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The impact and effects of traditional and emerging contaminants (pharmaceuticals, personal care products, plastics and nanoparticles) are a cause of concern for the health of the marine environment. Research directed towards the impact of these compounds covered areas from large scale problems such as ocean and Human Health, the impact of climate change and ocean acidification to the effects of multiple stressors of nano scale materials from ecosystem to the exposome. Due to the complex nature of these stressors, a great deal of research has been carried out to detect these compounds in the aquatic environment and to assess their biological effects. This special issue is a collection of key articles addressing the biological effects of traditional and emerging contaminants and of multiple stressors to the aquatic environment at gene, protein, cellular, biochemical, tissue and organism level presented to the 17th meeting on pollution Responses in Marine Organisms (PRIMO17) held at the University of Algarve (Portugal) from the 5th to the 8th April 2013. This International Symposium series, “Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms” (PRIMO) began in 1981 with a small group of NSF-funded researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and from Plymouth Marine Laboratory who were at that time addressing questions related to “Chemical Effects and the Health of the Oceans”. The first PRIMO Symposium was held in Plymouth, UK, in 1981 and addressed the mechanistic aspects of the same topic with the goal of stimulating international scientific interactions in this area. The success of the first PRIMO meeting led to a second meeting in 1983 in Woods Hole, USA, and then to biennial meetings held alternately in Europe and the United States and South America. Although the word “marine” was used to produce the memorable acronym, the meeting has never distinguished between marine and freshwater and has always included research results from marine and freshwater organisms. To date, PRIMO meetings have been held in the following locations worldwide
1981 PRIMO 1 Plymouth, UK 1983 PRIMO 2 Woods Hole, USA 1985 PRIMO 3 Plymouth, UK 1987 PRIMO 4 Woods Hole, USA 1989 PRIMO 5 Plymouth, UK 1991 PRIMO 6 Woods Hole, USA 1993 PRIMO 7 Goteborg, Sweden 1995 PRIMO 8 Asilomar, Monterey, USA 1997 PRIMO 9 Bergen, Norway 1999 PRIMO 10 Williamsburg, USA
2001 PRIMO 11 Plymouth, UK 2003 PRIMO 12 Tampa, Florida, USA 2005 PRIMO 13 Alessandria, ITALY 2007 PRIMO 14 Florianópolis, BRAZIL 2009 PRIMO 15 Bordeaux, FRANCE 2011 PRIMO 16 Long Beach, California, USA which translate the outstanding scientific quality of this international forum. The overall theme of PRIMO17 was dedicated to the impacts of large scale problems such as Ocean and Human Health, global climate changed, ocean acidification, effects of multiple stressors from emerging contaminants to nanoscale materials and mechanistic effects of toxicity from ecosystem scale to the exposome (www.cima.ualg.pt/primo17). During the meeting the following major scientific themes were discussed: • Climate change • Ocean acidification • Emerging compounds (nanomaterials, pharmaceuticals, Personal Cara Products (PPCPS)) • Combination effects of multiple stressors • Detection and monitoring of deliberately dumped chemicals at sea • Endocrine disruption • Cellular absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination • Tissue levels and immune responses • Biomarkers • Ecotoxicology of large marine vertebrates • Exposome and exposomics • Geno- and phenotoxicity • Epigenetic • Computation toxicology • Ecosystem-level effects • Environmental assessment Keynote speakers shared their expertise namely Lora Fleming addressed “The interconnections between the Oceans and Human Health” and David Crews the “Epigenetic modifications induced by environmental endocrine disruptors and stress”. Moreover Amy Ringwood explained how “Lysosomes were targets for nanoparticles” and Mauro Rebelo how to use “Crowdfunding in Science”
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PRIMO17 brought together more than 350 participants including stakeholders from academics, researchers, professionals, policy makers from 32 countries of all continents, 36% of which were young scientists. These are outstanding numbers when compared with previous PRIMO meetings, clearly reflecting the dynamism and scientific quality of these series. Selected contributions to the 17th meeting held at the University of Algarve in Faro, Portugal were published in three journals; Aquatic Toxicology, Marine Environmental Research and Environmental Science and Pollution Research. In addition a Special issue of Procedia Aquatics proposed by Elsevier will be published on line. Manuscripts addressing the biological effects of single and multiple stressors were included in the current issue of Aquatic Toxicology. We look forward to the next meeting to be held in Norway in 2015. Acknowledgments The PRIMO17 Organizing Committee would like to extend our sincere thanks to Aquatic Toxicology and to Elsevier, the journal’s publisher, for their full support to PRIMO17. We would like to
thank the Portuguese American Foundation, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical of Weapons (OPWS), ICES, the Lisbon Oceanário, Zoomarine and Sparus for their support in giving grants to the invited speakers and in supporting the best presentation and posters of young scientists. A specially thank to the two undergraduate students of Communication Design of the University of Algarve who won the challenge to propose the logo and webpage design for the meeting. Finally, we also want to thank, the Faculty of Science and Technology, the Faculty of Economy as well as the Research Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIMA) and the University of Algarve for their support. Maria João Bebianno ∗ Department of Earth, Sea and Environment, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8000-139 Faro, Portugal ∗ Fax: +351 289 800923. E-mail address: [email protected]
