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Ferreira NM, Coutinho R, de Oliveira LS. Emerging studies on oil pollution biomonitoring: A systematic review. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2023; 192:115081. [PMID: 37236096 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2022] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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In the last decade, several methods were applied to monitor the impact of oil pollution on marine organisms. Recent studies showed an eminent need to standardize these methods to produce comparable results. Here we present the first thorough systematic review of the literature on oil pollution monitoring methods in the last decade. The literature search resulted on 390 selected original articles, categorized according to the analytical method employed. Except for Ecosystem-level analyses, most methods are used on short-term studies. The combination of Biomarker and Bioaccumulation analysis is the most frequently adopted strategy for oil pollution biomonitoring, followed by Omic analyses. This systematic review describes the principles of the most frequently used monitoring tools, presents their advantages, limitations, and main findings and, as such, could be used as a guideline for future researches on the field.
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- Nícollas Menezes Ferreira
- Department of Marine Biotechnology, Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira-IEAPM, Arraial do Cabo, RJ 28930000, Brazil; Marine Biotecnology Graduate Program, Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreia-IEAPM and Universidade Federal Fluminense-UFF, Niterói, RJ 24220900, Brazil
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- Department of Marine Biotechnology, Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira-IEAPM, Arraial do Cabo, RJ 28930000, Brazil; Marine Biotecnology Graduate Program, Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreia-IEAPM and Universidade Federal Fluminense-UFF, Niterói, RJ 24220900, Brazil
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- Department of Marine Biotechnology, Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira-IEAPM, Arraial do Cabo, RJ 28930000, Brazil; Marine Biotecnology Graduate Program, Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreia-IEAPM and Universidade Federal Fluminense-UFF, Niterói, RJ 24220900, Brazil.
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Pretti C, Aretini P, Lessi F, Freitas R, Barata C, De Marchi L, Cuccaro A, Oliva M, Meucci V, Baratti M. Gene expression and biochemical patterns in the digestive gland of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck, 1819) exposed to 17α-ethinylestradiol. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2023; 254:106376. [PMID: 36566548 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2022.106376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2022] [Revised: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 12/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) are a class of chemicals that can spread throughout the environment and may cause adverse biological and ecological effects. While there are many different classes of CECs, one of the most well documented in the aquatic environment are pharmaceutical drugs, such as natural and synthetic estrogens. In particular, the widespread presence of the synthetic estrogen 17 α-Ethinylestradiol (EE2) in water may lead to bioaccumulation in sediment and biota. EE2 is the primary component in contraceptive pills, and is a derivative of the natural hormone estradiol (E2). In this study, the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis was exposed to EE2 in a semi-static and time-dependent experiment, for a total exposure period of 28 days. Biochemical and transcriptomics analyses were performed on mussel digestive glands after exposure for 14 (T14) and 28 (T28) days. Metabolic and DNA impairments, as well as activation of antioxidant and biotransformation enzymes activation, were detected in T28 exposed mussels. RNA-Seq analysis showed significant differential expression of 160 (T14 compared to controls), 33 (T28 compared to controls) and 79 (T14 compared to T28) genes. Signs of stress after EE2 treatment included up-regulation of gene/proteins involved with immune function, lipid transport, and metabolic and antibacterial properties. This study elucidates the underlying mechanisms of EE2 in a filter feeding organisms to elucidate the effects of this human pharmaceutical on aquatic biota.
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- Carlo Pretti
- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Via Livornese (lato monte), 56122 San Piero a Grado, Pisa (Italy); Interuniversity Consortium of Marine Biology and Applied Ecology "G. Bacci" (CIBM), Viale N.Sauro 4, 57128 Livorno (Italy).
