Description
Pharmaceuticals in Marine and Coastal Environments: Occurrence, Effects, and Challenges in a Changing World is divided into three sections that address a) coastal areas as the main entrance of pharmaceuticals into the ocean, b) the occurrence and distribution of pharmaceuticals in the environmental compartments of the ocean media, and c) the effects that such pollutants may cause to the exposed marine organisms. With its comprehensive discussions, the book provides a wide depiction of the current state-of-the-art on these topics in an effort to open new sources of investigation and find suitable solutions.- Includes maps edited by the Water Information Network System of the International Hydrological Program (IHP-WINS)- Provides a compilation of information regarding the occurrence and distribution of pharmaceuticals in the marine environment which will help establish new and more efficient monitoring programs and new research lines- Depicts the most important results of environmental risk assessments that can be used as a first step for further toxicological studies
Table of Contents
1. Point and diffuse sources of pharmaceuticals in coastal zones2. Occurrence spatiotemporal distribution and environmental fate of pharmaceutical residues in urban estuaries3. Pharmaceutical active compounds in marine and coastal environments of arid and semi-arid countries in the Arab Region4. Occurrence and distribution of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance determinants in coastal environments 5. Occurrence and environmental fate of pharmaceuticals, personal care products and illicit drugs (PPCPIDs) in tropical ecosystems6. Environmental risk assessment of pharmaceutical and personal care products in estuarine and coastal waters7. New sampling methods for detecting pharmaceutical residues in seawater and sediments8. Present and future challenges in the multiresidue determination of pharmaceuticals in marine samples 9. Analytical strategies to detect and quantify pharmaceutical residues in marine biota10. Sources and occurrence of pharmaceutical residues in offshore seawater11. Occurrence of pharmaceutical residues in marine sediments12. Pharmaceuticals residues in the pristine Antarctic ecosystem 13. On the search of a suitable indicator of pharmaceutical pollution in marine environments14. Effective biomarkers to assess the toxicity of pharmaceutical residues on marine bivalves15. Metabolic effects of pharmaceuticals in fish16. Pharmaceuticals and aquatic benthic organisms: toxicity and accumulation17. Endocrine disruption of pharmaceuticals on marine organisms: thyroidal, gonadotrophic and behavioural responses18. Biological effects of antidepressants on marine organisms19. Impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on the effects caused by pharmaceutical residues to marine organisms20. Strategies to remove pharmaceutical residues from seawater
