Microplastic Pollutants

Microplastic Pollutants: Environmental and Ecological Interactions introduces the reader to the growing problem of microplastic pollution in the marine environment. Furthermore, the book highlights the very recent realization that microplastics and their adsorbed contaminants are capable of trophic level transfer up the food web. This book is a reference for interested individuals from academia, industry, and the policy arena, providing a wide and varied market for the book.

Microplastics and their interactions with other contaminants in the environment is currently an important topic both in industry and academia, as well as among legislative bodies. Research in this area is gaining attention from the media and scientific community on a rapidly increasing scale.

• Provides a balanced review of what is known about microplastics in the marine environment and their impacts on a chemical level
• Includes a review of plastics and microplastics as well as a review of marine contaminants before covering the interactions between contaminants and plastics, and their interaction with living entities
• Reflects the interdisciplinary nature of interest in impacts of microplastics
• Includes current research on the impacts of these contaminants on food webs, and how they transfer across organisms