Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Marine Environment
Current Challenges in Marine Pollution
- 1st Edition - March 13, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Victor M. Leon, Juan Bellas
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 0 2 9 7 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 0 4 4 4 - 5
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Request a sales quoteContaminants 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)
Marine oceanographers, marine conservationists, Marine biologists, marine management practitioners, Aquatic Ecologists
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- About the editors
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Abstract
- 1.1 Background
- 1.2 Contaminants of emerging concern
- 1.3 Contaminants of emerging concern in the marine environment
- 1.4 Main groups of contaminants of emerging concern
- References
- Chapter 2. Pharmaceuticals in the marine environment: occurrence, fate, and biological effects
- Abstract
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Main uses and predominant sources
- 2.3 Analytical procedures in marine matrices
- 2.4 Fate and distribution in the marine environment
- 2.5 Biological effects in marine organisms (biomarkers including “omics”)
- 2.6 Insights on the mechanisms of action of pharmaceuticals in marine animals
- 2.7 Concluding remarks and future perspectives
- References
- Chapter 3. Antibiotics in the marine environment: occurrence and impact
- Abstract
- 3.1 Background
- 3.2 Main uses and predominant sources
- 3.3 Analytical procedures in marine matrices
- 3.4 Sources, fate, and distribution in the marine environment
- 3.5 Evaluation of environmental impact: biological effects in marine organisms
- 3.6 Conclusions and future perspectives
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 4. Personal care products in the marine environment
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Considered personal care product groups
- 4.3 Analytical procedures in marine matrices
- 4.4 Occurrence of personal care products in the marine environment
- 4.5 Bioaccumulation in marine species
- 4.6 Biological effects on marine organisms
- 4.7 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 5. Synthetic surfactants in the marine environment
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction: main uses and sources
- 5.2 Analytical procedures in marine matrices
- 5.3 Fate and distribution in the marine environment
- 5.4 Bioaccumulation in marine species and biological effects
- 5.5 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
- Abstract
- 6.1 Main uses and predominant sources
- 6.2 Analytical procedures in marine matrices
- 6.3 Fate and distribution of PFAS in the marine environment (water, air, and sediments)
- 6.4 Bioaccumulation in marine species
- 6.5 Biological effects in marine organisms
- 6.6 Next steps and recommendations
- References
- Chapter 7. Current-use pesticides in the marine environment
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Main properties, uses and predominant sources of current-use pesticides
- 7.3 Analytical procedures for current-use pesticides in marine matrices
- 7.4 Fate and distribution of current-use pesticides in the marine environment (seawater and sediments)
- 7.5 Bioaccumulation of current-use pesticides in marine species
- 7.6 Biological effects of current-use pesticides on marine organisms
- 7.7 Biological effects on fish
- 7.8 Biological effects on marine mammals and turtles
- 7.9 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 8. Microplastics and nanoplastics in the marine environment
- Abstract
- 8.1 Main uses and predominant sources
- 8.2 Analytical procedures in marine matrices
- 8.3 Fate and distribution in the marine environment
- 8.4 Bioavailability of microplastics for marine organisms
- 8.5 Biological effects of microplastics and nanoplastics in marine organisms
- 8.6 Plastic as a pollution vector of CECs through sorption of environmental contaminants
- 8.7 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 9. Organic additives in marine plastics: occurrence, leaching, impacts, and regulatory aspects
- Abstract
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Main additives in marine plastics
- 9.3 Environmental partitioning and analysis in the marine environment
- 9.4 Sources in the marine environment
- 9.5 Exposure, bioaccumulation, and effects
- 9.6 Considerations on regulatory aspects of organic plastic additives
- 9.7 Final remarks
- References
- Chapter 10. Micromaterials and nanomaterials as potential emerging pollutants in the marine environment
- Abstract
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Analysis of nanomaterials in the environment
- 10.3 Sources of nanomaterials in the environment
- 10.4 Occurrence of engineered nanomaterials in water systems
- 10.5 Bioaccumulation and biological effects of engineered nanomaterials in aquatic organisms
- 10.6 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 11. Technology-critical elements
- Abstract
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Main uses and predominant sources
- 11.3 Analytical procedures in marine matrices
- 11.4 Fate and distribution in the marine environment (seawater and sediments)
- 11.5 Bioaccumulation in marine species
- 11.6 Biological effects in marine organisms
- 11.7 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 12. Identification on new contaminants of emerging concern: suspect and non-target analysis of marine environmental samples
- Abstract
- 12.1 Suspect and non-target screening of contaminants of emerging concerns in the marine environment
- 12.2 Non-target screening—analysis of marine environment samples
- 12.3 Gaps and future challenges for non-target screening in the marine environment
- 12.4 Conclusions and future outlook
- Appendix Supplementary material
- References
- Chapter 13. Future trends and challenges in relation to contaminants of emerging concern
- Abstract
- 13.1 Background
- 13.2 Policy and management challenges
- 13.3 Research challenges
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 13, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 506
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323902977
- eBook ISBN: 9780323904445
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Victor M. Leon
Víctor M. León has more than 30 years of experience in the study of marine pollution, particularly in relation to organic contaminants. He has participated in different Spanish and European research projects in relation to the characterization of the presence, distribution, behavior, and impact of legacy and emerging organic contaminants in the marine environment. He has published 58 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals with SCI index, 5 book chapters, and more than 100 contributions to international congresses. He is a member of the UNEP/MEDPOL Expert Group on Contamination, the Working Group on Marine Sediments in Relation to Pollution (ICES WGMS), and the MSFD Expert Network on Contaminants coordinated by Joint Research Center (European Commission).
Affiliations and expertise
Spanish Institute of Oceanography, SpainJB
Juan Bellas
Juan Bellas was the chief investigator of the Marine Pollution Program of the IEO and was the IEO Coordinator for the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive in Spain. He has participated in various international committees and working groups of the European Commission, of the OSPAR Commission, and of the International Council for the Protection of the Sea (ICES).
He is currently chairman of the ICES Working Group on Biological Effects of Contaminants (WGBEC). He is an advisor to the Ministry of Ecological Transition of Spain and is a member of the UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Littoral Development (Campus do Mar). He has participated in more than 30 projects and research contracts and has published 75 articles in SCI journals and several book chapters, on the study of the biological effects of pollutants. He has been granted three patents.
Affiliations and expertise
International Council for the Protection of the Sea (ICES), Working Group on Biological Effects of Contaminants (WGBEC), Murcia, SpainRead Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Marine Environment on ScienceDirect