12 March 2024

Marine Ecotoxicology and risk assessment of emerging environmental pollutants

Marine ecosystems are among the largest ecosystems on Earth and play a significant role in the development of better resources from the ecosystem. Marine life utilizes a wide range of biotic and abiotic components in the ecosystem, such as phytoplankton, seaweeds, mangrove vegetation, crustaceans, molluscs, fish, and micro-organisms. These bioresources can be used for various purposes, such as food, medicine, cosmetics, and biofuels and these resources also fulfil the current demand and prospects. However, the sustainable use of these resources requires careful management and conservation of marine ecosystems. The rapid industrialization, and urbanization responsible for increases the level of the stressors and which lead to increase the load of pollutants marine ecosystems. These pollutants can cause the detrimental effect on marine ecosystems and human health. Impact of the pollutants on the marine life such as the seaweed growth, plankton community, fish population, water quality etc. this will ultimately impact to the marine life and human.

Guest editors:

Dr. Dushyant Dudhagara, Bhakta Kavi Narsinh Mehta University, Department of Life Sciences, Bhakta Kavi Narsinh Mehta University, Junagadh, INDIA(Organic pollutants, Bioremediation, Risk assessment, Ecotoxicology, Marine Microbiology)

Dr. M. Anil Kumar, Associate Professor, Centre for Rural and Entrepreneurship Development, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR), Chennai, INDIA(Risk and Toxicity Assessment; Environmental Impact Assessment; Biodegradation and Bioremediation; Rural Environment and Entrepreneurship)

Dr. Douglas J. H. Shyu, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 912301, TAIWAN
(Enzyme biotechnology, Green nanobiotechnology, Microbiome Metagenomics)

Special issue information:

Marine ecosystems are among the largest ecosystems on Earth and play a significant role in the development of better resources from the ecosystem. Marine life utilizes a wide range of biotic and abiotic components in the ecosystem, such as phytoplankton, seaweeds, mangrove vegetation, crustaceans, molluscs, fish, and micro-organisms. These bioresources can be used for various purposes, such as food, medicine, cosmetics, and biofuels and these resources also fulfil the current demand and prospects. However, the sustainable use of these resources requires careful management and conservation of marine ecosystems. The rapid industrialization, and urbanization responsible for increases the level of the stressors and which lead to increase the load of pollutants marine ecosystems. These pollutants can cause the detrimental effect on marine ecosystems and human health. Impact of the pollutants on the marine life such as the seaweed growth, plankton community, fish population, water quality etc. this will ultimately impact to the marine life and human.

It is a very serious environmental concern, and it is also accountable for raising the level of pollution in the marine. Therefore, how contaminants interact with marine ecosystems and change their biological structure and function is one of the main issues. Therefore, the special issue will focus on understanding the exposure and effects of environmental contamination on this life. In this context special issue encourage the researcher and policymaker to develop and adopt the sustainable technology to mitigate and reduce the detrimental impacts of pollutants on marine environments. Due to the very little amount of information is available about the ecological impact of pollutants on the marine life. Hence, we need to have magnified the urgent need for developing sustainable eco-technologies in the handling of emerging environmental pollutants. The issue served the new and advance information about the ecotoxicology such as impact, assessment, understanding, interactions, functions, possible alternatives etc. of the marine ecosystems.

Themes of the special issue:

• Ecotoxicity of the marine pollutants.
• Impact of the pollutants on marine life.
• Evaluation of environmental and human health risk.
• Ecological risk categorization
• Sustainable technology to combating the pollutants.
• Pollutant fate, toxicity, assessment, and removal technologies.
• Hazardous and toxic contaminants removals challenges and possible solutions.
• Novel method development for ecotoxicological research.
• Computational models predict the ecotoxicology of pollutants.
• Marine pollutants management and policy
• Resilience and adaptation of ecosystems
• Marine Ecosystem management

Manuscript submission information:

Submissions are made at: https://www.editorialmanager.com/hazadv/default2.aspx

When submitting, please select “VSI: Ecotoxicology of emerging pollutants” when you reach the “Issue – Select Issue Type” step at the start of the submission process. To ensure high-quality contributions, all articles will be subject to the usual peer-review process of Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances.*FREE APC*
We look forward to your paper submission.

The closing date for submission: 28-Sept-2024

Keywords:

Marine
Ecotoxicology
Risk Assessment
pollutants

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