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Marine Pollution: New Challenges for Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Oceans of Tomorrow

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Science and Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 October 2020) | Viewed by 11573

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Ulisses Miranda Azeiteiro

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Department of Biology & CESAM Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: global change biology and ecology; marine biology and ecology; zooplankton; larval fish; climate change and sustainability
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Dr. Ricardo Calado

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ECOMARE & CESAM & Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: fatty acids; LC-PUFA; marine invertebrates; DHA; marine biotechnology; marine aquaculture
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Providing access to food and safeguarding public health for an ever-growing world population is one of the biggest challenges of the upcoming decades. The ocean is often seen as the most suitable solution to safeguard the supply of protein for the world’s population through sustainable fisheries and aquaculture practices. If properly managed, coastal and offshore fisheries and aquaculture may potentially safeguard food security. However, with the unprecedented levels of marine pollution already recorded, will it be possible to also safeguard food safety issues? Old threats persist (e.g., hydrocarbons, metals), new threats have been flagged (e.g., persistent organic pollutants, plastics) and the consequences for marine life in the oceans of tomorrow may push coastal and oceanic ecosystems beyond a point of no return. How marine pollution will impact global food security and food safety remains an open question.

In this Special Issue we aim at dealing with all of the above-mentioned issues. Empirical papers are preferred, but reviews and theoretical papers will also be considered.

Topics may include:

  • Ocean-based food security
  • Marine pollution
  • New threats (e.g., persistent organic pollutants, plastics)
  • Causes and effects of ocean pollution
  • How ocean pollution affects humans

Dr. Ulisses Manuel de Miranda Azeiteiro
Dr. Ricardo Calado
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • persistent organic pollutants
  • plastic pollution
  • food security
  • food safety
  • climate change

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Synergistic Effects of Climate Change and Marine Pollution: An Overlooked Interaction in Coastal and Estuarine Areas
by Henrique Cabral, Vanessa Fonseca, Tânia Sousa and Miguel Costa Leal
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(15), 2737; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16152737 - 31 Jul 2019
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Coastal areas have been increasingly affected by human activities, marine pollution and climate change are among the most important pressures affecting these environments. Human-induced pressures occur in a cumulative way and generate additive, antagonistic or synergistic effects. Knowledge on synergistic effects is crucial [...] Read more.
Coastal areas have been increasingly affected by human activities, marine pollution and climate change are among the most important pressures affecting these environments. Human-induced pressures occur in a cumulative way and generate additive, antagonistic or synergistic effects. Knowledge on synergistic effects is crucial to coastal zone management, since they may imply a change in human uses of these systems, as well as dedicated action plans in order to reduce hazards and environmental risks. In this work, we provide an overview of the available literature on synergistic effects between climate change and chemical pollution, and discuss current knowledge, methodological approaches, and research gaps and needs. Interactions between these two pressures may be climate change dominant (climate change leads to an increase in contaminant exposure or toxicity) or contaminant-dominant (chemical exposure leads to an increase in climate change susceptibility), but the mechanistic drivers of such processes are not well known. Results from a few meta-analyses studies and reviews showed that synergistic interactions tend to be more frequent compared to additive and antagonistic ones. However, most of the studies are individual-based and assess the cumulative effects of a few contaminants individually in laboratory settings together with few climate variables, particularly temperature and pH. Nevertheless, a wide diversity of contaminants have already been individually tested, spanning from metals, persistent organic pollutants and, more recently, emergent pollutants. Population and community based approaches are less frequent but have generated very interesting and more holistic perspectives. Methodological approaches are quite diverse, from laboratory studies to mesocosm and field studies, or based on statistical or modelling tools, each with their own potential and limitations. More holistic comparisons integrating several pressures and their combinations and a multitude of habitats, taxa, life-stages, among others, are needed, as well as insights from meta-analyses and systematic reviews. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Marine Pollution: New Challenges for Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Oceans of Tomorrow)
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