Marine Organic Pollutants in Polar Regions
An Ecological Perspective
- 1st Edition - February 10, 2026
- Latest edition
- Author: Simonetta Corsolini
- Language: English
Marine Organic Pollutants in Polar Regions: An Ecological Perspective provides an illustrativeaccount of ecology and ecotoxicology of the Arctic and Antarctic regions, both… Read more
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Description
Description
Marine Organic Pollutants in Polar Regions: An Ecological Perspective provides an illustrative
account of ecology and ecotoxicology of the Arctic and Antarctic regions, both suffering from
multiple stresses with environmental consequences for their marine ecosystems. This book
is based on the author’s lectures and research over the past more than 30 years and guides
the reader through the emerging problems of the contamination in broad, topical ecological
perspectives. The issues discussed include the fate of persistent organic pollutants in marine
trophic webs, the human impacts and related consequences, the effects of global changes
on the contaminant distribution, and case studies are presented. Students at any university
level, including professors, researchers, general readers, organizations and stakeholders, and
the nonspecialist looking for an introduction to polar regions and their marine ecosystems will
find this to be a valuable resource in understanding the effects of pollution in Antarctica and
the Arctic.
Key features
Key features
ecology can help to disentangle contaminant fate
• Includes numerous photos of polar regions and marine organisms captured by the
author in the field
• Provides basics and applications as well as definitions throughout the chapters, including,
among others, bioaccumulation, persistent organic pollutants, persistent plastic
materials, and ontogenetic transfer
Readership
Readership
Post grads and academics (researchers and professors) in the areas of Marine Ecology, Aquatic Ecologists, Marine Biologists, oceanographers, Environmental Toxicology
Table of contents
Table of contents
2. Global Change and pollution in the Polar Region Oceans
3. Contaminants
4. Global dispersion of POPs
5. Contaminants in polar marine ecosystems
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: February 10, 2026
- Language: English
About the author
About the author
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Simonetta Corsolini
Simonetta Corsolini is a marine biologist with a PhD in Environmental Biology; she is a researcher and teaches Ecotoxicology of Remote Regions and Marine Ecology at the Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, Italy. She has studied Antarctic marine organisms since 1992 and has participated in expeditions of the Italian National Programme of Research in Antarctica (PNRA) since 1994. In 2002 she joined the international TUNU Programme led by the University of Tromsø (Norway), and since 2010 she has regularly participated in expeditions to NE Greenland.