Plastics and the ocean :  origin, characterization, fate, and impacts / 
edited by Anthony L. Andrady. 
 - 1 online resource. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Table of Contents<br/>List of Contributors ix<br/><br/>Preface xiii<br/><br/>Foreword xvii<br/>Charles James Moore<br/><br/>1 Plastics in the Anthropocene 1<br/>Anthony L. Andrady<br/><br/>2 Plastic Additives in the Ocean 43<br/>Jennifer M. Lynch, Katrina Knauer, and Katherine R. Shaw<br/><br/>3 Deconstructing the Plastic Soup: Methods to Identify and Quantify Marine Plastic Pollution Sources77<br/>Anna Schwarz and Tim van Emmerik<br/><br/>4 Collection and Characterization of Microplastics Debris in Marine Ecosystems 99<br/>Jun- Li Xu, Ming Zhao, Brijesh Kumar Tiwari, and Aoife A. Gowen<br/><br/>5 Estimating Microplastics in Deep Water 131<br/>Winnie Courtene- Jones, Kai liu, and Daoji li<br/><br/>6 Marine Litter, Plastic, and Microplastics on the Seafloor 151<br/>Francois Galgani, Angiolillo Michela, Olivia Gérigny, Thomas Maes, Eric Tambutté, and Peter T. Harris<br/><br/>7 Plastics in Freshwater Bodies 199<br/>L. Lebreton, M. Kooi, T. Mani, S. M. Mintenig, M. B. Tekman, Tim van Emmerik, and H. Wolter<br/><br/>8 Degradation and Fragmentation of Microplastics 227<br/>Anthony L. Andrady and Bimali Koongolla<br/><br/>9 Pollutants Sorbed Onto Microplastics 269<br/>Jianlong Wang and Xuan Guo<br/><br/>10 Colonization of Plastic Marine Debris: The Known, the Unknown, and the Unknowable 301<br/>Linda A. Amaral- Zettler<br/><br/>11 Marine Biodegradation of Common Plastics 317<br/>Anthony L. Andrady<br/><br/>12 Ingestion of Microplastics by Marine Animals 349<br/>Winnie Courtene- Jones, Nathaniel J. Clark, Astrid C. Fischer, Natalie S. Smith, and Richard C. Thompson<br/><br/>13 Microplastics in Fish and Seafood Species 367<br/>Amy L. Lusher and Garth A. Covernton<br/><br/>14 Nanoplastics and the Marine Environment: The Unseen Majority? 389<br/>Lia N. Corbett and Linda A. Amaral- Zettler<br/><br/>15 Human Behavior and Marine Plastic Pollution 429<br/>S. Nuojua, D. Cracknell, and S. Pahl<br/><br/>16 Legal and Policy Frameworks for Preventing and Reducing Marine Plastic Pollution 455<br/>Karen Raubenheimer<br/><br/>Index 475 
<br/><br/><br/>About the Author<br/>Anthony L. Andrady is Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the North Carolina State University and is a pioneering researcher on plastics in the ocean environment. His research focuses on plastics, the environment, and sustainability. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781119768401 9781119768432 1119768438 9781119768395 111976839X 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1002/9781119768432  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Plastic marine debris.<br/>Marine pollution.<br/>Marine resources conservation.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TD427.P62  / A53 2022 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.7394