Freshwater Microplastics: Emerging Environmental Contaminants? (The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry (58))

Annotation This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This volume focuses on microscopic plastic debris, also referred to as microplastics, which have been detected in aquatic environments around the globe and have accordingly raised serious concerns. The book explores whether microplastics represent emerging contaminants in freshwater systems, an area that remains underrepresented to date. Given the complexity of the issue, the book covers the current state-of-research on microplastics in rivers and lakes, including analytical aspects, environmental concentrations and sources, modelling approaches, interactions with biota, and ecological implications. To provide a broader perspective, the book also discusses lessons learned from nanomaterials and the implications of plastic debris for regulation, politics, economy, and society. In a research field that is rapidly evolving, it offers a solid overview for environmental chemists, engineers, and toxicologists, as well as water managers and policy-makers Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Microplastics Are Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Freshwater Environments: An Overview (Scott Lambert, Martin Wagner)....Pages 1-23 Aquatic Ecotoxicity of Microplastics and Nanoplastics: Lessons Learned from Engineered Nanomaterials (Sinja Rist, Nanna Bloch Hartmann)....Pages 25-49 Analysis, Occurrence, and Degradation of Microplastics in the Aqueous Environment (Sascha Klein, Ian K. Dimzon, Jan Eubeler, Thomas P. Knepper)....Pages 51-67 Sources and Fate of Microplastics in Urban Areas: A Focus on Paris Megacity (Rachid Dris, Johnny Gasperi, Bruno Tassin)....Pages 69-83 Microplastic Pollution in Inland Waters Focusing on Asia (Chenxi Wu, Kai Zhang, Xiong Xiong)....Pages 85-99 Microplastics in Inland African Waters: Presence, Sources, and Fate (Farhan R. Khan, Bahati Sosthenes Mayoma, Fares John Biginagwa, Kristian Syberg)....Pages 101-124 Modeling the Fate and Transport of Plastic Debris in Freshwaters: Review and Guidance (Merel Kooi, Ellen Besseling, Carolien Kroeze, Annemarie P. van Wezel, Albert A. Koelmans)....Pages 125-152 Interactions of Microplastics with Freshwater Biota (Christian Scherer, Annkatrin Weber, Scott Lambert, Martin Wagner)....Pages 153-180 Microplastic-Associated Biofilms: A Comparison of Freshwater and Marine Environments (Jesse P. Harrison, Timothy J. Hoellein, Melanie Sapp, Alexander S. Tagg, Yon Ju-Nam, Jesús J. Ojeda)....Pages 181-201 Risk Perception of Plastic Pollution: Importance of Stakeholder Involvement and Citizen Science (Kristian Syberg, Steffen Foss Hansen, Thomas Budde Christensen, Farhan R. Khan)....Pages 203-221 Understanding the Risks of Microplastics: A Social-Ecological Risk Perspective (Johanna Kramm, Carolin Völker)....Pages 223-237 Freshwater Microplastics: Challenges for Regulation and Management (Nicole Brennholt, Maren Heß, Georg Reifferscheid)....Pages 239-272 Microplastic: What Are the Solutions? (Marcus Eriksen, Martin Thiel, Matt Prindiville, Tim Kiessling)....Pages 273-298 Erratum to: Modeling the Fate and Transport of Plastic Debris in Freshwaters: Review and Guidance (Merel Kooi, Ellen Besseling, Carolien Kroeze, Annemarie P. van Wezel, Albert A. Koelmans)....Pages E1-E1 Back Matter ....Pages 299-303

Emerging contaminants; Plastic pollution; Microplastic pollution; Microplastic-associated biofilms; Freshwater pollution; Inland water pollution; Plastic contamination