Distribution and Characteristics of Pollutants in Marine Ecosystem
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Oceans and Coastal Zones".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 June 2024 | Viewed by 74
Special Issue Editors
Interests: marine geochemistry; environment geochemistry; environmental oceanography; marine geology; paleo-oceanography
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Marine ecosystems are adversely affected by human activities; therefore, they are facing a number of challenges. Increasing anthropogenic pollutants are being discharged into marine environments, including seawater, sediment, and organisms, mainly through fluvial and atmospheric input because of human activities. The pollutants consist of a diverse group of both organic and inorganic compounds, including heavy metals (e.g., Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, Cr, As, Sb, Hg, etc.), persistent organic pollutants (POPs) (e.g., PAHs, PCBs, OCPs, etc.), and emerging contaminants (ECs) (e.g., pharmaceuticals; personal care products (PCPs); endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs); steroids and hormones; drinking water disinfection byproducts (DBPs); perfluorinated compounds (PFCs); surfactants; fragrances; antiseptics; pesticides and herbicides; organotins; plasticizers; antibiotics; microplastics, etc.). Both coastal areas and the deep sea receive inorganic and organic pollutants from anthropogenic sources. Pollutants are usually bioaccumulated into marine fish or other aquatic organisms and seafood, from which they can be transferred to humans and other organisms, threatening the ecological function of the whole sea. Insufficient attention has been paid so far to the distribution and characteristics of pollutants and the critical impact they are having in terms of sequential declining in marine ecological communities, particularly in developing countries. Communities across the world should pay much more attention to attempting to create solutions for the current problems created by human activities which are impacting marine ecosystems.
Dr. Baolin Liu
Dr. Juan Yang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- heavy metals
- persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
- emerging contaminants (ECs)
- marine ecosystem
- human activities
- seawater
- sediment
- organisms
