Environmental Risk Assessment of Aquatic Ecosystem
A special issue of Environments (ISSN 2076-3298).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2024 | Viewed by 9557
Special Issue Editors
Interests: emerging pollutants; risk assessment; marine environment
Interests: environmental analysis; wastewater; atmospheric modelling
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Aquatic ecosystems are the most diverse and important ecosystems. With the development of human society, numerous pollutants have been manufactured and released into the water environment, which could pose potential risks to aquatic ecosystems. Conducting environmental risk assessments regarding the aquatic ecosystem could avoid the adverse effects on water and prevent the irreversible damage to the aquatic ecosystems caused by human activity.
The Special Issue entitled "Environmental Risk Assessment of Aquatic Ecosystem" aims to gather the latest research, innovations, and advances in risk assessment in the aquatic environment. We welcome the submission of papers that attend to various topics of interest, including the field investigation of the occurrence and environmental behavior of pollutants in the aquatic environment, toxicokinetic and toxicology studies regarding contaminants on the aquatic species, and the potential ecological risk brought by the change in environmental factors. Additionally, submissions that consider the novel risk assessment method based on the existing database and environmental and economic impacts on the aquatic ecosystems are also welcomed.
This Special Issue will provide valuable insights into the risk assessment of aquatic ecosystems, which is a critical environmental challenge many countries worldwide face. This Issue also matches well with the UNEP Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good health and well-being, 6: Clean water and sanitation, and 14: Life below water. We invite authors to submit contributions that will enhance our understanding of the current potential risks in aquatic ecosystems.
Dr. Qi Wang
Dr. Huiju Lin
Dr. Mengyang Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- risk assessment
- aquatic environment
- pollutants
- environmental factors
- toxicology
- water
- POPs
- health
- emerging contaminants
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: Development of environmental DNA assays for two aquatic weeds Amazon frogbit (Limnobium laevigatum) and yellow burrhead (Limnocharis flava)
Authors: Xiaocheng Zhu; Karen Bell; Hanwen Wu and David Gopurenko
Abstract: Environmental DNA (eDNA) is widely used for species monitoring, including endanger species monitoring and invasive species detection. Targeted species detection using eDNA approach usually conducted with species-specific qPCR assays. Amazon frogbit (Limnobium laevigatum) and yellow burrhead (Limnocharis flava) are listed as State Prohibited Matter weeds in NSW, Australia. They are fast-growing perennial aquatic weeds that outcompete native aquatic plants and reduce habitats of aquatic animals. Early detection is the key for management of these species. In this study, we have developed two assays for Limnobium laevigatum and Limnocharis flava based on rpoB and rpoC2 sequences, respectively. Both assays were validated against 34 co-existing aquatic and terrestrial species. The assays were species specific, and the positive signal was exclusively detected in the targeted species. The assays are highly sensitive with the detection limits of 1 copy DNA/µL. These two assays were also validated against environmental samples where the weeds are present. Our assays are effective tools for targeted aquatic weed detection, which will likely be adopted for Limnobium laevigatum and Limnocharis flava monitoring and management.
Keywords: prohibited matter weed; eDNA; biosecurity; quantitative PCR; aquatic weed;