From Source to Sea: Navigating the Ecotoxicological Challenges of Emerging Contaminants in Marine Ecosystems
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Pollution".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2025 | Viewed by 2083
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ecotoxicology; biochemistry; microplastics; nanoplastics
Interests: chemical ecology; ecotoxicology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Contaminants of emerging concern or, simply, emerging contaminants represent a newly discovered group of chemicals present in marine environment and therefore a new threat to marine biodiversity. These contaminants include pharmaceuticals, personal care products, pesticides/herbicides, endocrine-disrupting chemicals as well as nanomaterials and micro and nanoplastics. Conducting ecotoxicological research is imperative for providing a scientific basis for the assessment and management of anthropogenic emerging contaminants in the context of ocean pollution.
For our upcoming Special Issue, we invite authors to submit their original research papers, reviews, and short communications. Topics related to this Special Issue may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Novel methods and the development of ecological risk assessment;
- Sub-lethal effects of emerging contaminants;
- Bioaccumulation monitoring studies;
- Application of Omics technologies to explore the mechanisms of toxicity of emerging contaminants;
- Co-exposure to multiple stressors (e.g., bioactive compounds, thermal stress, reduced pH);
- Source, occurrence, transport, and fate of emerging chemicals in marine environments.
We look forward to your valuable contributions, which will play a crucial role in advancing our knowledge and addressing the challenges posed by emerging contaminants in marine ecosystems.
Dr. Carola Murano
Dr. Mirko Mutalipassi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ecotoxicology
- ecological risk assessment
- emerging contaminants
- biomonitoring
- biomarkers
- “omics” techniques
- marine organisms
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Planned Papers
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Title: Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for rapid monitoring of the harmful algal bloom species Cochlodinium polykrikoides
Abstract: Harmful blooms of the dinoflagellate Cochlodinium polykrikoides (Margalefidinium polykrikoides) had detrimental aquacultural and economic effects globally, and to reduce the damage caused by these blooms, early biomonitoring and quantitative analysis of C. polykrikoides are of the utmost importance. Here, for the detection of C. polykrikoides using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reactions, we developed specific primers targeting the large subunit ribosomal DNA (LSU rDNA), and evaluated their applicability in the field during the occurrence of a C. polykrikoides bloom. The specific primers not only accurately detected C. polykirkoides but also had a detection performance comparable with that obtained using microscopic observations. Accordingly, we developed a system that can be used in the field and applied when red tides occur, with accurate results being obtained more than five times more rapidly than those obtained based on microscopic analysis. Collectively, our findings indicate that the C. polykrikoides bloom detection system developed in this study can be applied to rapidly detect and accurately quantify C. polykrikoides in environmental samples. Data obtained using this system could be used as a basis for developing prompt monitoring and warning systems for the early detection of C. polykrikoides blooms in the field.