Microplastics
Transport, Impacts, Monitoring and Mitigation
- 1st Edition - April 26, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: Natalie Welden
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 3 2 4 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 3 2 5 - 1
Microplastics: Transport, Impacts, Monitoring and Mitigation provides a critical analysis of our current understanding of microplastic science, the methods by which microplas… Read more
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Request a sales quoteMicroplastics: Transport, Impacts, Monitoring and Mitigation provides a critical analysis of our current understanding of microplastic science, the methods by which microplastic are observed in the environment, and our options for mitigation and remediation. The book is intended for those studying or working in the fields of environmental science and waste management (as well as associated areas), and provides the holistic context needed to evaluate and interpret the outputs associated with the interlinked problems of plastic and microplastics.
In this manner, the reader will be invited to explore the ongoing challenges which have thus far prevented the development of a thorough understanding of the risk posed by plastic and microplastic pollution to be able to discuss the implications of ongoing uncertainty to effective plastic management and evaluate the current strategies to control the ongoing proliferation of plastic pollution.
- Models the issue of microplastic pollution with historic case studies of alternative pollutants
- Demonstrates the differing requirements of microplastic monitoring and management
- Contains idealized workflows specific to key practitioner groups, the content of which will reflect recent debates and divergences in the field
- Emphasizes critical comparison between emerging management measures not apparent in current edited texts which tend to consider individual approaches separately
- Places management and remediation methods in the context of the observed scale and impact of associated microplastics in the environment to indicate the potential benefits of each approach
Environmental scientists, environmental engineers, environmental managers, researchers, waste managers and planners, and students seeking to develop their understanding of microplastic pollution, pollution dynamics, ecotoxicology, and remediation, Biologists and Ecologists
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- About the author
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Chapter 1. The proliferation of plastics
- Abstract
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Microplastics
- 1.3 Observation to outcry
- 1.4 Moving forward
- References
- Chapter 2. Microplastics on the move
- Abstract
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 The effect of polymer structure on plastic transport
- 2.3 Airborne transport
- 2.4 Transport in water
- 2.5 Factors influencing horizontal transport in water
- 2.6 Transport in sediments and soils
- 2.7 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 3. Monitoring environmental accumulation
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 The call for microplastic monitoring
- 3.3 Modes of microplastic monitoring
- 3.4 Secondary processing of microplastic samples
- 3.5 Reporting
- 3.6 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 4. Exploring interaction, uptake and impacts
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Modes of exposure
- 4.3 Quantifying exposure
- 4.4 Determining impacts
- 4.5 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 5. Ecosystem-level effects
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Abiotic changes
- 5.3 Population-level effects
- 5.4 Methods: determining cumulative effects
- 5.5 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 6. Associated pollutants and secondary effects
- Abstract
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Intentional additions and accidental uptake
- 6.3 Transport within ecosystems
- 6.4 Transfer and effects
- 6.5 Biofouling and harmful organisms
- 6.6 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 7. A great many Rs
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Reduce
- 7.3 Reuse
- 7.4 Recycle
- 7.5 Replace
- 7.6 Recover
- 7.7 Limitations and drawbacks
- 7.8 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 8. Recover and remove: rise of the litter collector
- Abstract
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Terrestrial and beached litter
- 8.3 Floating debris
- 8.4 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 9. Consume: biological fragmentation and degradation of polymers
- Abstract
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Degradation by invertebrates
- 9.3 Degradation by fungi
- 9.4 Degradation by algae
- 9.5 Degradation by bacteria
- 9.6 Mechanical breakdown of plastics
- 9.7 Enzymes
- 9.8 Other degrading factors
- 9.9 Engineering degradation
- 9.10 Real-world applicability
- 9.11 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 10. Policy priorities: emerging trends in a global response
- Abstract
- 10.1 Introduction: plastics and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
- 10.2 International treaties and the plastics issue
- 10.3 National policymaking for plastic management
- 10.4 Monitoring
- 10.5 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 11. ‘Solutions’ versus sustainability
- Abstract
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Technological barriers to successful implementation of existing and emerging solutions
- 11.3 Secondary environmental impacts of plastic management
- 11.4 Social barriers to successful implementation of existing and emerging solutions
- 11.5 Compliance
- 11.6 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 12. Microplastic forecast
- Abstract
- 12.1 Lessons from the past
- 12.2 Plastic predictions
- 12.3 Conclusion
- References
- Glossary
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 26, 2024
- No. of pages (Paperback): 292
- No. of pages (eBook): 210
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443133244
- eBook ISBN: 9780443133251
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Natalie Welden
Dr Natalie Welden (University of Glasgow) is a marine biologist and ecotoxicologist with over a decade’s research experience in the field of microplastic pollution. Her previous publications have explored the chemical and mechanical breakdown of large plastic debris, the transport and deposition of microplastics, and their uptake and impacts in aquatic species. In her work, there has been a key focus on the effects of microplastic fibers on nutritional state and survivorship in commercially important species, as well as on potential solutions to the issue of plastic pollution. Most recently, Natalie has been working on the movement of plastics in agricultural settings, examining their sources, migration, and fate in a farm setting.
Affiliations and expertise
Lecturer in Environmental Science and Sustainability, University of Glasgow,Rutherford/McCowan Building, Crichton University Campus, Dumfries, UK.Read Microplastics on ScienceDirect