Marine Anthropogenic Litter
- المؤلف
- Melanie Bergmann, Lars Gutow, Michael Klages
- سنة النشر
- 2015
- الناشر
- Springer
- لغة الملف
- انكليزي
- نوع الملف
- Book
- تصنيف الكتاب
- Medical Science
- تحميل الكتاب قراءة الكتاب
This book describes how man-made litter, primarily plastic, has spread into the remotest parts of the oceans and covers all aspects of this pollution problem from the impacts on wildlife and human health to socio-economic and political issues. Marine litter is a prime threat to marine wildlife, habitats and food webs worldwide. The book illustrates how advanced technologies from deep-sea research, microbiology and mathematic modelling as well as classic beach litter counts by volunteers contributed to the broad awareness of marine litter as a problem of global significance. The authors summarise more than five decades of marine litter research, which receives growing attention after the recent discovery of great oceanic garbage patches and the ubiquity of microscopic plastic particles in marine organisms and habitats.
الكلمات المفتاحية: Biomedical and life sciences / Human health / Litter distribution / Marine Litter / Marine debris / Microplastic / Nanoplastic / Plastic degradation / Plastic pollution / Toxicity / Waste management / Freshwater & Marine Ecology
