Microplastics : footprints on the Earth and their environmental management / Ramkumar Muthuvairavasamy.
Ramkumar, Mu, author.
2022
TD427.P62
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Title Microplastics : footprints on the Earth and their environmental management / Ramkumar Muthuvairavasamy.
Author Ramkumar, Mu, author.
ISBN 9783031107290 electronic book
3031107292 electronic book
9783031107283 hardcover
3031107284 hardcover
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10729-0
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2022]
Copyright ©2022
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xix, 95 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-031-10729-0 doi
Call Number TD427.P62
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.738
Summary This book presents information on the origin and distribution of microplastics, evaluates the methods of their detection, documents their interactions with natural systems, and analyzes the current understanding of their management. Owing to the size, varied compositions, pathways of transport, accumulation and myriad processes of interactions with ecosystems, the microplastics pose severe threats to ecosystem services and natural environmental systems. Therefore, the environmental challenges that microplastics present and the strategies to mitigate their harmful impacts are of great importance to the scientific community, and only a few publications exist that collate this information in a single resource. The book aims to be a comprehensive resource for students, professionals and practitioners of environmental studies on microplastics and how to better understand the threats they pose and the practices to manage them.-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Historical Data Dr. Mu. Ramkumar has completed his B.Sc. (Geology) from the National College, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli, M.Sc. (Geology) from the Annamalai University, Chidambaram, and Ph.D (Earth Sciences) from the Bharathidasan University.
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Emergence of plastic as a pollutant
Types and classifiction of plastic pollutants
Weathering of plastics
Transport pathways
Factors and zones of accumulation
Microplastics in the atmosphere
Microplastics in the land and soil
Microplastics in aquatic environments
Microplastics in the biotic systems
Microplastics in the foodchain
Geochemical fingerprint and stratigraphic marker
Mitigation, management and the challenges ahead.

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