Microplastic Pollution and Impact on Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Ecotoxicology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 9708
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ecotoxicology; biomarkers; environmental pollution; emerging contaminants
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Interests: emerging contaminants; environmental monitoring and negative effects on organisms; investigation of the possible microplastic's presence in different matrices such as surface water, glacial debris and snow
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The presence of microplastics in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems is an environmental issue of global concern. Once microplastics enter the environment, whether directly or after weathering of large plastic items, they can interact with organisms and other contaminants, potentially posing a serious health risk for living species at all the levels of the ecological hierarchy. For these reasons, there is an urgent need to enlarge the knowledge on microplastic contamination in the environment in order to estimate and assess the exposure and the toxicity of these contaminants towards aquatic and terrestrial organisms.
This Special Issue will focus on highlighting the latest advances in studies on microplastic contamination and their impact on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the investigation of the presence, the sources and the fate of microplastics in anthropic and natural ecosystems, including remote areas; the biomonitoring of microplastics using conventional and non-conventional model organisms; field and laboratory studies assessing the impact and/or the toxicity of virgin and/or weathered microplastics relying on both conventional and non-conventional model organisms; and the investigation of mechanism(s) of toxic action of microplastics towards aquatic and terrestrial organisms. Authors are invited to submit original research papers, reviews, and short communications.
Dr. Marco Parolini
Dr. Beatrice De Felice
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microplastics
- (bio)monitoring
- ecological indicators
- freshwaters
- marine ecosystems
- terrestrial ecosystems
- bioaccumulation
- ecotoxicity
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