Continental Toxic Algae and Their Ecological Impact
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine and Freshwater Toxins".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 653
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plankton; benthos; cyanotoxins; biodiversity; taxonomy; phylogeny and ecology of continental algae; water quality
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Environmental toxicity is increasing globally, but the effect on algal toxicity on climate warming, not only the increase in water temperature, but also the enhanced levels of salinity and nutrients related to water scarcity, challenge human development, especially in certain geographic areas. It seems that toxin producers are distributed throughout the cyanophyta phylogenetic tree, for instance, and that most species can synthetise several different toxic compounds. What will the effects of this changing environment on the growth and toxicity expression of species be? How may this potential increase in toxicity affect to aquatic populations of phototrophs and heterotrophs? Will the effects be similar in humid and arid areas, and in flowing or lentic waters? What about transition waters? What are the consequences of toxin accumulation along aquatic food chains? Have toxic species any kind of competitive advantage in these situations? What is the importance of benthic toxicity? In the last few years, a huge amount of information has been gathered on several aspects of freshwater toxicity, but most of these questions remain unanswered, as the greatest efforts have been focused on the detection and prevention of sanitary problems and not on the understanding of factors promoting toxin synthesis or competence among species. All contributions regarding the relationships between ecology and continental algal toxicity with special emphasis in climate change, benthos and species relationships are welcome in this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Marina Aboal
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Toxins is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- allelopathy
- benthos
- climate change
- freshwater
- herbivory
- plankton
- saltwater
- toxicity
- transition waters
