The Special Issue: Transport, Persistence and Toxicity of Pollutants in the Sea, helped to describe the path of pollutants transported to the sea from the mainland and their accumulation process in the marine environment (sediment and organisms). In this volume we have tried to make a contribution to increase the knowledge on the dangerous effects of pollutants that reach the sea and their fate once they entered the marine food chain. Moreover this Special Issue includes two reviews for organic and inorganic contaminants respectively, and will also improve information about the pollutants loading in the sea during all the seasons, due to the contribution of rivers and rainfall, and the relative influence on marine organisms.
The research activities of the Institute are carried out in the context of research, development and innovation projects, both national and international, based on regional funding programs (POR FEAMPA - Regional Operational Program of the European Maritime Affairs Fisheries Fund and Aquaculture and POR FESR - Regional Operational Program of the European Regional Development Fund) or ministerial (PRIN - Projects of relevant national interest, PNRA - National Research Program in Antarctica, PO FEAMPA - National Operational Program European Maritime Affairs Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund) , programs for European Territorial Cooperation (Interreg), direct funding programs of the European Commission (Horizon2020 and Horizon Europe, Life, JPI - Joint Programming Initiatives, ERA-NET Cofund) and thematic collaboration initiatives managed by international organizations such as, for example , the FAO - GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean). The Institute also develops funded projects in the context of collaborations with private companies in the sectors of the blue economy as well as technology transfer and research results. Research projects, mainly of a collaborative nature, are developed through a wide network of partners that include major Italian and foreign research institutions and universities.
