Marine Anthropogenic Litter /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2015.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2015. |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.