Handbook of Microplastic Pollution in the Environment

Microplastic Pollution in Aquatic Environments

Tonni Kurniawan, Abdelkader Anouzla, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781040318294
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Environmental Management
• Index: Biological Sciences

In this timely handbook, one of a series of three, leading contributors from around the world offer practical insights into the challenges and opportunities for using various technologies to tackle microplastic pollution and improve microplastic management in aquatic environments.

Through this book, readers will gain a deep understanding of microplastic pollution in both freshwater and marine environments and strategies and technologies to combat and manage this. To provide readers with this knowledge, the book is divided into four sections to explain microplastics in freshwater and marine environments and the impact of biofilm on microplastic pollution. The contributors first describe the characteristics of microplastics and their identification, roles in the pollution of aquatic environments, and impacts. They also describe microplastics in freshwater and marine environments through the use of case studies from both developing and developed countries from North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. An introduction is provided at the beginning of each chapter for those interested in a brief synopsis, and copious references are provided for those wishing to study each chapter topic in greater detail. This book furnishes readers with the knowledge to reduce microplastics and prevent their improper disposal, which will prevent their intrusion and impact on biodiversity and ecosystems around the world and will also minimize economic losses caused by this emerging pollutant. For a wider perspective, readers are encouraged to refer to the other two titles in this series, subtitled Microplastic Pollution in the Soil and Monitoring and Treatment of Microplastics and Policy Perspectives.

In its exploration of the relationships among the characteristics of microplastics, their mobility, transport pathways, and treatment, this handbook represents a vital practical guide for academics, industry-based researchers, and policymakers that paves the ways for a new direction of water technology for future wastewater treatment.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Editors
• Contributors
• Chapter 1 ◾ Microplastic Pollution Distribution in Aquatic Environments: Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainable Development Goals Perspectives
• Chapter 2 ◾ Microplastic Pollution in the Environment: Microplastic Definition, Classification, and Characterization
• Chapter 3 ◾ Hazard Posed by Additives to Plastics upon Disintegration as Microplastics
• Chapter 4 ◾ Migration, Pathways, and Management of Microplastics (MPs) through Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques
• Chapter 5 ◾ Sources, Mechanisms, and Interactions of Microplastics with Abiotic and Biotic Factors in Aquatic Environment
• Chapter 6 ◾ Interactions between Microplastics and Dissolved Organic Matter in the Fresh Water Environment
• Chapter 7 ◾ Microplastic Pollution in Surface Waters and Sediments of Urban Lake
• Chapter 8 ◾ Microplastics Pollution in Surface Waters and Sediments of Urban Lakes
• Chapter 9 ◾ Impacts of Microplastics as Contaminants in Freshwater Ecosystems and Human Food Chain
• Chapter 10 ◾ Microplastics in Freshwater Ecosystems: Transport Mechanisms, Fate, and Distribution Patterns
• Chapter 11 ◾ Biofilm (Eco-Corona) Formation from Microplastics in Freshwater
• Chapter 12 ◾ Role of Biofilms in the Degradation of Microplastics
• Chapter 13 ◾ Microplastic-Associated Biofilms and Their Role in the Fate of Microplastics in Aquatic Environment
• Chapter 14 ◾ Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Trace the Pathways of MPs
• Chapter 15 ◾ Microplastic Removal from Wastewater Using Biochar Based Composite
• Chapter 16 ◾ Degradation of Microplastics in the Aquatic Environment by Advanced Oxidation Process
• Chapter 17 ◾ Adsorption of Pollutants on Microplastics in Freshwater
• Chapter 18 ◾ Microplastics in Rivers from Developing Countries: Current Knowledge and Cost-effective Analysis Methodology Suggestions
• Chapter 19 ◾ The Effects of Microplastics on the Human Food Chain and Freshwater Ecosystem
• Chapter 20 ◾ Microplastics in Tunisian Aquatic Ecosystems: Current Research Trends, Knowledge Gaps, and Prospects
• Chapter 21 ◾ Innovative Strategies for Microplastic Mitigation in Wastewater: The Role of Biochar-Based Composites
• Chapter 22 ◾ Microplastic Pollution in the Environment: Microplastic in Fresh and Drinking Water
• Chapter 23 ◾ Microplastic Pollution in the Environment: Microplastic in Urban and Rural Environment
• Chapter 24 ◾ Microplastic Pollution in the Marine Environment: Sources, Distribution, and Ecological Impact
• Chapter 25 ◾ Marine Microplastic Pollution: Classification, Transport, and Ecotoxicological Effects
• Chapter 26 ◾ Microplastic Contamination in Common Salt from Seawater: Global Insights, Health Implications, and Mitigation Strategies
• Chapter 27 ◾ Microplastics in the Mediterranean Sea
• Chapter 28 ◾ Microplastic Pollution in the Environment: Microplastic in Marines and Oceans
• Chapter 29 ◾ Remote Sensing Application for Monitoring Microplastic in Aquatic Environments: Current Approaches, Challenges, Detection Techniques, and Way Forward
• Index