Freshwater microplastics : emerging environmental contaminants? /: emerging environmental contaminants?. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Volume editors: Martin Wagner, Scott Lambert ; with contributions by E. Besseling [and more].
• Editors: Wagner, Martin; (Microbiologist), Lambert, Scott
• Contents: Microplastics are contaminants of emerging concern in freshwater environments: an overview -- Aquatic ecotoxicity of microplastics and nanoplastics -- lessons learned from engineered nanomaterials -- Analysis, Occurrence, and Degradation of Microplastics in the Aqueous Environment -- Sources and fate of microplastics in urban areas: a focus on Paris Megacity -- Microplastic pollution in inland waters focusing on Asia -- Microplastics in inland African waters: presence, sources and fate -- Modelling the fate and transport of plastic debris in fresh waters. Review and guidance -- Interactions of microplastics with freshwater biota -- Microplastic-associated Biofilms: A Comparison of Freshwater and Marine Environments -- Risk perception of plastic pollution: Importance of stakeholder involvement and citizen science -- Understanding the Risks of Microplastics. A Social-Ecological Risk Perspective -- Freshwater microplastics: challenges for regulation and management -- Microplastic: What are the solutions?
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer Open
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 303 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 628.1/68; Microplastics; Water -- Pollution; Microplastics; Water -- Pollution; Environmental economics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319616155; 3319616153
• Related ISBNs: 9783319616148
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 4, 2017).
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.