovative approaches for monitoring marine plastic pollution, including the use of AI.
- Modelling the source, transport and fate of marine plastic pollution across different spatial scales.
- Systems thinking, including system mapping and causal loops.
- Ecotoxicology of microplastics and nanoplastics.
- Ecosystem-level impact assessments/studies.
- Biodiversity and ecosystem services.
- Risk assessments, meta-analyses, knowledge gap analyses and literature reviews.
- Multi-stressor studies.
Dr. Samantha Garrard
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- marine plastic pollution
- microplastics
- nanoplastics
- plastic debris
- ADLFG
- modelling sources
- transport and fate of plastics
- AI and machine learning
- ecotoxicology
- ecosystem functioning
- systems thinking
