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Monitor of Organic Pollutants in Environment

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 1593

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College of Food and Environment, Dalin University of Technology, Dalian, China
Interests: analysis of pollutants; passive sampling of organic pollutants; biomonitoring; biosensing

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Guest Editor
School of Ocean Science and Technology, Dalian University and Technology, Dalian, China
Interests: chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry; pretreatment; field sampling; ecological effects of pollutants

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The continuous discharge of diverse organic pollutants in the environment is of great concern to the whole world and there is a growing need to monitor their environmental occurrence. The Special Issue, entitled Monitor of Organic Pollutants in Environment, is dedicated to the advancement of monitoring, sampling, and analyzing organic pollutions in the environment, and to understand the occurrence and behaviors of organic pollutants. Submissions of scientific papers that deal with organic pollutants monitoring, including behaviors of organic pollutants in the environment, sampling techniques, and analysis methods, are welcome in this Special Issue.

Topics include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Advances in sampling and monitoring of organic pollutants in environment;
  • The new devices or system for monitoring organic pollutants in environment;
  • The development of new and significant analytical methodologies for detecting organic pollutants in environment;
  • Real time, high-frequency monitoring techniques for organic pollutants;
  • Passive sampling techniques;
  • Biomonitors (plants and animals) for biomonitoring;
  • Biosensing techniques;
  • The haracterization of the occurrence, fate, and distribution of organic pollutants of emerging concern;
  • The source, sink, and behaviors of organic pollutants of emerging concern.

Dr. Jiajia Shan
Dr. Yiwen Zhang
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • organic pollutants
  • sampling
  • monitoring
  • biomonitoring
  • analysis

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Monitoring Heavy Metal Concentrations Using Transplanted Lichen in a Tourism City of Malaysia
by Sharifah Nur Amalina Syed Salleh and Azlan Abas
Sustainability 2023, 15(7), 5885; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15075885 - 28 Mar 2023
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Abstract
Heavy metals are major pollutants in tourist cities due to transportation and urbanization. This study aimed to assess heavy metal concentrations using transplanted lichen in tourist cities. The project was conducted in Malacca, Malaysia, using transplanted Usnea misaminensis lichen at ten sampling stations. [...] Read more.
Heavy metals are major pollutants in tourist cities due to transportation and urbanization. This study aimed to assess heavy metal concentrations using transplanted lichen in tourist cities. The project was conducted in Malacca, Malaysia, using transplanted Usnea misaminensis lichen at ten sampling stations. After one month, these lichen samples were collected and heavy metal analysis was carried out in a lab using ICP-MS. Other factors, such as the number of vehicles, temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed, were also recorded. The results indicated that the heavy metal concentrations in Malacca were higher than at the control station. The ranking of heavy metal concentrations in the study areas was Fe > Zn > Mn > Pb > Cr > Cu. Furthermore, a positive correlation was also found between the number of vehicles and temperature with the heavy metal concentrations determined within the study areas, while relative humidity and wind speed showed a negative correlation with the heavy metal concentrations detected. The usage of lichens to observe and monitor the chemical compositions in the atmosphere is considered to be relevant these days because they allow for long-term data from the ecosystem to be obtained due to their long life span. This research also emphasizes the need for a better plan for Malacca. Local authorities need to re-plan and redesign Malacca to ensure that pollutants can be flushed out, the city looks greener and cooler, and more non-motor vehicles are used as public transport. Full article
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