Microplastic contamination in aquatic environments : an emerging matter of environmental urgency /: an emerging matter of environmental urgency. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Eddy Y. Zeng.
• Editors: Zeng, E. Y (Eddy Y.)
• Contents: BACKGROUND 1. Formation and Evolution of Microplastics 2. Global Distribution of Microplastics: Abundance and Composition SOURCES AND PATHWAYS 3. Contribution of Anthropogenic Activities to Microplastic Pollution 4. Sources and Pathways of Microplastics to Freshwater Environment 5. Sources and Pathways of Microplastics to Marine Environment SAMPLING AND DETECTION 6. Detection, Qualification and Quantitation of Microplastics in Environmental Samples OCCURRENCE OF PLASTIC IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS 7. Microplastics Pollution in the Marine Environment 8. Contamination of Microplastics in the Freshwater Systems 9. Microplastic Contamination in Estuarine System 10. Nanoplastic Contamination in the Aquatic Environment FATE AND EFFECTS 11. Impacts of Microplastics on Aquatic Organisms 12. Fate and Effect of Microplastics in the Marine Environment 13. Fate and Effect of Microplastics in the Freshwater Systems 14. Effects of Microplastic Discharge from WWTPs on the Receiving Waters 15. Sorption of Persistent Organic Chemicals (POPs) to Microplastics 16. Fate and Effects of Plastic Additives in the Environment 17. Microplastics in the Terrestrial Environments HUMAN HEALTH AND REGULATIONS 18. Bioaccumulation of Microplastics in the Ecological Food Chain 19. Microplastic Pollution and Human Health 20. Regulations and Solutions for Microplastic Pollution Control
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 363.7394; Plastic marine debris -- Environmental aspects; Microplastics -- Environmental aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128137482
• Related ISBNs: 9780128137475
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