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Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Marine Environment - Current Challenges in Marine Pollution (Paperback)
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Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Marine Environment - Current Challenges in Marine Pollution (Paperback)
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Contaminants of emerging concern in the marine environment: current
challenges in marine pollution reviews the available data in
relation to contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in the marine
environment: main sources, transport pathways, distribution in
seawater and sediments, bioaccumulation, and biological effects.
Each chapter recaps the most relevant information about the main
groups of CECs, describing the particularities and specificities of
each group and focusing on the most relevant individual
contaminants. CECs are not regulated substances, and therefore not
considered in national and international monitoring programs, even
though they may have a potential impact on the environment due to
their continuous input, relative persistence, and/or toxicity. CECs
are relevant not only in continental and coastal areas close to
their main sources, but also in the open sea, because some of them
are likely to be transported long distances through air deposition
or absorbed into particulate material. The persistence of many
degradable substances in the marine environment increases when they
are absorbed into particulate material/sediments and/or when they
are subjected to anaerobic conditions that slow down the
degradation kinetic of many contaminants. Bioaccumulation of
several CECs has been confirmed in different coastal organisms;
however, in general, the information available (species and trophic
levels considered) is very limited because most studies are mainly
focused on specific coastal areas. This book offers useful
information about not regulated contaminants that are not
considered in international monitoring programs but have potential
impacts in coastal and open-sea areas. Therefore reading the book
will allow them to improve their view about the real impact of
current-use contaminants in the marine environment.
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