Plastics in Coastal and Marine Environments: A Global Crisis is the first foundational reference book focused on plastics and their impacts on coasts and oceans. Plastic litter is one of the most pervasive and fastest-growing anthropogenic alterations of the world's coasts and oceans and its magnitude, distribution, and collateral effects have been suggested as a geological indicator of the Anthropocene stage and specifically of the Plasticene age.
The chapters of the book are arranged to follow a narrative that will allow readers to understand the plastic problem in coastal and marine environments. The book begins with the invention of plastics and finishes with their indelible mark on Earth through new types of rocks generated by plastic production and use (the Plasticene era). It concludes with possible strategies to tackle the inexorable rising of plastic litter in coastal and marine environments.
Combining core theory and diverse strategies and case studies, Plastics in Coastal and Marine Environments: A Global Crisis is an essential reference for researchers in oceanographers, geology, and biologists
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Dedication - p. v 7. Dedication - p. vii 8. Foreword - p. xv 9. Acknowledgments - p. xvii 10. Acknowledgment - p. xix 11. Chapter 1. Plastics: the paradox of convenience and crisis - p. 1 12. Chapter 2. The plastic lifecycle - p. 25 13. Chapter 3. How to monitor plastics in coastal and marine environments - p. 49 14. Chapter 4. The many faces, conditions, and sources of plastics in the coastal and marine environment - p. 85 15. Chapter 5. The extension of the problem—a regional overview of plastic pollution in the world’s seas and oceans - p. 121 16. Chapter 6. The microplastic and nanoplastic world - p. 157 17. Chapter 7. The plastic menace - p. 201 18. Chapter 8. Endangered habitats: plastic impacts over ecosystems - p. 239 19. Chapter 9. The socioeconomic cost of plastic pollution - p. 283 20. Chapter 10. Plastics in the geological record - p. 311 21. Chapter 11. What are we doing to solve the plastic issue - p. 345 22. Chapter 12. The legislative and political agenda - p. 383 23. Chapter 13. The way forward: how to manage the plastic problem - p. 425 24. Index - p. 437
Plastics in Coastal and Marine Environments: A Global Crisis is the first foundational reference book focused on plastics and their impacts on coasts and oceans. Plastic litter is one of the most pervasive and fastest-growing anthropogenic alterations of the world's coasts and oceans and its magnitude, distribution, and collateral effects have been suggested as a geological indicator of the Anthropocene stage and specifically of the Plasticene age.
The chapters of the book are arranged to follow a narrative that will allow readers to understand the plastic problem in coastal and marine environments. The book begins with the invention of plastics and finishes with their indelible mark on Earth through new types of rocks generated by plastic production and use (the Plasticene era). It concludes with possible strategies to tackle the inexorable rising of plastic litter in coastal and marine environments.
Combining core theory and diverse strategies and case studies, Plastics in Coastal and Marine Environments: A Global Crisis is an essential reference for researchers in oceanographers, geology, and biologists
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Dedication - p. v 7. Dedication - p. vii 8. Foreword - p. xv 9. Acknowledgments - p. xvii 10. Acknowledgment - p. xix 11. Chapter 1. Plastics: the paradox of convenience and crisis - p. 1 12. Chapter 2. The plastic lifecycle - p. 25 13. Chapter 3. How to monitor plastics in coastal and marine environments - p. 49 14. Chapter 4. The many faces, conditions, and sources of plastics in the coastal and marine environment - p. 85 15. Chapter 5. The extension of the problem—a regional overview of plastic pollution in the world’s seas and oceans - p. 121 16. Chapter 6. The microplastic and nanoplastic world - p. 157 17. Chapter 7. The plastic menace - p. 201 18. Chapter 8. Endangered habitats: plastic impacts over ecosystems - p. 239 19. Chapter 9. The socioeconomic cost of plastic pollution - p. 283 20. Chapter 10. Plastics in the geological record - p. 311 21. Chapter 11. What are we doing to solve the plastic issue - p. 345 22. Chapter 12. The legislative and political agenda - p. 383 23. Chapter 13. The way forward: how to manage the plastic problem - p. 425 24. Index - p. 437
