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Plastic litter investigations and surveillance

IWA Publishing eBooks 2023
Ekbordin Winijkul, Thanapat Jansakoo, Nichakul Phosirikul

Summary

This book chapter reviews methodologies for investigating and monitoring plastic litter in marine environments, covering surveillance approaches for tracking micro- and nanoplastic distribution across marine, aquatic, terrestrial, and atmospheric systems as part of a broader assessment framework.

Marine Plastics Abatement Volume 1 provides comprehensive knowledge of plastic pollutions in marine ecosystems and their implications on human health, especially from the contamination of micro and nano-plastic particles by which the levels of plastic pollutions in marine, aquatic, terrestrial and atmospheric systems are described. In addition to emerging challenges by plastic pollution, this volume offers comprehensive assessment tools as well as practical models on "Circular Economy" with interesting real-world case studies and theoretical and numerical questions and solutions, recent scientific information, and practical exercises, to ensure a user-friendly text for readers.ISBN: 9781789063196 (print)ISBN: 9781789063202 (eBook)ISBN: 9781789063219 (ePUB)

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