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- Fondazione Pisana per la Scienza ONLUS, Via Ferruccio Giovannini 13, 56017 San Giuliano Terme, Pisa (Italy)
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- Fondazione Pisana per la Scienza ONLUS, Via Ferruccio Giovannini 13, 56017 San Giuliano Terme, Pisa (Italy)
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- Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro (Portugal)
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry IDAEA-CSIC Jordi Girona 18 08034 Barcelona (Spain)
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- Interuniversity Consortium of Marine Biology and Applied Ecology "G. Bacci" (CIBM), Viale N.Sauro 4, 57128 Livorno (Italy)
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- Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro (Portugal)
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- Interuniversity Consortium of Marine Biology and Applied Ecology "G. Bacci" (CIBM), Viale N.Sauro 4, 57128 Livorno (Italy)
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Via Livornese (lato monte), 56122 San Piero a Grado, Pisa (Italy)
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, IBBR-CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze (Italy)
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Pillet M, Evensen KG, Marengo M, Lejeune P, Poynton HC, Thomas H. First insight into the development of a new transcriptomic tool in French Corsica harbors. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2022; 184:114173. [PMID: 36191473 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Coastal harbor areas are subjected to a myriad of contamination sources with largely unknown effects. Such complex chemical mixtures are difficult to monitor but transcriptomics is a promising approach for such biomonitoring. The present study was designed to verify the use of the Coastal Biosensor for Endocrine Disruption (C-BED) assay, previously developed to detect emerging contaminants and their effects on Mytilus edulis, on another mussel species, Mytilus galloprovincialis. Mussels were caged on St-Florent harbor (contaminated) and on Revellata Bay (reference) for three months. A classical multibiomarkers approach was coupled to the C-BED assay. The results of both approaches were analysed using the Integrated Biomarkers Responses (IBR) and compared to each other. Both approaches demonstrated a higher contamination and probable endocrine disruption of mussels in St-Florent, compared to the reference station. These results confirm that the C-BED assay provides an innovative method to expand our ability to detect emerging contaminants.
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- Marion Pillet
- STAtion de REcherches Sous-marines et Océanographiques, Punta Revellata, 20260 Calvi, France; LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés (UMR7266 CNRS), La Rochelle Université, 2 rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000 La Rochelle, France.
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- School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts, 100 William T. Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125, United States
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- STAtion de REcherches Sous-marines et Océanographiques, Punta Revellata, 20260 Calvi, France
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- STAtion de REcherches Sous-marines et Océanographiques, Punta Revellata, 20260 Calvi, France
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- School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts, 100 William T. Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125, United States
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- LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés (UMR7266 CNRS), La Rochelle Université, 2 rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000 La Rochelle, France
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Baratti M, Pinosio S, Gori M, Biricolti S, Chini G, Fratini S, Cannicci S, Caliani I, Oliva M, De Marchi L, Pretti C. Differential gene expression and chemical patterns of an intertidal crab inhabiting a polluted port and an adjacent marine protected area. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 822:153463. [PMID: 35101492 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2021] [Revised: 12/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The acquisition of data to safeguard marine protected areas located close to ports is important in order to develop plans that allow effective protection from pollution as well as sustainable development of the port. The area Secche della Meloria is a Marine Protected Area (MPA-MEL) three miles from Livorno Harbour (LH), which is characterized by a long history of pollution. Here we studied the bioaccumulation and transcriptomic patterns of the marbled crab, Pachygrapsus marmoratus (Fabricius, 1787) (Crustacea; Brachyura, Grapsidae), inhabiting the two selected sites. Results showed that the two crab populations are significantly different in their chemical composition of trace elements and Polyciclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), and gene expression patterns (1280 DEGs). Enrichment analysis indicated that crabs at LH had the highest stress response genes, and they were associated with higher levels of bioaccumulation detected in body tissues. We are confident that the significant differential gene expression profiles observed between crabs, characterized by significant chemical differences, is associated with responses to contaminant exposure.
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- Mariella Baratti
- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, IBBR-CNR, Sesto Fiorentino I-50019, Italy.
