Microplastics : Transport, Impacts, Monitoring and Mitigation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Welden, Natalie
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	San Diego : Elsevier, 2024.
Subjects:	Microplastics. Microplastiques. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Front Cover
Microplastics
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
About the author
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
1 The proliferation of plastics
1.1 Introduction
1.1.1 New polymers solve old problems
1.1.2 The development of an industry
1.1.3 From home to habitat
1.2 Microplastics
1.2.1 Fragmentation versus degradation
1.2.2 Environmental contamination: understanding nomenclature
1.3 Observation to outcry
1.4 Moving forward
References
2 Microplastics on the move
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The effect of polymer structure on plastic transport
2.3 Airborne transport
2.3.1 Factors influencing airborne transport
2.4 Transport in water
2.4.1 Factors influencing vertical transport in water
2.4.1.1 Biofouling
2.4.1.2 Mixing
2.5 Factors influencing horizontal transport in water
2.5.1 Horizontal transport in lotic environments
2.5.2 Horizontal transport in lentic environments
2.5.3 Horizontal transport in marine environments
2.5.3.1 Windage
2.6 Transport in sediments and soils
2.7 Conclusions
References
3 Monitoring environmental accumulation
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The call for microplastic monitoring
3.3 Modes of microplastic monitoring
3.3.1 The requirements of researchers versus the requirements of monitoring agencies
3.3.2 Extracting plastics from the environment
3.3.2.1 Sediments and soils
3.3.2.2 Terrestrial and exposed intertidal sediments
3.3.2.3 Submerged intertidal and benthic sediments
3.3.2.4 Characterisation of sediments and soils
3.3.2.5 Water column
3.3.2.6 Airborne plastics
3.3.2.7 Snow and ice
3.3.2.8 Citizen science
3.4 Secondary processing of microplastic samples
3.4.1 Exclusion of high-density material
3.4.2 Removal of organic matter
3.4.3 Staining
3.4.4 Enumeration and identification
3.4.5 Recovery efficiency, quality assurance and quality control
3.5 Reporting
3.6 Conclusions
References
4 Exploring interaction, uptake and impacts
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Modes of exposure
4.2.1 Direct ingestion
4.2.1.1 Observations of ingested microplastics in wild-caught animals
4.2.1.2 Observations of ingested microplastics following controlled exposure
4.2.1.3 Factors influencing ingestion and retention
4.2.2 Other observed interactions
4.2.3 Plastic, plants and algae
4.3 Quantifying exposure
4.3.1 Dissection or digestion?
4.3.2 Observation, enumeration and identification
4.3.2.1 In situ observations
4.4 Determining impacts
4.4.1 Physical injury and structural changes
4.4.2 Feeding and nutrient exchange
4.4.3 Respiration
4.4.4 Behavioural change
4.4.5 Reproduction
4.4.6 Survivorship
4.4.7 Impacts in plants, algae and associated taxa
4.4.8 Human-level effects
4.5 Conclusions
References
5 Ecosystem-level effects
5.1 Introduction