Contamination of Marine Ecosystems in Polar Regions
Basics and Applications
- 1st Edition - November 1, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: Simonetta Corsolini
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 0 8 6 9 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 0 8 7 0 - 2
Contamination of Marine Ecosystems in Polar Regions: Basics and Applications provides an illustrative account of ecology and ecotoxicology of the Arctic and Antarctic Regions,… Read more
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Request a sales quoteContamination of Marine Ecosystems in Polar Regions: Basics and Applications provides an illustrative account of ecology and ecotoxicology of the Arctic and Antarctic Regions, both suffering from multiple stresses with environmental consequences for the marine ecosystems. This book is based on the author’s lectures and research over the past 10 years and guides the reader through the emerging problems of the contamination in broad, topical ecological perspectives. For instance, the distribution of persistent organic pollutants in marine trophic webs, the transfer from abiotic compartments to organisms, the human chemical impacts, the effects of global change on the contaminant distribution, the consequences of tourism in warming polar oceans are discussed and case studies are presented.
Contamination of Marine Ecosystems in Polar Regions: Basics and Applications is structured into two parts: the first part will provide the reader with basics of geography, polar climate, ecosystem structure, contaminant properties, transport to polar regions, marine biology and ecology; the second part presents case studies to argue the topics described in the Part 1 from an ecological perspective. The range of readers
- Features case studies, explaining how conclusions could and can be drawn from examples of ecology in the polar regions
- Includes numerous photos of remote regions and marine organisms captured by the author in the field
- Presents definitions throughout the chapters, including of remote areas, bioaccumulation processes, persistent organic pollutants, persistent plastic materials, ontogenetic transfer
Post grads and academics (researchers and professors) in the areas of Marine Ecology, Aquatic Ecologists, Marine Biologists, oceanographers, Environmental Toxicology
Part I. Contaminants and Polar Regions
1. Contaminants
1.1 The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
1.2 The Basel and Rotterdam Conventions
1.3 The Persistent Organic Pollutants: basics on chemical structure, synthesis and production, main use, environmental sources, incidents
1.3.1 Chlorinated pesticides. Case studies
1.3.2 Polychlorinated-dibenzo dioxins, polychlorinated-dibenzo furans. Case studies
1.3.3 Polychlorinated-biphenyls. . Case studies
1.3.4 Toxicity of dioxin-like compounds and toxic assessment. Case studies
1.3.5 Endocrine disruptor chemicals and their toxicity
1.3.6 Polybromodiphenyl ethers. Case studies
1.3.7 Perfluoroalkyl substances. Case studies
1.3.8 Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products
1.4 Hydrocarbons and their derivate: basics on origin, transport, dispersion, degradation, remediation, incidents. Case studies
1.5 Persistent plastic materials (PPMs): basics on composition, origin, environmental sources, methods of study, dispersion and side-effects; plastics and POPs, plastics and plasticizers, damage to organisms
2. Global dispersion of POPs
2.1 Contaminant properties affecting the contaminant global transport
2.2 Contamination and demography
2.2.1 The remote regions
2.3 Contaminant transport to remote regions
1. Contaminants
1.1 The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
1.2 The Basel and Rotterdam Conventions
1.3 The Persistent Organic Pollutants: basics on chemical structure, synthesis and production, main use, environmental sources, incidents
1.3.1 Chlorinated pesticides. Case studies
1.3.2 Polychlorinated-dibenzo dioxins, polychlorinated-dibenzo furans. Case studies
1.3.3 Polychlorinated-biphenyls. . Case studies
1.3.4 Toxicity of dioxin-like compounds and toxic assessment. Case studies
1.3.5 Endocrine disruptor chemicals and their toxicity
1.3.6 Polybromodiphenyl ethers. Case studies
1.3.7 Perfluoroalkyl substances. Case studies
1.3.8 Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products
1.4 Hydrocarbons and their derivate: basics on origin, transport, dispersion, degradation, remediation, incidents. Case studies
1.5 Persistent plastic materials (PPMs): basics on composition, origin, environmental sources, methods of study, dispersion and side-effects; plastics and POPs, plastics and plasticizers, damage to organisms
2. Global dispersion of POPs
2.1 Contaminant properties affecting the contaminant global transport
2.2 Contamination and demography
2.2.1 The remote regions
2.3 Contaminant transport to remote regions
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 1, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 260
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323908696
- eBook ISBN: 9780323908702
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Simonetta Corsolini
Simonetta Corsolini is a Senior Researcher, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ecotoxicology and Remote Regions, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Researcher, Adjunct Professor, Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ecotoxicology and Remote Regions, University of Siena, Siena, Italy