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Editorial
The impact and effects of traditional and emerging contaminants (pharmaceuticals, personal care products, plastics and nanoparticles) are a cause of concern for the health of the marine environment. Research directed towards the impact of these compounds covered areas from large scale problems such as ocean and Human Health, the impact of climate change and ocean acidification to the effects of multiple stressors of nano scale materials from ecosystem to the exposome. Due to the complex nature of these stressors, a great deal of research has been carried out to detect these compounds in the aquatic environment and to assess their biological effects. This special issue is a collection of key articles addressing the biological effects of traditional and emerging contaminants and of multiple stressors to the aquatic environment at gene, protein, cellular, biochemical, tissue and organism level presented to the 17th meeting on pollution Responses in Marine Organisms (PRIMO17) held at the University of Algarve (Portugal) from the 5th to the 8th April 2013. This International Symposium series, “Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms” (PRIMO) began in 1981 with a small group of NSF-funded researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and from Plymouth Marine Laboratory who were at that time addressing questions related to “Chemical Effects and the Health of the Oceans”. The first PRIMO Symposium was held in Plymouth, UK, in 1981 and addressed the mechanistic aspects of the same topic with the goal of stimulating international scientific interactions in this area. The success of the first PRIMO meeting led to a second meeting in 1983 in Woods Hole, USA, and then to biennial meetings held alternately in Europe and the United States and South America. Although the word “marine” was used to produce the memorable acronym, the meeting has never distinguished between marine and freshwater and has always included research results from marine and freshwater organisms. To date, PRIMO meetings have been held in the following locations worldwide
1981 PRIMO 1 Plymouth, UK 1983 PRIMO 2 Woods Hole, USA 1985 PRIMO 3 Plymouth, UK 1987 PRIMO 4 Woods Hole, USA 1989 PRIMO 5 Plymouth, UK 1991 PRIMO 6 Woods Hole, USA 1993 PRIMO 7 Goteborg, Sweden 1995 PRIMO 8 Asilomar, Monterey, USA 1997 PRIMO 9 Bergen, Norway 1999 PRIMO 10 Williamsburg, USA
2001 PRIMO 11 Plymouth, UK 2003 PRIMO 12 Tampa, Florida, USA 2005 PRIMO 13 Alessandria, ITALY 2007 PRIMO 14 Florianópolis, BRAZIL 2009 PRIMO 15 Bordeaux, FRANCE 2011 PRIMO 16 Long Beach, California, USA which translate the outstanding scientific quality of this international forum. The overall theme of PRIMO17 was dedicated to the impacts of large scale problems such as Ocean and Human Health, global climate changed, ocean acidification, effects of multiple stressors from emerging contaminants to nanoscale materials and mechanistic effects of toxicity from ecosystem scale to the exposome (www.cima.ualg.pt/primo17). During the meeting the following major scientific themes were discussed: • Climate change • Ocean acidification • Emerging compounds (nanomaterials, pharmaceuticals, Personal Cara Products (PPCPS)) • Combination effects of multiple stressors • Detection and monitoring of deliberately dumped chemicals at sea • Endocrine disruption • Cellular absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination • Tissue levels and immune responses • Biomarkers • Ecotoxicology of large marine vertebrates • Exposome and exposomics • Geno- and phenotoxicity • Epigenetic • Computation toxicology • Ecosystem-level effects • Environmental assessment Keynote speakers shared their expertise namely Lora Fleming addressed “The interconnections between the Oceans and Human Health” and David Crews the “Epigenetic modifications induced by environmental endocrine disruptors and stress”. Moreover Amy Ringwood explained how “Lysosomes were targets for nanoparticles” and Mauro Rebelo how to use “Crowdfunding in Science”
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PRIMO17 brought together more than 350 participants including stakeholders from academics, researchers, professionals, policy makers from 32 countries of all continents, 36% of which were young scientists. These are outstanding numbers when compared with previous PRIMO meetings, clearly reflecting the dynamism and scientific quality of these series. Selected contributions to the 17th meeting held at the University of Algarve in Faro, Portugal were published in three journals; Aquatic Toxicology, Marine Environmental Research and Environmental Science and Pollution Research. In addition a Special issue of Procedia Aquatics proposed by Elsevier will be published on line. Manuscripts addressing the biological effects of single and multiple stressors were included in the current issue of Aquatic Toxicology. We look forward to the next meeting to be held in Norway in 2015. Acknowledgments The PRIMO17 Organizing Committee would like to extend our sincere thanks to Aquatic Toxicology and to Elsevier, the journal’s publisher, for their full support to PRIMO17. We would like to
thank the Portuguese American Foundation, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical of Weapons (OPWS), ICES, the Lisbon Oceanário, Zoomarine and Sparus for their support in giving grants to the invited speakers and in supporting the best presentation and posters of young scientists. A specially thank to the two undergraduate students of Communication Design of the University of Algarve who won the challenge to propose the logo and webpage design for the meeting. Finally, we also want to thank, the Faculty of Science and Technology, the Faculty of Economy as well as the Research Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIMA) and the University of Algarve for their support. Maria João Bebianno ∗ Department of Earth, Sea and Environment, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8000-139 Faro, Portugal ∗ Fax: +351 289 800923. E-mail address: [email protected]
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