Persistent Organic Pollutants In The Ecosystems Of The North Pacific

Author : Vasiliy Tsygankov
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031448966

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Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Ecosystems of the North Pacific by Vasiliy Tsygankov Pdf

The book reports the results on the fate of POPs in the abiotic and biotic components of the aquatic environment North Pacific Ocean (include Russian part of North Pacific), possible health risks for coastal residents Pacific Ocean exposed to these hazardous pollutants are systematized. In particular, indicator organisms (fish, birds, and mammals), indicating the pollution of the region, were identified; the possible ways of xenobiotic transfer from the sea to the land are shown; the targets of POPs impact on living organisms were determined; the time of circulation of pollutants in the biosphere was determined; a list of “priority” toxicants for the region based on quality screening was compiled; the risks to human health from the consumption of contaminated aquatic organisms were assessed; the levels of POPs in the human body were measured. The book is interesting for specialists in the agro-industrial complex, aquaculture and medicine, teachers and graduate students of universities, researchers, which interested in the problems of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). There are no similar books on the study of POPs in the Russian part of the Pacific Ocean in the world literature. This book is useful to scientists of the world who study the fate of POPs.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Global environmental change
ISBN : 9781428900417

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The Foundation for Global Action on Persistent Organic Pollutants by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783640691333

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The impacts of plastic pollution in the North Pacific Ocean and possible solutions by Anonim Pdf

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2010 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: A, Central European University Budapest (-), course: -, language: English, abstract: Rapid population growth and enormous urban and coastal developments have increased the anthropogenic pollution into the oceans. Human activities may responsible for the decline in biodiversity and productivity of marine ecosystems, resulting in the depletion of human marine food resources (Jenssen, 2003). Furthermore, the marine environment is an important resource for human welfare and health and fortunately in recent years awareness of its intrinsic value has increased (Derraik, 2002). One particular type of threat to marine ecosystems is the pollution from plastics. These particles are a serious treat to the marine biota and human life and entail significant economic and social costs. Further, they reduce the aesthetic and perhaps intrinsic value of the marine environment (Jenssen, 2003). The aim of this paper is to examine the threats from plastic pollution and introduce an interesting case study from the North Pacific Ocean. The paper will describe the current policies and propose market based instruments which can provide solution to the issue.

Author : Bommanna G. Loganathan,Prasada Rao S. Kodavanti
Publisher : ACS Symposium
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 0841231974

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Persistent Organic Chemicals in the Environment by Bommanna G. Loganathan,Prasada Rao S. Kodavanti Pdf

Environmental pollution by man-made Persistent Organic Chemicals (POCs) has been a serious global issue for over half a century. Exposure to POCs may result in health effects, including, endocrine disruption leading to birth defects, intellectual disability, low testosterone, childhood obesity, autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Therefore, POCs have been the subject of intensive regional, national, and international efforts to limit the production, use, and disposal of these chemicals. Since POCs are ubiquitous and recalcitrant, and cause long-term effects on wildlife and humans, trend monitoring studies are valuable in making clear the behavior and fate of these compounds and to protect our environment and living resources. The Pacific Basin is a unique geographical region representing tropical, temperate and polar zones. This region is home to two-thirds of the world's population and consists of rapidly growing economies (countries) and highly developed countries. Due to this diversity of climatic and socio-economic conditions, environment and biota in different countries in this basin have varying degrees of environmental contamination and effects on wildlife and humans. The Pacific Rim countries play a pivotal role in governing global POC contamination and resulting harmful health effects. Because articles on POCs and their effect on environment and health are published in a large number of different journals, it is useful to have a book that includes original papers and reviews on the latest advances by well-known scientists in the field, especially focusing on the countries in the Pacific Rim. The two volumes of this book satisfy this need. Topics covered in Volume 1 include an overview of POCs contamination status and trends in the Pacific Basin Countries; human exposure to brominated flame retardants; POCs in sediments, soil and atmosphere of South Korea; and new research on sequestration and redistribution of emerging and classical persistent organic pollutants by polystyrene. The collection of chapters in these volumes may serve as a reasonable representation of current and future trends of POCs in the Pacific Basin countries. It is hoped that the book can inspire students and researchers, as well as professionals, to facilitate the understanding of the environmental and biological behavior of these persistent chemicals and to help in the development of strategies and practices for protecting the global environment for future generations.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate,Committee on the Significance of International Transport of Air Pollutants
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780309144018

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Global Sources of Local Pollution by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate,Committee on the Significance of International Transport of Air Pollutants Pdf

