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Contaminants in Aquaculture

Safeguarding Blue Foods for a Sustainable Future

  • 1st Edition - January 1, 2027
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Amit Kumar, Gagan Matta
  • Language: English

Contaminants in Aquaculture: Safeguarding Blue Foods for a Sustainable Future addresses critical challenges posed by chemical, biological, and emerging pollutants in aquacu… Read more

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Description

Contaminants in Aquaculture: Safeguarding Blue Foods for a Sustainable Future addresses critical challenges posed by chemical, biological, and emerging pollutants in aquaculture systems. As aquaculture becomes the fastest-growing global food production sector, contamination risks threaten seafood safety, ecosystem health, and public trust. This reference consolidates fragmented knowledge to support sustainable blue food production and safeguard public health. The book covers heavy metals, pesticides, antibiotics, microplastics, petroleum hydrocarbons, biotoxins, nanomaterials, and emerging contaminants, exploring their environmental pathways, bioaccumulation, toxicodynamics, and regulatory challenges. It integrates advanced detection technologies, risk modeling, and mitigation strategies, supported by case studies and AI-enabled monitoring tools. The book also examines global policy frameworks and the integration of blue economy principles for contaminant control. Contaminants in Aquaculture: Safeguarding Blue Foods for a Sustainable Future benefits researchers, regulators, and industry professionals by providing a unified, evidence-based foundation to assess risks, design regulatory standards, and implement sustainable aquaculture practices. By bridging science, policy, and practice, this reference enhances seafood safety, ecosystem resilience, and global blue food sustainability for current and future generations.

Key features

  • Integrates comprehensive contaminant science with risk assessment and regulatory insights
  • Provides evidence-based tools for detection, monitoring, and mitigation strategies
  • Highlights emerging contaminants and AI-driven monitoring technologies
  • Bridges science, policy, and practice for sustainable aquaculture management

Readership

Academics, researchers and industry professionals in aquaculture, toxicology, and environmental science

Table of contents

1. Heavy Metals in Aquaculture: Bioaccumulation, Toxicodynamics, and Blue Food Safety

2. Pesticide Residues in Aquatic Systems: Environmental Pathways, Persistence and Human Health Risk Assessment
3. Antibiotic and Pharmaceutical Residues in Aquaculture: Fate, Bioaccumulation, Resistance, and Risk Implications

4. Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Blue Foods: Sources, Trophic Transfer, and Ecotoxicological Risks

5. Contamination Pathways and Impacts of Petroleum Hydrocarbons on Blue Food

6. Ecotoxicological Effects and Regulatory Challenges of Antifoulants and Disinfectants in Aquaculture

7. Hormonal Contaminants and Endocrine Disruption in Blue Food Chains

8. Algal Biotoxins in Aquaculture: Sources, Bioaccumulation, and Blue Food Safety

9. Environmental Behavior and Toxicological Risks of Engineered Nanomaterials

10. Additives, Carryover, and Bioaccumulation Dynamics of Aquafeed Contaminants

11. Pathogenic Biofilms in Aquaculture: Mechanisms, Vectors of Biological Contamination and food safely implications

12. Nitrate and Nitrite Accumulation in Aquatic Environments: Sources, Ecotoxicology, and Human Health Risks

13. Contaminant Interactions and Food Quality Impacts of Salinity Stress and Residual Salts: Implications for Food Quality and Safety

14. Plasticizers and Additives (BPA, Phthalates) in Aquaculture Products: Bioaccumulation and Toxicological Concerns

15. Radionuclides and Rare Contaminants in Aquatic Food Systems: Occurrence, Risks, and Knowledge Gaps

16. Emerging Contaminants in Aquaculture: Predictive Tools, Risk Modeling and Future Perspectives using AI

17. Climate Change and Contaminant Dynamics in Food Systems: Synergies and Emerging Risks monitoring with AI and Remote Sensing

18. Biosensors eDNA and AI, Field Ready Monitoring Tools for Aquaculture

19. Integrating Blue Economy Principles into Global Regulations and Standards for Contaminant Control

20. Towards Future Ready Blue Food: Pathways for Research, Innovation, and Governance

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 1, 2027
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Amit Kumar

Dr. Amit Kumar is a Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources at Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology. He obtained his M.Tech and PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee and conducted his postdoctoral research at Hohai University, China. Dr. Kumar’s research spans the ecological health of aquatic habitats, water quality modeling, and water security practices to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. He has published five books, including Elsevier’s Climate Change in the Himalayas, and is an advisory board member for the Elsevier journal Ecological Indicators.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, School of Hydrology and Water Resources, Nanjing, China

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Gagan Matta

Dr. Gagan Matta is an Associate Professor in the Department of Zoology of Environmental Sciences at Gurukula Kangri University, India. His teaching and research area clearly aligned with Environmental Pollution and Toxicology, water quality, Ganga River, Environmental modeling and Limnology and Aquatic Ecology. Dr. Matta has 7 years of teaching and research experience, supervised 09 Master students and guiding three Ph.D. candidates. Dr. Matta has 4 international and 5 national collative research projects.

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Zoology of Environmental Sciences, Gurukula Kangri University, India