Plastic Pollution and Marine Conservation

Plastic Pollution and Marine Conservation: Approaches to Protect Biodiversity and Marine Life provides the most updated and comprehensive knowledge of the consequences of plastic waste on the marine environment at different levels, ranging from ecological, biological, to social, economic, and political. It synthesizes historical information, gaps in current knowledge, and recent discoveries, by illustrating the main stages that made plastics a global issue for ocean ecosystems and their wildlife. Written by international experts on marine pollution, marine biology, and management of environmental resources, this book explores the main topics of marine plastic pollution such as input quantification, polluting sources, ultimate fate, ecological consequences, effects on food webs and human health, monitoring, legislation, and strategies and policies behind conservation efforts. This book also provides a wealth of practical case studies on tackling marine plastic pollution. Plastic Pollution and Marine Conservation: Approaches to Protect Biodiversity and Marine Life is an important resource for a wide audience including marine conservationists, environmental managers, decision makers, and even NGOs, private companies, and activists working to combat plastics in our seas and oceans. Illustrates the evolution of plastics from revolutionary materials to global environmental emergency Discusses marine plastic pollution with scientific rigor and easy language, supported by graphics and tables Led by a team of editors with expertise in biology, pollution, conservation and policies of marine wildlife, biodiversity, and ecosystems