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Contamination of Marine Ecosystems in Polar Regions: Basics and Applications provides an illustrative account of ecology and ecotoxicology of the Arctic and Antarctic Regions, both suffering from multiple stresses with environmental consequences for the marine ecosystems. This book is based on the author’s lectures and research over the past more than 30 years and guides the reader through the emerging problems of the contamination in broad, topical ecological perspectives. The topics discussed include the fate of persistent organic pollutants in marine trophic webs, the human impacts and related consequences, the effects of global changes on the contaminant distribution, and case studies are presented.

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Author:   Simonetta Corsolini (Senior Researcher, Adjunct Professor, Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ecotoxicology and Remote Regions, University of Siena, Siena, Italy)
Publisher:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Imprint:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
ISBN:  

9780323908696

ISBN 10:   0323908691
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   16 February 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Part I. Contaminants and Polar Regions 1. Contaminants 1.1 The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) 1.2 The Basel and Rotterdam Conventions 1.3 The Persistent Organic Pollutants: basics on chemical structure, synthesis and production, main use, environmental sources, incidents 1.3.1 Chlorinated pesticides. Case studies 1.3.2 Polychlorinated-dibenzo dioxins, polychlorinated-dibenzo furans. Case studies 1.3.3 Polychlorinated-biphenyls. . Case studies 1.3.4 Toxicity of dioxin-like compounds and toxic assessment. Case studies 1.3.5 Endocrine disruptor chemicals and their toxicity 1.3.6 Polybromodiphenyl ethers. Case studies 1.3.7 Perfluoroalkyl substances. Case studies 1.3.8 Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products 1.4 Hydrocarbons and their derivate: basics on origin, transport, dispersion, degradation, remediation, incidents. Case studies 1.5 Persistent plastic materials (PPMs): basics on composition, origin, environmental sources, methods of study, dispersion and side-effects; plastics and POPs, plastics and plasticizers, damage to organisms 2. Global dispersion of POPs 2.1 Contaminant properties affecting the contaminant global transport 2.2 Contamination and demography 2.2.1 The remote regions 2.3 Contaminant transport to remote regions

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Simonetta Corsolini is a marine biologist with a PhD in Environmental Biology; she is a researcher and teaches Ecotoxicology of Remote Regions and Marine Ecology at the Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, Italy. She has studied Antarctic marine organisms since 1992 and has participated in expeditions of the Italian National Programme of Research in Antarctica (PNRA) since 1994. In 2002 she joined the international TUNU Programme led by the University of Tromsø (Norway), and since 2010 she has regularly participated in expeditions to NE Greenland.

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