Marine Anthropogenic Litter

This book describes how man-made litter, primarily plastic, has spread into the remotest parts of the oceans and covers all aspects of this pollution problem from the impacts on wildlife and human health to socio-economic and political issues. Marine litter is a prime threat to marine wildlife, habi...

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団体著者: SpringerLink (Online service)
その他の著者: Bergmann, Melanie (編集者), Gutow, Lars (編集者), Klages, Michael (編集者)
フォーマット: 電子媒体 eBook
言語:英語
出版事項: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
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オンライン・アクセス:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16510-3
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目次:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Part 1 A brief history of marine litter research
  • Part 2 Abiotic aspects of marine litter pollution
  • Global distribution, composition and abundance of marine litter
  • Persistence of plastic litter in the oceans
  • Part 3 Biological implications of marine litter
  • Deleterious effects of litter on marine life
  • The complex mixture, fate and toxicity of chemicals associated with plastic debris in the marine environment
  • Marine litter as habitat and dispersal vector
  • Part 4 Micro plastics
  • Micro plastics in the marine environment: sources, consequences and solutions
  • Methodology used for the detection and identification of micro plastics – a critical appraisal
  • Sources and pathways of micro plastics to habitats
  • Micro plastics in the marine environment: distribution, interactions and effects
  • Modeling the role of micro plastics in bioaccumulation of organic chemicals to marine aquatic organisms. A critical review
  • Nano plastics in the aquatic environment. Critical review
  • Part 5 Socio-economic implications of marine anthropogenic litter
  • Micro and nano-plastics and human health
  • The economics of marine litter
  • Regulation and management of marine litter
  • Marine litter and the contribution of citizen science.