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Microplastics in the Marine Environment: A Review of Their Sources, Formation, Fate, and Ecotoxicological Impact

In: Marine Pollution - Recent Developments

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  • Fatima Haque
  • Chihhao Fan

Abstract

Global plastic production is on the rise, and improper plastic management leads to the disposal of plastic in the environment, wherein it enters the environment, after degradation, as microplastics (size

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  • Fatima Haque & Chihhao Fan, 2023. "Microplastics in the Marine Environment: A Review of Their Sources, Formation, Fate, and Ecotoxicological Impact," Chapters, in: Monique Mancuso & Teresa Bottari & Ahmed A. Abdelhafez & Mohamed Abbas (ed.), Marine Pollution - Recent Developments, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:275607
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.107896
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    Keywords

    microplastics; plastic waste; marine habitat; ecotoxicology; degradation;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling

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