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Front Cover -- Plastic Pollution and Marine Conservation -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface -- 1 Marine plastics: what's wrong with them? -- References -- 2 Microplastics in seawater and sediments-distribution and transport -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Microplastics distribution in seawater of the Mediterranean Sea -- 2.2.1 The Western and Central Mediterranean Sea -- 2.2.2 The Northern Mediterranean Sea -- 2.2.3 The Eastern Mediterranean Sea -- 2.2.4 The Southern Mediterranean Sea -- 2.3 Microplastic distribution in subtidal sediments of the Mediterranean Sea -- 2.3.1 The Western and Central Mediterranean Sea -- 2.3.2 The Northern Mediterranean Sea -- 2.3.3 The Eastern Mediterranean Sea -- 2.3.4 The Southern Mediterranean Sea -- 2.4 Types of microplastics in seawater and sediments of the Mediterranean Sea -- 2.4.1 Size of microplastics -- 2.4.2 Shape of microplastics -- 2.4.3 Microplastic material -- 2.5 Transport of microplastics in marine environment -- 2.5.1 Photodegradation, biofouling, and sinking of microplastics -- 2.5.2 Transport of microplastics in the water column -- 2.5.3 Plastic accumulations in the Mediterranean Sea -- 2.5.4 Transport of microplastic by marine biota -- 2.6 Conclusions and perspectives -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 3 Fate, transport, and impact of microplastics on planktonic organisms -- References -- 4 Plastic impact on marine benthic organisms and food webs -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Current knowledge on plastic pollution on marine benthic organisms -- 4.2.1 Presence and impacts of plastic on seagrasses and macroalgae -- 4.2.2 Presence of plastic in macroinvertebrates and fish -- 4.2.3 Ecotoxicological effects -- 4.2.4 Impacts of plastics on benthic communities -- 4.2.5 Impact of plastics on food webs -- 4.3 Knowledge gaps and conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References.