Plastics and the ocean : origin, characterization, fate, and impacts / edited by Anthony L. Andrady.

Contributor(s): Andrady, A. L. (Anthony L.) [editor.]
Language: English Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2022Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781119768401; 9781119768432; 1119768438; 9781119768395; 111976839XSubject(s): Plastic marine debris | Marine pollution | Marine resources conservationGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 363.7394 LOC classification: TD427.P62 | A53 2022Online resources: Full text is available at Wiley Online Library Click here to view
Contents:
Table of Contents List of Contributors ix Preface xiii Foreword xvii Charles James Moore 1 Plastics in the Anthropocene 1 Anthony L. Andrady 2 Plastic Additives in the Ocean 43 Jennifer M. Lynch, Katrina Knauer, and Katherine R. Shaw 3 Deconstructing the Plastic Soup: Methods to Identify and Quantify Marine Plastic Pollution Sources77 Anna Schwarz and Tim van Emmerik 4 Collection and Characterization of Microplastics Debris in Marine Ecosystems 99 Jun- Li Xu, Ming Zhao, Brijesh Kumar Tiwari, and Aoife A. Gowen 5 Estimating Microplastics in Deep Water 131 Winnie Courtene- Jones, Kai liu, and Daoji li 6 Marine Litter, Plastic, and Microplastics on the Seafloor 151 Francois Galgani, Angiolillo Michela, Olivia Gérigny, Thomas Maes, Eric Tambutté, and Peter T. Harris 7 Plastics in Freshwater Bodies 199 L. Lebreton, M. Kooi, T. Mani, S. M. Mintenig, M. B. Tekman, Tim van Emmerik, and H. Wolter 8 Degradation and Fragmentation of Microplastics 227 Anthony L. Andrady and Bimali Koongolla 9 Pollutants Sorbed Onto Microplastics 269 Jianlong Wang and Xuan Guo 10 Colonization of Plastic Marine Debris: The Known, the Unknown, and the Unknowable 301 Linda A. Amaral- Zettler 11 Marine Biodegradation of Common Plastics 317 Anthony L. Andrady 12 Ingestion of Microplastics by Marine Animals 349 Winnie Courtene- Jones, Nathaniel J. Clark, Astrid C. Fischer, Natalie S. Smith, and Richard C. Thompson 13 Microplastics in Fish and Seafood Species 367 Amy L. Lusher and Garth A. Covernton 14 Nanoplastics and the Marine Environment: The Unseen Majority? 389 Lia N. Corbett and Linda A. Amaral- Zettler 15 Human Behavior and Marine Plastic Pollution 429 S. Nuojua, D. Cracknell, and S. Pahl 16 Legal and Policy Frameworks for Preventing and Reducing Marine Plastic Pollution 455 Karen Raubenheimer Index 475
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents
List of Contributors ix

Preface xiii

Foreword xvii
Charles James Moore

1 Plastics in the Anthropocene 1
Anthony L. Andrady

2 Plastic Additives in the Ocean 43
Jennifer M. Lynch, Katrina Knauer, and Katherine R. Shaw

3 Deconstructing the Plastic Soup: Methods to Identify and Quantify Marine Plastic Pollution Sources77
Anna Schwarz and Tim van Emmerik

4 Collection and Characterization of Microplastics Debris in Marine Ecosystems 99
Jun- Li Xu, Ming Zhao, Brijesh Kumar Tiwari, and Aoife A. Gowen

5 Estimating Microplastics in Deep Water 131
Winnie Courtene- Jones, Kai liu, and Daoji li

6 Marine Litter, Plastic, and Microplastics on the Seafloor 151
Francois Galgani, Angiolillo Michela, Olivia Gérigny, Thomas Maes, Eric Tambutté, and Peter T. Harris

7 Plastics in Freshwater Bodies 199
L. Lebreton, M. Kooi, T. Mani, S. M. Mintenig, M. B. Tekman, Tim van Emmerik, and H. Wolter

8 Degradation and Fragmentation of Microplastics 227
Anthony L. Andrady and Bimali Koongolla

9 Pollutants Sorbed Onto Microplastics 269
Jianlong Wang and Xuan Guo

10 Colonization of Plastic Marine Debris: The Known, the Unknown, and the Unknowable 301
Linda A. Amaral- Zettler

11 Marine Biodegradation of Common Plastics 317
Anthony L. Andrady

12 Ingestion of Microplastics by Marine Animals 349
Winnie Courtene- Jones, Nathaniel J. Clark, Astrid C. Fischer, Natalie S. Smith, and Richard C. Thompson

13 Microplastics in Fish and Seafood Species 367
Amy L. Lusher and Garth A. Covernton

14 Nanoplastics and the Marine Environment: The Unseen Majority? 389
Lia N. Corbett and Linda A. Amaral- Zettler

15 Human Behavior and Marine Plastic Pollution 429
S. Nuojua, D. Cracknell, and S. Pahl

16 Legal and Policy Frameworks for Preventing and Reducing Marine Plastic Pollution 455
Karen Raubenheimer

Index 475

About the Author
Anthony L. Andrady is Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the North Carolina State University and is a pioneering researcher on plastics in the ocean environment. His research focuses on plastics, the environment, and sustainability.

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