Exposure of Aquatic Ecosystems to Organic Micropollutants
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Quality and Contamination".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 27 September 2024 | Viewed by 68
Special Issue Editor
Interests: organic micropollutants; environmental endocrine disruptor; analytical de-velopment; water treatment; advanced catalytic oxidation; adsorption; bio-technology; water reuse
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Dear Colleagues,
A large variety of chemical substances are widely used in the composition of industrial, household, and agricultural products. Due to their widespread applications, organic and inorganic pollutants are continuously dispersed in all environmental matrices, and aquatic ecosystems act as the final receptors of these pollutants. Moreover, some natural substances contribute to the modification of water quality. Natural environments, particularly aquatic ecosystems, are strongly impacted by anthropogenic pressure and climate change.
The preservation of aquatic ecosystems, including marine and freshwater ecosystems, is a key issue for their durable development. However, if the need to protect water resources and the functioning of ecosystems is established, the tools to provide a holistic diagnosis of the current state of the exposure of aquatic ecosystems to organic micropollutants remain to be defined. To date, numerous studies have been reported on the exposure of aquatic ecosystems to organic micropollutants. However, this information is far from complete because new substances are continually released into the environment, and these substances are further added to the products of transformation that are still poorly understood to this day. This Special Issue of Water will focus on the Exposure of Aquatic Ecosystems to Organic Micropollutants. Relevant topics include the quantification of organic micropollutants in water samples, the identification and quantification of organic micropollutants, the study of transformation products, the study of aquatic ecotoxicology, the bioaccumulation of organic micropollutants in aquatic ecosystems, and the evaluation of the impact of organic micropollutants on aquatic organisms. Original research articles, reviews, and short communications are welcome.
Dr. Sopheak Net
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- chemical substances
- organic micropollutants
- aquatic ecosystems
- water quality
- anthropogenic pressure
- climate change
- freshwater ecosystems
- marine ecosystems
- ecotoxicology
- bioaccumulation
