Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Marine Environment
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Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Marine Environment

Current Challenges in Marine Pollution

  1. 506 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Marine Environment

Current Challenges in Marine Pollution

About this book

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. - Presents a comprehensive view of the most relevant groups of CECs - Includes an overview of each group of CECs, including uses, properties, analysis, distribution, bioaccumulation, and effects - Provides information on all environmental compartments and marine areas (coast, continental shelf, and open sea)

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of contributors
  7. About the editors
  8. List of Illustrations
  9. List of Tables
  10. Chapter 1 : Introduction
  11. Chapter 2 : Pharmaceuticals in the marine environment: occurrence, fate, and biological effects
  12. Chapter 3 : Antibiotics in the marine environment: occurrence and impact
  13. Chapter 4 : Personal care products in the marine environment
  14. Chapter 5 : Synthetic surfactants in the marine environment
  15. Chapter 6 : Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
  16. Chapter 7 : Current-use pesticides in the marine environment
  17. Chapter 8 : Microplastics and nanoplastics in the marine environment
  18. Chapter 9 : Organic additives in marine plastics: occurrence, leaching, impacts, and regulatory aspects
  19. Chapter 10 : Micromaterials and nanomaterials as potential emerging pollutants in the marine environment
  20. Chapter 11 : Technology-critical elements
  21. Chapter 12 : Identification on new contaminants of emerging concern: suspect and non-target analysis of marine environmental samples
  22. Chapter 13 : Future trends and challenges in relation to contaminants of emerging concern
  23. Index
  24. A