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, IBBR-CNR, Sesto Fiorentino I-50019, Italy; Institute of Applied Genomics IGA-CNR, Udine I-33100, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, Firenze I-50144, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, Firenze I-50144, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino I-5001, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino I-5001, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino I-5001, Italy; The Swire Institute of Marine Science and Area of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, Siena I-53100, Italy
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- Interuniversity Consortium of Marine Biology "G. Bacci, CIBM ", Livorno I-57128, Italy
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- Interuniversity Consortium of Marine Biology "G. Bacci, CIBM ", Livorno I-57128, Italy; Departamento de Biologia e CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro 3810-193, Portugal
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- Interuniversity Consortium of Marine Biology "G. Bacci, CIBM ", Livorno I-57128, Italy; Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Pisa I-56124, Italy
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Sojobi AO, Zayed T. Impact of sewer overflow on public health: A comprehensive scientometric analysis and systematic review. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 203:111609. [PMID: 34216613 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2021] [Revised: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Sewer overflow (SO), which has attracted global attention, poses serious threat to public health and ecosystem. SO impacts public health via consumption of contaminated drinking water, aerosolization of pathogens, food-chain transmission, and direct contact with fecally-polluted rivers and beach sediments during recreation. However, no study has attempted to map the linkage between SO and public health including Covid-19 using scientometric analysis and systematic review of literature. Results showed that only few countries were actively involved in SO research in relation to public health. Furthermore, there are renewed calls to scale up environmental surveillance to safeguard public health. To safeguard public health, it is important for public health authorities to optimize water and wastewater treatment plants and improve building ventilation and plumbing systems to minimize pathogen transmission within buildings and transportation systems. In addition, health authorities should formulate appropriate policies that can enhance environmental surveillance and facilitate real-time monitoring of sewer overflow. Increased public awareness on strict personal hygiene and point-of-use-water-treatment such as boiling drinking water will go a long way to safeguard public health. Ecotoxicological studies and health risk assessment of exposure to pathogens via different transmission routes is also required to appropriately inform the use of lockdowns, minimize their socio-economic impact and guide evidence-based welfare/social policy interventions. Soft infrastructures, optimized sewer maintenance and prescreening of sewer overflow are recommended to reduce stormwater burden on wastewater treatment plant, curtail pathogen transmission and marine plastic pollution. Comprehensive, integrated surveillance and global collaborative efforts are important to curtail on-going Covid-19 pandemic and improve resilience against future pandemics.
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- Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
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Wathsala RHGR, Musella M, Valbonesi P, Candela M, Franzellitti S. Variability of metabolic, protective, antioxidant, and lysosomal gene transcriptional profiles and microbiota composition of Mytilus galloprovincialis farmed in the North Adriatic Sea (Italy). MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2021; 172:112847. [PMID: 34399278 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2021] [Revised: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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This study evaluates the transcriptional profiles of genes related to physiological responses in digestive glands (DG) of Mytilus galloprovincialis under the influence of seasonal changes of environmental variables, gender bias, and gonadal development. Composition of the DG microbiome was also explored. Mussels were collected across 7 months encompassing 3 seasons from a farm in the Northwestern Adriatic Sea. All gene products showed complex transcriptional patterns across seasons. Salinity, surface oxygen and transparency significantly correlate with transcriptional profiles of males, whereas in females temperature and gonadal maturation mostly explained the observed transcriptional changes. Seasonal variations and gender-specific differences were observed in DG microbiome composition, with variations resembling metabolic accommodations likely facing season progression and reproductive cycle. Results provide baseline information to improve actual monitoring strategies of mussel farming conditions and forecast potential detrimental impacts of climatological/environmental changes in the study area.
