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Plastic Pollution and Its Impact on Aquatic Fauna

Plastic Pollution and Its Impact on Aquatic Fauna

Yahya Bakhtiyar, Saima Andrabi, Mohammad Yasir Arafat, Hamid Iqbal Tak
ISBN13: 9781522594529|ISBN10: 1522594523|EISBN13: 9781522594543
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9452-9.ch009
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Bakhtiyar, Yahya, et al. "Plastic Pollution and Its Impact on Aquatic Fauna." Handbook of Research on Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Plastic Pollution, edited by Khursheed Ahmad Wani, et al., IGI Global, 2020, pp. 160-177. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9452-9.ch009

APA

Bakhtiyar, Y., Andrabi, S., Arafat, M. Y., & Tak, H. I. (2020). Plastic Pollution and Its Impact on Aquatic Fauna. In K. Wani, L. Ariana, & S. Zuber (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Plastic Pollution (pp. 160-177). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9452-9.ch009

Chicago

Bakhtiyar, Yahya, et al. "Plastic Pollution and Its Impact on Aquatic Fauna." In Handbook of Research on Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Plastic Pollution, edited by Khursheed Ahmad Wani, Lutfah Ariana, and S.M. Zuber, 160-177. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9452-9.ch009

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Abstract

Plastic pollution is the buildup of unwanted plastic products in the environment by its abundant and limitless use by a greedy human population in various ways. Plastics are usually made of chains of monomer units of ethylene and propylene linked together. Plastics are durable and resistant to degradation and tend to accumulate where they are disposed. One more disaster this material causes is the release of toxic chemicals with time which badly affects the ecosystem where it is dumped. Same is the case with aquatic ecosystem, because tons of plastic wastes are dumped into it in one way or the other. The major threats of this menace on aquatic ecosystem include ocean acidification, degradation of water quality, increase in number of invasive species, overfishing, pollution and choking of water bodies, habitat degradation, loss of aesthetic value, blocking of sea routes, and above all, it badly affects plant and animal life there.

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