Microplastics in Wetlands: Occurrence, Fate and Interactions
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Quality and Contamination".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 7967
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bioremediation; constructed wetlands; ecotoxicity; environmental engineering; microplastics; phytoremediation; pollutants; wastewater treatment
Interests: aquatic plants; trace metals; microplastics; bioindication; aquatic pollution; ecotoxicology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plastic pollution is a major environmental problem attracting the attention of scientists and the public. Plastics of a small fraction (1–1000 µm), i.e., microplastics (MPs), are receiving special attention due to their wide occurrence, high persistence in the environment, potential for ecological harm, and impact on human health. Wastewaters carry significant amounts of MPs that, if not treated properly, accumulate in the environment. Conventional wastewater treatment plants can remove a major part of MPs in the treatment process, but there is almost no research concerning MPs’ behavior and fate in constructed wetlands (CW).
Therefore, the goal of this Special Issue is to provide a platform to promote, share, and discuss various issues and recent developments concerning MPs’ occurrence, fate, and interactions with other pollutants in wetlands to understand the impact of MPs on the wetland environment and to propose effective removal strategies.
We welcome high-quality, original research articles as well as review papers. For this Special Issue, potential topics include but are not limited to:
- Source, transport, distribution, and accumulation of MPs in wetlands;
- Methods for detection and analysis of MPs in wetland environments;
- Aging, transformation, and degradation of MPs in wetlands;
- Effects and interactions of MPs on wetland organisms;
- Interactions of MPs with other pollutants;
- Combined effects of MPs with other pollutants;
- Application of constructed wetlands in remediation of MPs—removal strategies, treatment efficiency.
Dr. Gabriela Kalčíková
Dr. Ludmiła Polechońska
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aquatic organisms
- aquatic pollution
- biodegradation
- ecotoxicity
- contaminant interactions
- microplastics
- macrophytes, phytoremediation
- constructed wetlands
- wastewater treatment
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