Meso and Microplastic Risk Assessment in Marine Environment: New Threat and Challenges in Marine Environment presents an interdisciplinary approach, offering key techniques and management of microplastic contamination in the disciplines of environmental science, fisheries, oceanography, geology, chemistry, biology and ocean science. Sections cover an overview of microplastic in the marine environment, deal with the origin, occurrences, distribution and various methodologies (for dealing with microplastics) available for microplastics, address the global case study of microplastic separation using recent techniques, and discuss the impact of microplastics on human health and the surrounding environment. This book is an important step in the field of microplastic pollution mitigation in environmental science as it offers a thorough accounting of the effects of pollutants on the environment, marine organisms, and the public health implications, as such it is relevant for aquatic ecologists, oceanographers, toxicologists, and marine biologists.
1. Meso and Microplastic Risk Assessment in Marine Environments - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Front Matter - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iv 6. List of contributors - p. Page iv 7. List of Illustrations - p. Page ix 8. List of Tables - p. Page x 9. Chapter 1 : Meso- and microplastics in marine environments: An overview - p. Page x 10. Chapter 2 : Microplastics in the Arabian/Persian Gulf marine environment: Abundance, characterization, ecotoxicological effect, and implications - p. Page 21 11. Chapter 3 : Plastic wastes: Source to sink - p. Page 39 12. Chapter 4 : Microplastics prevalence in marine and freshwater systems of Kerala, India - p. Page 50 13. Chapter 5 : Dynamics of microplastics in various environments: Occurrence, sources, and the impacts - p. Page 88 14. Chapter 6 : Microplastic abundance and exposure-related effects on corals, the foundation species of the marine ecosystem - p. Page 112 15. Chapter 7 : Extraction methodologies of microplastics in sargassum and associated ecological risks - p. Page 129 16. Chapter 8 : Assessment of microplastic pollution in the Vembar estuarine environment, Southeast coast of India - p. Page 157 17. Chapter 9 : Sources, abundance, and spatial distribution of marine debris pollution along beaches of Kanyakumari, southern India - p. Page 170 18. Chapter 10 : Microplastic pollution in marine sea fish - p. Page 194 19. Chapter 11 : Microplastic pollution in marine sea salts - p. Page 212 20. Chapter 12 : Ecological risk assessment of microplastic contamination in the Adyar River, Chennai: Distribution and source identification - p. Page 225 21. Chapter 13 : Human exposure to microplastics in saltpan and seawater: Risk assessment and ecotoxicological implications - p. Page 247 22. Chapter 14 : Adsorption of heavy metals on microplastics in marine environments - p. Page 272 23. Chapter 15 : Review of microplastics in groundwater: Sources, identification, and health effects - p. Page 287 24. Chapter 16 : Impacts of mesoplastics and microplastics on marine biodiversity - p. Page 305 25. Chapter 17 : Microplastic risks and potential threats to marine biodiversity and human beings - p. Page 329 26. Chapter 18 : Environmental impact induced by face mask wastes and sustainable solution to reduce this waste during the COVID 19 pandemic - p. Page 356 27. Chapter 19 : Reducing, recycling, and fundamentally rethinking microplastics - p. Page 367 28. Chapter 20 : Present advances in strategies to mitigate the microplastics contamination - p. Page 377 29. Index - p. Page 394
Meso and Microplastic Risk Assessment in Marine Environment: New Threat and Challenges in Marine Environment presents an interdisciplinary approach, offering key techniques and management of microplastic contamination in the disciplines of environmental science, fisheries, oceanography, geology, chemistry, biology and ocean science. Sections cover an overview of microplastic in the marine environment, deal with the origin, occurrences, distribution and various methodologies (for dealing with microplastics) available for microplastics, address the global case study of microplastic separation using recent techniques, and discuss the impact of microplastics on human health and the surrounding environment. This book is an important step in the field of microplastic pollution mitigation in environmental science as it offers a thorough accounting of the effects of pollutants on the environment, marine organisms, and the public health implications, as such it is relevant for aquatic ecologists, oceanographers, toxicologists, and marine biologists.
1. Meso and Microplastic Risk Assessment in Marine Environments - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Front Matter - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iv 6. List of contributors - p. Page iv 7. List of Illustrations - p. Page ix 8. List of Tables - p. Page x 9. Chapter 1 : Meso- and microplastics in marine environments: An overview - p. Page x 10. Chapter 2 : Microplastics in the Arabian/Persian Gulf marine environment: Abundance, characterization, ecotoxicological effect, and implications - p. Page 21 11. Chapter 3 : Plastic wastes: Source to sink - p. Page 39 12. Chapter 4 : Microplastics prevalence in marine and freshwater systems of Kerala, India - p. Page 50 13. Chapter 5 : Dynamics of microplastics in various environments: Occurrence, sources, and the impacts - p. Page 88 14. Chapter 6 : Microplastic abundance and exposure-related effects on corals, the foundation species of the marine ecosystem - p. Page 112 15. Chapter 7 : Extraction methodologies of microplastics in sargassum and associated ecological risks - p. Page 129 16. Chapter 8 : Assessment of microplastic pollution in the Vembar estuarine environment, Southeast coast of India - p. Page 157 17. Chapter 9 : Sources, abundance, and spatial distribution of marine debris pollution along beaches of Kanyakumari, southern India - p. Page 170 18. Chapter 10 : Microplastic pollution in marine sea fish - p. Page 194 19. Chapter 11 : Microplastic pollution in marine sea salts - p. Page 212 20. Chapter 12 : Ecological risk assessment of microplastic contamination in the Adyar River, Chennai: Distribution and source identification - p. Page 225 21. Chapter 13 : Human exposure to microplastics in saltpan and seawater: Risk assessment and ecotoxicological implications - p. Page 247 22. Chapter 14 : Adsorption of heavy metals on microplastics in marine environments - p. Page 272 23. Chapter 15 : Review of microplastics in groundwater: Sources, identification, and health effects - p. Page 287 24. Chapter 16 : Impacts of mesoplastics and microplastics on marine biodiversity - p. Page 305 25. Chapter 17 : Microplastic risks and potential threats to marine biodiversity and human beings - p. Page 329 26. Chapter 18 : Environmental impact induced by face mask wastes and sustainable solution to reduce this waste during the COVID 19 pandemic - p. Page 356 27. Chapter 19 : Reducing, recycling, and fundamentally rethinking microplastics - p. Page 367 28. Chapter 20 : Present advances in strategies to mitigate the microplastics contamination - p. Page 377 29. Index - p. Page 394
