Main description:

This book focuses on microplastics as emerging persistent contaminants in terrestrial environments. Scientists from around the globe review recent advances in multi-disciplinary research on micro(nano)plastics, including analytical methods; the sources, fate and distribution of microplastics; ecological risks; toxicity and health risks; and control and countermeasures for microplastics in terrestrial environments. Offering a comprehensive overview of microplastics in terrestrial environments, the book is a valuable resource for environmental researchers, ecologists and toxicologists, as well as for policymakers and non-experts.

Contents:

Part 1. Analytical methods of microplastics in terrestrial environmentsChapter 1. Analytical methods for microplastics in environments: current advances and challenges

DOI: 10.1007/698_2019_436

Menting Liu, Shibo Lu, Yingxing Chen, Moritz Bigalke, and Defu He

Chapter 2. Identification and characterization methods for microplastics basing on spatial imaging in micro-/nanoscales

DOI: 10.1007/698_2020_446

Wenfeng Li, Yongming Luo, and Xiangliang Pan

Part 2. Source, fate, distribution of microplastics in terrestrial environments

Chapter 3. Microplastics in urban environments: sources, pathways and distribution

DOI: 10.1007/698_2020_447

Rong Qiu, Yang Song, Xiaoting Zhang, Bing Xie, and Defu He

Chapter 4. Microplastics in agricultural soils

DOI: 10.1007/698_2020_448

Wenfeng Li, Yongming Luo, and Xiangliang Pan

Chapter 5. The distribution and characteristics of microplastics in coastal beaches and mangrove wetlands

DOI: 10.1007/698_2020_459

Qian Zhou, Haibo Zhang, Joanna J. Waniek, and Yongming Luo

Chapter 6. Microplastics in inland small waterbodies

DOI: 10.1007/698_2019_445

Lingling Hu, Defu He, and Huahong Shi

Chapter 7. Microplastics in the sediments: From rivers to lakes investigated in the biggest freshwater lake (Poyang Lake) basin and Yangtze River in China

DOI: 10.1007/698_2020_464

Minfei Jian, Longyin Zhou, Wenhua Li, Dan Rao, Xien Wu, Chen Zhang, and Shuli Liu

Chapter 8. Sources of microplastic in the environment

DOI: 10.1007/698_2020_449

Lihui An, Qing Liu, Yixiang Deng, Wennan Wu, Yirao Gao, and Wei Ling

Chapter 9. Interaction of microplastics and organic pollutants: quantification, environmental fates and ecological consequences

DOI: 10.1007/698_2020_451

Haibo Zhang, Yufan Fei, Han Wang, Yiyang Chen, Shunyin Huang, Jiaqing Wang, Yazhi Tong, Dishi Wen, Bianying Zhou, Xiwei He, Xiaoyu Xia, and Yongming Luo

Chapter 10. Interaction of microplastics and heavy metals: toxicity, mechanisms and environmental implications

DOI: 10.1007/698_2020_460

Xiaofeng Jiang and Mei Li

Part 3. Ecological effects of microplastics in terrestrial environments

Chapter 11. Microplastics and their effects on soil function as a life-supporting system

DOI: 10.1007/698_2020_450

Anderson Abel de Souza Machado, Alice A. Horton, Taylor Davis, and Stefanie Maass

Chapter 12. Occurrence and ecotoxicological effects of microplastics on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems

DOI: 10.1007/698_2020_456

Ved Prakash, Shreya Dwivedi, Krishna Gautam, Monika Seth, and Sadasivam Anbumani

Chapter 13. Microplastics in soil ecosystem: insight on its fate and impacts on soil quality

DOI: 10.1007/698_2020_458

Xiaomei Yang, Xuetao Guo, Shan Huang, Sha Xue, Fanrong Meng, Yueling Qi, Wanli Cheng, Tinglu Fan, Esperanza Huerta Lwanga, and Violette Geissen

Chapter 14. The toxicity of (nano)microplastics on C. elegans and its mechanisms

DOI: 10.1007/698_2020_452

Jiani Hu, Xingyu Li, Lili Lei, Dayong Wang, and Defu He

Chapter 15. Uptake of microplastics and their effects on plants

DOI: 10.1007/698_2020_465

Lianzhen Li, Jie Yang, Qian Zhou, Ruijie Li, Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg, and Yongming Luo

Chapter 16. Biofilms of microplastics

DOI: 10.1007/698_2020_461

Chen Tu, Qian Zhou, Chenjie Zhang, Ying Liu, and Yongming Luo

Part 4. Health risks of microplastics in terrestrial environments

Chapter 17. Tissue accumulation of microplastics and toxic effects: Widespread health risks of microplastics exposure

DOI: 10.1007/698_2020_454

Yongfeng Deng, Zehua Yan, Qiande Zhu, and Yan Zhang

Chapter 18. Microplastics in food: health risks

DOI: 10.1007/698_2020_453

Qun Zhang, Yaping Zhao, Jiana Li, and Huahong Shi

Chapter 19. Microplastics in aquaculture systems and their transfer in the food chain

DOI: 10.1007/698_2020_455

Weiwei Lyu, Qiang Chen, Lin Cheng, and Wenzong Zhou

Part 5. Control approaches for microplastics in terrestrial environments

Chapter 20. Biodegradation of plastics in Tenebrio genus (mealworms)

DOI: 10.1007/698_2020_457

Shan-Shan Yang and Wei-Min Wu

Chapter 21. Plastics of the future? The impact of biodegradable polymers on the environment

DOI: 10.1007/698_2020_462

Leicheng Zhao, Lili Rong, Longfei Zhao, Jintao Yang, Lei Wang, and Hongwen Sun

Chapter 22. Countermeasures on plastic and microplastic garbage management

DOI: 10.1007/698_2020_463

Yixiang Deng, Jiaxu Zhang, Chenglong Zhang, Zeya Ding, Chenlin Hao, and Lihui An