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Microplastics. --- Marine ecology. --- Biological oceanography --- Marine ecosystems --- Ocean --- Aquatic ecology --- Microbeads --- Plastic particles --- Plastic marine debris --- Plastics --- Ecology

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This open access book examines global plastic pollution, an issue that has become a critical societal challenge with implications for environmental and public health. This volume provides a comprehensive, holistic analysis on the plastic cycle and its subsequent effects on biota, food security, and human exposure. Importantly, global environmental change and its associated, systems-level processes, including atmospheric deposition, ecosystem complexity, UV exposure, wind patterns, water stratification, ocean circulation, etc., are all important direct and indirect factors governing the fate, transport and biotic and abiotic processing of plastic particles across ecosystem types. Furthermore, the distribution of plastic in the ocean is not independent of terrestrial ecosystem dynamics, since much of the plastic in marine ecosystems originates from land and should therefore be evaluated in the context of the larger plastic cycle. Changes in species size, distribution, habitat, and food web complexity, due to global environmental change, will likely alter trophic transfer dynamics and the ecological effects of nano- and microplastics. The fate and transport dynamics of plastic particles are influenced by their size, form, shape, polymer type, additives, and overall ecosystem conditions. In addition to the risks that plastics pose to the total environment, the potential impacts on human health and exposure routes, including seafood consumption, and air and drinking water need to be assessed in a comprehensive and quantitative manner. Here I present a holistic and interdisciplinary book volume designed to advance the understanding of plastic cycling in the environment with an emphasis on sources, fate and transport, ecotoxicology, climate change effects, food security, microbiology, sustainability, human exposure and public policy.

Environmental management --- Environmental science, engineering & technology --- Environmental medicine --- Climate change --- biomonitoring of plastic particles --- exotoxicology of plastic pollution --- plastic debris --- microplastics --- nanoplastics --- environmental health --- wastewater management --- open access

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Microplastics --- Textile fibers --- Textile industry --- Environmental aspects. --- Textile industry and fabrics --- Textiles industry --- Manufacturing industries --- Fibers --- Textile fabrics --- Microbeads --- Plastic particles --- Plastic marine debris --- Plastics

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Fresh water --- Microplastics. --- Water --- Plastic marine debris. --- Environmental aspects. --- Pollution. --- Debris, Marine plastic --- Debris, Plastic marine --- Marine plastic debris --- Marine debris --- Plastic scrap --- Aquatic pollution --- Fresh water pollution --- Freshwater pollution --- Inland water pollution --- Lake pollution --- Lakes --- Reservoirs --- River pollution --- Rivers --- Stream pollution --- Water contamination --- Water pollutants --- Water pollution --- Pollution --- Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. --- Microbeads --- Plastic particles --- Plastic marine debris --- Plastics --- Fresh waters --- Freshwater --- Freshwaters --- Inland water --- Inland waters

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This reference work presents an authoritative review of microplastics as vectors of environmental contaminants and provides a comprehensive coverage of their ecotoxicological and toxicological effects. Divided into four sections, this book outlines the current analytical techniques and applications for sampling, processing analysis, and data reporting of microplastics pollution in the environment, explores microplastics degradation and interaction with chemical pollutants, discusses the fate and behaviour of microplastics in the environment, and provides valuable insights about prevention, regulation and remediation of microplastics pollution. Written by interdisciplinary expert academics and practitioners, this reference work will appeal to a wide readership of students, researchers and professionals interested in this field, including marine scientists, environmental scientists, analytical chemists, organic chemists, biochemists, biologists, polymer scientists, and toxicologists.

Microplastics. --- Microbeads --- Plastic particles --- Plastic marine debris --- Plastics --- Environmental chemistry. --- Analytical chemistry. --- Environment. --- Polymers. --- Pollution. --- Nanotechnology. --- Environmental Chemistry. --- Analytical Chemistry. --- Environmental Sciences. --- Molecular technology --- Nanoscale technology --- High technology --- Chemical pollution --- Chemicals --- Contamination of environment --- Environmental pollution --- Pollution --- Contamination (Technology) --- Asbestos abatement --- Bioremediation --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental quality --- Factory and trade waste --- Hazardous waste site remediation --- Hazardous wastes --- In situ remediation --- Lead abatement --- Pollutants --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Polymere --- Polymeride --- Polymers and polymerization --- Macromolecules --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Analysis, Chemical --- Analytic chemistry --- Chemical analysis --- Chemistry, Analytic --- Chemistry --- Chemistry, Environmental --- Ecology --- Environmental aspects