Prevalence, Fate and Effects of Plastic in Freshwater Environments

• Tác giả khác: Khan, Farhan (Biên tập viên)
• Định dạng: Điện tử Chương của sách
• Ngôn ngữ: Tiếng Anh
• Được phát hành: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Những chủ đề: Research & information: general; plastics; plastic debris; African great lakes; freshwater; beach clean-up; citizen science; microplastic; Enchytraeus crypticus; enchytraeids; avoidance test; toxicity; oxidative stress; catalase; glutathione S-transferase; polyethylene; Tubifex tubifex; aquatic oligochetes; mortality; glutathione reductase; peroxidase; microplastic exposure; freshwater environments; microplastics; Africa; ingestion; Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus); catfish (Bagrus Bajad); fibers; ATR-FTIR spectroscopy; plastic pollution; oysters; Mississippi Sound; fluorescence microscopy; laser direct infrared analysis; LDIR; bulk water sampling; Bonnet Carré Spillway; dysbiosis; microbiome; n/a
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Plastic (and microplastic) pollution has been described as one of the greatest environmental challenges of our time, and a hallmark of the human-driven epoch known as the Anthropocene. It has gained the attention of the general public, governments, and environmental scientists worldwide. To date, th...