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- Unit of Microbiome Science and Biotechnology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Fano Marine Center, The Inter-Institute Center for Research on Marine Biodiversity, Resources and Biotechnologies, Fano, Italy
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- Animal and Environmental Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BiGeA), University of Bologna, Ravenna, Italy
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- Unit of Microbiome Science and Biotechnology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Fano Marine Center, The Inter-Institute Center for Research on Marine Biodiversity, Resources and Biotechnologies, Fano, Italy.
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- Animal and Environmental Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BiGeA), University of Bologna, Ravenna, Italy; Fano Marine Center, The Inter-Institute Center for Research on Marine Biodiversity, Resources and Biotechnologies, Fano, Italy.
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Baldwin WS, Bain LJ. PRIMO 20 - 20th international symposium of pollutant responses in Marine Organisms: Key issues and mechanisms in marine and freshwater toxicology. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2020; 162:105111. [PMID: 32877872 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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- William S Baldwin
- Clemson University, Biological Sciences, 132 Long Hall, Clemson, SC 29634, USA.
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- Clemson University, Biological Sciences, 132 Long Hall, Clemson, SC 29634, USA.
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Wildlife forensics: A boon for species identification and conservation implications. Forensic Sci Int 2020; 317:110530. [PMID: 33096398 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Revised: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Wildlife trade and fraudulence in food, artefacts and cosmetic industries had raised serious concern in protection of the wild faunal diversity. Lack of proper tools and molecular based techniques for identification of wild species are some of the major constrains faced by the judiciary and law enforcement agencies while framing charges against poachers and illicit agitator. The emergence of wildlife forensics serves as a boon in solving long pending cases of wildlife crimes. Wildlife forensics have proven to be fast, accurate and reliable criminal investigation processes with comprehensive coverage and easy accessibility. It has also helped resolving taxonomic disputes, determining spatiotemporal genetic divergence, evolutionary history, origins and even endemism. Collaboration among inter-disciplinary fields has even led to engineered signature markers and phylogenetics for several species. Development in fields of genetics, molecular and evolutionary biology and other omics techniques have further contributed in accurate identification of species. Wildlife forensics, with the support of proper international mega database units for population reference, will be fundamental in wildlife investigations through its unlimited information sharing ability. The efficient conservation of species will, however, require a collaborative approach consisting of national policy makers, local stakeholders and implementation agencies in addition to experts from the scientific communities.
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Baldwin WS, Bain LJ, Di Giulio R, Kullman S, Rice CD, Ringwood AH, den Hurk PV. 20th Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms (PRIMO 20): Global issues and fundamental mechanisms caused by pollutant stress in marine and freshwater organisms. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2020; 227:105620. [PMID: 32932042 PMCID: PMC11106729 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2020.105620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The 20th Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms (PRIMO 20) conference provided a forum for scientists from around the world to communicate novel toxicological research findings specifically focused on aquatic organisms, by combining applied and basic research at the intersection of environmental and mechanistic toxicology. The work highlighted in this special issue of Aquatic Toxicology, a special issue of Marine Environmental Research, and presented through posters and presentations, encompass important and emerging topics in freshwater and marine toxicology. This includes multiple types of emerging contaminants including microplastics and UV filtering chemicals. Other studies aimed to further our understanding of the effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products. Further research presented in this virtual issue examined the interactive effects of chemicals and pathogens, while the final set of manuscripts demonstrates continuing efforts to combine traditional biomonitoring, data from -omic technologies, and modeling for use in risk assessment and management. An additional goal of PRIMO meetings is to address the link between environmental and human health. Several articles in this issue of Aquatic Toxicology describe the appropriateness of using aquatic organisms as models for human health, while the keynote speakers, as described in the editorial below, presented research that highlighted bioaccumulation of contaminants such as PFOS and mercury from fish to marine mammals and coastal human populations such as the Gullah/GeeChee near Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
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- William S Baldwin
- Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29631, United States.
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- Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29631, United States
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, United States.
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- Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, United States.
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- Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29631, United States
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- Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, United States.
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- Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29631, United States
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