Transport, Persistence and Toxicity of Pollutants in the Sea

Eight research articles and two reviews are included in this Special Issue focused onthe transport, persistence, and toxicity of pollutants in different seas: the Western andCentral Mediterranean Sea, the Adriatic Sea, the Tyrrhenian Sea, the Baltic Sea, and theSouth China Sea.The results, specifically described below, highlight different aspects of the main topicof the Special Issue, including:- The implications of anthropogenic effects on the coastal environment and seabed;- How climate change modifies surface water regimes and whether it affects the runoffof contaminants in the sea;- Pollutants in sediments and marine organisms;- Seasonal variations in pollutants in the sea;- Estuarine pollution and the influence on seawater contamination.The results provided in this Special Issue are grouped into three different topics thatthoroughly cover the themes reported in all the papers.