@inbook{5c1061089d88465dbc61dc9dd8d7826c,
title = "Aquatic Ecotoxicity of Microplastics and Nanoplastics: Lessons Learned from Engineered Nanomaterials",
abstract = "The widespread occurrence of microplastics in the aquatic environment is well documented through international surveys and scientific studies. Further degradation and fragmentation, resulting in the formation of nanosized plastic particles – nanoplastics – has been highlighted as a potentially important issue. In the environment, both microplastics and nanoplastics may have direct ecotoxicological effects, as well as vector effects through the adsorption of co-contaminants. Plastic additives and monomers may also be released from the polymer matrix and cause adverse effects on aquatic organisms. Although limited information regarding the ecotoxicological effects of nano- and microplastics is available at present, their small size gives rise to concern with respect to the adverse effects and dislocation of these particles inside organisms – similar to issues often discussed for engineered nanomaterials. In the same way, transport of co-contaminants and leaching of soluble substances are much debated issues with respect to the ecotoxicology of nanomaterials.",
keywords = "Environment, Environmental Chemistry, Water Quality/Water Pollution, Geochemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Marine & Freshwater Sciences, Biological effects, Nanoparticles, Nanotoxicology, Test methods, Vector effects",
author = "Sinja Rist and Hartmann, {Nanna B.}",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-61615-5_2",
language = "English",
series = "The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "25--49",
editor = "M. Wagner and S. Lambert",
booktitle = "Freshwater Microplastics - Emerging Environmental Contaminants?",
}