Recent advances in air pollution monitoring and modeling capabilities have made it possible to show that air pollution can be transported long distances and that adverse impacts of emitted pollutants cannot be confined to one country or even one continent. Pollutants from traffic, cooking stoves, and factories emitted half a world away can make the air we inhale today more hazardous for our health. The relative importance of this "imported" pollution is likely to increase, as emissions in developing countries grow, and air quality standards in industrial countries are tightened. Global Sources of Local Pollution examines the impact of the long-range transport of four key air pollutants (ozone, particulate matter, mercury, and persistent organic pollutants) on air quality and pollutant deposition in the United States. It also explores the environmental impacts of U.S. emissions on other parts of the world. The book recommends that the United States work with the international community to develop an integrated system for determining pollution sources and impacts and to design effective response strategies. This book will be useful to international, federal, state, and local policy makers responsible for understanding and managing air pollution and its impacts on human health and well-being.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0841231974

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Persistent Organic Chemicals in the Environment by Anonim Pdf

This chapter provides an overview of studies conducted during the last two decades on the environmental contamination and human exposure of persistent toxic substances (PTS) from classic legacy compounds to emerging contaminants, and the emission of unintentionally produced chemicals derived from industrial sectors. While the contamination of classic persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) exhibited relatively low levels as a result of long-term and effective ban, elevated residues were still encountered in some locations within the densely populated metropolitan and industrialized areas such as Hanoi, Hochiminh city and Bien Hoa - Dong Nai industrial zone. A number of recent systematic investigations have also highlighted several hotspots of pollution with elevated concentrations of various PTS groups. In this context, open landfill dumping sites for municipal wastes and trade villages with informal recycling practices such as e-waste dismantling are remarkable sources of toxic contaminants and their high emission potential has been quantitatively demonstrated. A high degree of environmental contamination and human exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) has been reported in some informal e-waste recycling trade villages in northern Vietnam. In addition, the presence of new and emerging chemicals such as organophosphorous flame retardants, polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PBDD/Fs) in e-waste recycling sites further substantiated the importance of those recycling areas in terms of posing high risk to human health and natural ecosystem. Polychlorianted dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans (PCDD/Fs) contamination derived from Agent Orange (AO) exhibited considerable decreasing trends in sediments and soils at AO/dioxin contaminated hotspot areas as the result of three decade remediation efforts. However, newly identified sites within the former Airbases in Da Nang and Bien Hoa were still highly contaminated with dioxins and related compounds. Preliminary surveys for unintentionally produced PCDD/Fs and polychlorobenzene compounds [pentachlorobenzene (PeCB) and hexachlorobenzene (HCB)] indicated that waste incineration, steel making and cement production kiln in Vietnam are potential sectors with relatively high emission levels as compared to other countries in the world. Human exposure studies have emphasized the importance of non-dietary exposure pathways such as dust ingestion and air inhalation with relatively high contribution to total intakes, particularly for children as a more susceptible group. Future studies should be focused on the systematic time trends and toxic impacts of PTS in the above pollution hotspots in order to explore preventive measures towards protecting human health and ecosystems.

Author : Therese Burns
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : UOM:39015043724205

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Management of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Pacific Island Countries by Therese Burns Pdf

Author : Bommanna G. Loganathan,Jong Seong Khim,Prasada Rao S. Kodavanti,Shigeki Masunaga
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : SCIENCE
ISBN : 0841231966

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Persistent Organic Chemicals in the Environment by Bommanna G. Loganathan,Jong Seong Khim,Prasada Rao S. Kodavanti,Shigeki Masunaga Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : ScholarlyEditions
Page : 1629 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781464964367

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Issues in Environment, Health, and Pollution: 2011 Edition by Anonim Pdf

Issues in Environment, Health, and Pollution: 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Environment, Health, and Pollution. The editors have built Issues in Environment, Health, and Pollution: 2011 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Environment, Health, and Pollution in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Environment, Health, and Pollution: 2011 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.

Author : Igor M. Belkin
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662658390

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Chemical Oceanography of Frontal Zones by Igor M. Belkin Pdf

This book is a unique and authoritative review of chemical fronts in the ocean world. It includes regional chapters on chemical fronts in all major oceans (Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, Arctic, and Southern) and marginal seas (North Sea, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Yellow Sea, and the East Siberian Sea). Thematic chapters focus on diverse topics such as cross-frontal transfer of nutrients; diapycnal mixing and its impact on nutrient fluxes in western boundary currents (Gulf Stream and Kuroshio); front-driven physical-biogeochemical-ecological interactions; dynamics of coloured dissolved organic matter; pollutant concentration and fish contamination in frontal zones; distribution of microplastics in the ocean, and Lagrangian methods to study the transport of marine litter. This volume will appeal to a broad audience, including researchers, instructors, students, and practitioners of all kinds involved in scientific and applied research, environment protection and conservation, and maritime industries including fisheries, aquaculture, and mining. Chapter "Lagrangian Methods for Visualizing and Assessing Frontal Dynamics of Floating Marine Litter with a Focus on Tidal Basins" is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : ScholarlyEditions
Page : 1059 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781464991110

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Advances in Ecology Environment and Conservation Research and Application: 2012 Edition by Anonim Pdf

Advances in Ecology Environment and Conservation Research and Application / 2012 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Ecology Environment and Conservation. The editors have built Advances in Ecology Environment and Conservation Research and Application / 2012 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Ecology Environment and Conservation in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Advances in Ecology Environment and Conservation Research and Application / 2012 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.

