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Microplastics in the Mediterranean Sea

Impacts on Marine Environment

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Authors:
  1. Monique Mancuso

    1. Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology (IRBIM) – CNR, Messina, Italy

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  2. Nunziatina Porcino

    1. Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology (IRBIM) – CNR, Messina, Italy

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  3. Julian Blasco

    1. Departamento Ecología y Gestión Costera Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía, Puerto Real, Spain

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  4. Teresa Romeo

    1. Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Messina, Italy

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  5. Serena Savoca

    1. Department of Biomedical, Dental and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

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  6. Nunziacarla Spanò

    1. Department of Biomedical, Dental and Morphological and Functional Imaging, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy

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  7. Teresa Bottari

    1. CNR, Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology (IRBIM), Messina, Italy

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The book provides for the first time an overview of the latest scientific studies conducted on micro and nano plastic pollution in the Mediterranean Sea both from the biological and environmental point of view as well as from the chemical point of view in order to have a more real idea of ​​the current situation.

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. The Mediterranean Sea a Marine Ecosystem in Risk

    • Monique Mancuso, Nunziatina Porcino, Julian Blasco, Teresa Romeo, Serena Savoca, Nunziacarla Spanò et al.
    Pages 1-12

  3. Microplastics in the Mediterranean Biota

    • Monique Mancuso, Nunziatina Porcino, Julian Blasco, Teresa Romeo, Serena Savoca, Nunziacarla Spanò et al.
    Pages 13-65

  4. Microplastics in Mediterranean Seawater

    • Monique Mancuso, Nunziatina Porcino, Julian Blasco, Teresa Romeo, Serena Savoca, Nunziacarla Spanò et al.
    Pages 67-81

  5. Microplastics in Mediterranean Sediments

    • Monique Mancuso, Nunziatina Porcino, Julian Blasco, Teresa Romeo, Serena Savoca, Nunziacarla Spanò et al.
    Pages 83-96

  6. Toxic Substances on Microplastics and Risk Assessment of Microplastics Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea

    • Monique Mancuso, Nunziatina Porcino, Julian Blasco, Teresa Romeo, Serena Savoca, Nunziacarla Spanò et al.
    Pages 97-109
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology (IRBIM) – CNR, Messina, Italy

    Monique Mancuso, Nunziatina Porcino

  • Departamento Ecología y Gestión Costera Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía, Puerto Real, Spain

    Julian Blasco

  • Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Messina, Italy

    Teresa Romeo

  • Department of Biomedical, Dental and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

    Serena Savoca

  • Department of Biomedical, Dental and Morphological and Functional Imaging, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy

    Nunziacarla Spanò

  • CNR, Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology (IRBIM), Messina, Italy

    Teresa Bottari

About the authors

Monique Mancuso is a biologist, Researcher at the Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology (IRBIM) CNR of Messina. Her main topic is the evaluation, characterization, identification and impacts of the microplastics in seawater environments and marine organisms.

Nunziatina Porcino is a chemist, Researcher at the CNR-IRBIM of Messina, her main topics are focused on the evaluation and characterization of the microplastics in seawater and marine organisms, and the chemistry of Antarctic lakes also.

Julian Blasco is a chemist and Director of the Institute of Marine Sciences of Andalusia. The scientific objectives are focused on the behavior and distribution of legacy and emergent pollutants and their eco-toxicological effects.

Teresa Romeo is a biologist, Senior Researcher at the Anton Dohrn Zoological Station (SZN). Research interests concern several aspects of marine biology and ecology, with a special focus on large pelagic fish, their behaviorand interactions among species, as well as the impact of plastics on fish species.

Serena Savoca is a Researcher at the University of Messina. Her research interests focus on marine ecology, marine ecosystem biomonitoring and marine pollution with special attention to the microplastic pollution impact on the aquatic environment and living organisms.

Nunziacarla Spanò  is a Full Professor in marine ecology at the University of Messina. Research interests concern the marine ecology and the nekton and benthos organisms.

Teresa Bottari is a veterinarian and Researcher at IRBIM CNR. Her main topics are growth and reproduction of demersal and benthic resources; use of fish parasite as biological tag; impact of plastics on the marine environment (evaluation and characterization of plastics pollution levels in marine organisms).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Microplastics in the Mediterranean Sea

  • Book Subtitle: Impacts on Marine Environment

  • Authors: Monique Mancuso, Nunziatina Porcino, Julian Blasco, Teresa Romeo, Serena Savoca, Nunziacarla Spanò, Teresa Bottari

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30481-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-30480-4Published: 24 June 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-30481-1Published: 23 June 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2191-5547

  • Series E-ISSN: 2191-5555

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 109

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Ecology, Pollution, general, Community & Population Ecology, Ecosystems, Ecosystems

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