Plastics in the Aquatic Environment - Part I - Current Status and Challenges (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022)

This book offers a comprehensive review of how plastic pollution is affecting fresh and marine waters, and what the current challenges in plastic waste assessment and management in the aquatic environment are. Plastic waste comprises particles with heterogeneous physicochemical properties such as large size-range, different shapes and polymer types with various additives determining their environmental fate and risk. This complexity raises several open research questions which are explored in this book. Examples are the plastic uptake by aquatic organisms, degradation processes as well as sources and sinks in the environment. Readers will discover real case studies of plastic pollution detection and management in different parts of the world, including Asia, America and Europe, which provide an integrated overview of the global scope of this issue. This book and the companion volume Plastics in the Aquatic Environment - Part II: Stakeholders' Role Against Pollution are valuable resources to students, researchers, policymakers and environmental managers interested in plastic pollution and working towards its reduction.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 111
Release date:	November 2022
First published:	2022
Editors:	Friederike Stock • Georg Reifferscheid • Nicole Brennholt • Evgeniia Kostianaia
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	496
Edition:	1st ed. 2022
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-084120-1
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Energy industries & utilities > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Chemistry > Organic chemistry > Polymer chemistry Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Biochemistry > General Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > The hydrosphere > Hydrology (freshwater) Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > General Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > Sanitary & municipal engineering > Water supply & treatment > General
LSN:	3-03-084120-0
Barcode:	9783030841201

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