Author : Antonio Cruzado
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789535101765

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Marine Ecosystems by Antonio Cruzado Pdf

Marine ecosystems, a very wide topic, includes many different processes, groups of organisms and geographical peculiarities. The objective of this book is to present various topics of great importance for understanding the marine ecosystems, what they are, how they work and how we can model them in order to forecast their behaviour under changing conditions. They have been thoroughly reviewed and accepted for publication. The chapters cover aspects such as: Threats to ultraoligotrophic marine ecosystems (Ch. 1); Modelling the pelagic ecosystem dynamics: the NW Mediterranean (Ch. 2); The marine ecosystem of the Sub-antarctic, Prince Edward Islands (Ch. 3); Meiofauna as a tool for marine ecosystem biomonitoring (Ch. 4); Chemical interactions in Antarctic marine benthic ecosystems (Ch. 5); An Interdisciplinary Approach on Erosion Mitigation for Coral Reef Protection- A Case Study from the Eastern Caribbean (Ch. 6); A revisit to the evolution and ecophysiology of the Labyrinthulomycetes (Ch. 7); Seabed mapping and marine spatial planning: a case-study from a Swedish marine protected area (Ch. 8); Management strategies to limit the impact of bottom trawling on VMEs in the High Seas of the SW Atlantic (Ch. 9); Hydrocarbon contamination and the swimming behavior of the estuarine copepod Eurytemora affinis (Ch. 10), and Interactions between marine ecosystems and tourism on the Adriatic and Mediterranean (Ch. 11).

Author : Xing-Jiu Huang,Xing Chen,Meng Yang
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783527344161

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Persistent Toxic Substance Monitoring by Xing-Jiu Huang,Xing Chen,Meng Yang Pdf

Filling the urgent need for a professional book that specifies the applications of nanoelectrochemistry for the monitoring of persistent toxic substances, this monograph clearly describes the design concept, construction strategies and practical applications of PTS sensing interfaces based on nanoelectrochemical methods. The comprehensive and systematic information not only provides readers with the fundamentals, but also inspires them to develop PTS monitoring sensors based on functional nanostructures and nanomaterials. Of interestto chemists, electrochemistry researchers, materials researchers, environmental scientists, and companies dealing with electrochemical treatment and environment.

Author : Cornelis Groot,L. Margolis
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0774803592

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Pacific Salmon Life Histories by Cornelis Groot,L. Margolis Pdf

Pacific salmon are an important biological and economic resource of countries of the North Pacific rim. They are also a unique group of fish possessing unusually complex life histories. There are seven species of Pacific salmon, five occurring on both the North American and Asian continents (sockeye, pink, chum, chinook, and coho) and two (masu and amago) only in Asia. The life cycle of the Pacific salmon begins in the autumn when the adult female deposits eggs that are fertilized in gravel beds in rivers or lakes. The young emerge from the gravel the following spring and will either migrate immediately to salt water or spend one or more years in a river or lake before migrating. Migrations in the ocean are extensive during the feeding and growing phase, covering thousands of kilometres. After one or more years the maturing adults find their way back to their home river, returning to their ancestral breeding grounds to spawn. They die after spawning and the eggs in the gravel signify a new cycle. Upon this theme Pacific salmon have developed many variations, both between as well as within species. Pacific Salmon Life Histories provides detailed descriptions of the different life phases through which each of the seven species passes. Each chapter is written by a scientist who has spent years studying and observing a particular species of salmon. Some of the topics covered are geographic distribution, transplants, freshwater life, ocean life, development, growth, feeding, diet, migration, and spawning behaviour. The text is richly supplemented by numerous maps, illustrations, colour plates, and tables and there is a detailed general index, as well as a useful geographical index.

Author : Francisco Sánchez-Bayo, Paul J. van den Brink, Reinier M. Mann
Publisher : Francisco Sanchez-Bayo
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781608051212

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Ecological Impacts of Toxic Chemicals by Francisco Sánchez-Bayo, Paul J. van den Brink, Reinier M. Mann Pdf

Ecological Impacts of Toxic Chemicals presents a comprehensive, yet readable account of the known disturbances caused by all kinds of toxic chemicals on both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Topics cover the sources of toxicants, their fate and distribution through the planet, their impacts on specific ecosystems, and their remediation by natural systems. Each chapter is written by well-known specialists in those areas, for the general public, students, and even scientists from outside this field. The book intends to raise awareness of the dangers of chemical pollution in a world dominated by industry and globalization of resources. Because the problems are widespread and far reaching, it is hoped that confronting the facts may prompt better management practices at industrial, agricultural and all levels of management, from local to governmental, so as to reduce the negative impacts of chemical contaminants on our planet.