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Microplastic Contamination in Aquatic Environments

An Emerging Matter of Environmental Urgency

Microplastic Contamination in Aquatic Environments: An Emerging Matter of Environmental Urgency comprehensively illustrates the traditional and advanced technologies on sampling,… Read more

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Microplastic Contamination in Aquatic Environments: An Emerging Matter of Environmental Urgency comprehensively illustrates the traditional and advanced technologies on sampling, identification and quantification of microplastic from different environmental media. Contributors summarize and discuss recent research on microplastic and examine studies on nano-sized plastic particles. Chapters cover a full range of microplastic research, including global distribution, detection, environmental fate, biological effects and political legislation. Users will find the book to be a comprehensive overview of microplastic research that is ideal for research and understanding on the occurrence of microplastic in aquatic environments.

Key features

  • Provides an overview of the advantages and disadvantages of different methods for sampling, identification and enumeration of microplastics
  • Contains contributions from world experts with a diverse range of backgrounds, all brought together by a well-known, experienced editor
  • Presents information on microplastics in a unified place, with easy access for the reader

Readership

Oceanographers, Ecologists and climatologists, researchers in marine litter, ecotoxicology, marine biology or environmental science

Table of contents

BACKGROUND1. Formation and Evolution of Microplastics2. Global Distribution of Microplastics: Abundance and Composition

SOURCES AND PATHWAYS3. Contribution of Anthropogenic Activities to Microplastic Pollution4. Sources and Pathways of Microplastics to Freshwater Environment5. Sources and Pathways of Microplastics to Marine Environment

SAMPLING AND DETECTION6. Detection, Qualification and Quantitation of Microplastics in Environmental Samples

OCCURRENCE OF PLASTIC IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS7. Microplastics Pollution in the Marine Environment8. Contamination of Microplastics in the Freshwater Systems9. Microplastic Contamination in Estuarine System10. Nanoplastic Contamination in the Aquatic Environment

FATE AND EFFECTS11. Impacts of Microplastics on Aquatic Organisms12. Fate and Effect of Microplastics in the Marine Environment13. Fate and Effect of Microplastics in the Freshwater Systems14. Effects of Microplastic Discharge from WWTPs on the Receiving Waters15. Sorption of Persistent Organic Chemicals (POPs) to Microplastics 16. Fate and Effects of Plastic Additives in the Environment17. Microplastics in the Terrestrial Environments

HUMAN HEALTH AND REGULATIONS18. Bioaccumulation of Microplastics in the Ecological Food Chain19. Microplastic Pollution and Human Health20. Regulations and Solutions for Microplastic Pollution Control

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About the editor

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Eddy Y Zeng

Dr. Eddy Y. Zeng is a Full Professor and Dean of the School of Environment, Jinan University, China. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Southern California in 1992. He was employed by the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project first as Senior Scientist and then Principal Scientist for a number of years, before returning to China in 2004. His research interests include 1) intercompartmental processes and fluxes of persistent organic pollutants (POPs); 2) human exposure to persistent toxic substances and risk assessment; 3) occurrence and toxic effects of microplastics/plastics in terrestrial and aquatic environments; and 4) the utility of using passive sampler to measure freely dissolved concentrations of POPs in the aquatic environment. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Pollution and Associate Editor of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. He also served as guest editors on numerous journals.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Dean, School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

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