Hazardous Chemicals Associated with Plastics in the Marine Environment

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Takada, Hideshige (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Karapanagioti, Hrissi K. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 78
• Subjects: Environmental chemistry.; Polymers .; Ecotoxicology.; Water quality.; Water pollution.; Aquatic ecology .; Environmental Chemistry.; Polymer Sciences.; Water Quality/Water Pollution.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.

This volume consists of 15 chapters and focuses on hazardous chemicals, how they are associated with plastics, and their environmental risks. It includes background information on plastics and additives chemistry, and their observed or potential effects on living organisms as well as the oceanograph...