eBook - ePub
Plastic Pollution and Marine Conservation
Approaches to Protect Biodiversity and Marine Life
- 346 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Plastic Pollution and Marine Conservation
Approaches to Protect Biodiversity and Marine Life
About this book
Plastic Pollution and Marine Conservation: Approaches to Protect Biodiversity and Marine Life provides comprehensive knowledge on the consequences of plastic waste in marine environments at different levels, ranging from ecological and biological, to social, economic and political. The book synthesizes historical information, gaps in current knowledge, and recent discoveries by illustrating the main stages that made plastics a global issue for ocean ecosystems and their wildlife. Written by international experts on marine pollution, marine biology, and management of environmental resources, this book explores the main topics of marine plastic pollution such as input quantification, polluting sources, ultimate fate, ecological consequences, and more.
This an important resource for a wide audience, including marine conservationists, environmental managers, decision-makers, NGOs, private companies, and activists working to combat plastics in our seas and oceans.
- Illustrates the evolution of plastics, from revolutionary materials to global environmental emergency
- Discusses marine plastic pollution with scientific rigor and easy language that is supported by graphics and tables
- Led by a team of editors with expertise in biology, pollution, conservation and policies of marine wildlife, biodiversity and ecosystems
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Yes, you can access Plastic Pollution and Marine Conservation by Giuseppe Bonanno,Martina Orlando-Bonaca in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Marine Biology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Plastic Pollution and Marine Conservation
- 1 Marine plastics: whatās wrong with them?
- 2 Microplastics in seawater and sedimentsādistribution and transport
- 3 Fate, transport, and impact of microplastics on planktonic organisms
- 4 Plastic impact on marine benthic organisms and food webs
- 5 Plastic impact on sharks and rays
- 6 Marine organisms as bioindicators of plastic pollution
- 7 Marine-protected areas and plastic pollution
- 8 Microplastics pollution: a thriller with many leading roles and an unknown ending
- 9 Perspectives on marine plastics
- Index