Aquatic Toxicology

Aquatic Toxicology publishes significant contributions that increase the understanding of the impact of harmful substances (including natural and synthetic chemicals) on aquatic organisms and ecosystems.

Aquatic Toxicology considers both laboratory and field studies with a focus on marine/ freshwater environments. The journal strives to attract high quality original scientific papers, critical reviews and expert opinion papers in the following areas:

• Effects of harmful substances on molecular, cellular, sub-organismal, organismal, population, community, and ecosystem level;
• Toxic mechanisms;
• Genetic disturbances, transgenerational effects, behavioral and adaptive responses;
• Impacts of harmful substances on structure, function of and services provided by aquatic ecosystems;
• Mixture toxicity assessment;
• Statistical approaches to predict exposure to and hazards of contaminants

The journal also considers manuscripts in other areas, such as the development of innovative concepts, approaches, and methodologies, which promote the wider application of toxicological datasets to the protection of aquatic environments and inform ecological risk assessments and decision making by relevant authorities.

Aquatic Toxicology does not publish articles that focus on the health of aquaculture organisms associated with aquaculture practices, unless these studies enhance our understanding of the potential effects of chemical stressors associated with aquaculture (e.g. pesticides use, water quality degradation) on aquatic organisms and/or ecosystems. Aquatic Toxicology does not consider articles that focus on monitoring the presence of chemicals in the environment unless these studies further investigate the impacts of the chemicals on aquatic organisms and/or ecological systems. Furthermore, studies that characterize the potential risks of contaminated fish or other aquatic food products on humans or livestock are outside of the scope of the journal.