Ecotoxic Effects of Contamination on Marine Organisms
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2021) | Viewed by 1572
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
One important issue of scientific concern is the effect of global industrialization as a major source of pollution and the fact that pollution does not respect national boundaries, damaging marine life and human health. The majority of pollutants ultimately enter the marine environment, causing adverse effects on marine organisms. It is increasingly accepted that the assessment of the impact of environmental disturbance on organisms requires an understanding of contaminants’ effects throughout the hierarchy of biological organization, from the molecular and cellular to the organismal and population levels, as well as the community and ecosystem levels. Our understanding of the processes throughout different biological hierarchies and of marine ecosystem recovery are rather limited.
In this Special Issue, we invite submissions exploring the toxic and genotoxic effects of contaminants on marine organisms, and mechanisms by which the cells of animals and plants protect themselves against pollutants. Contributions can focus on laboratory and field studies of any marine organism, any contaminant, and modeling. The development of new methodologies for ecotoxic effect determination, case studies, and reviews are also welcomed.
Prof. Dr. Nevenka Bihari
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- marine organisms
- toxicity
- genotoxicity
- biomarkers
- biomonitoring
- modeling
- risk assessment
