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Preface. Part I: Principles of Oceanography and Marine Biology. 1: Sounding the deep. 2: The oceanic environment. 3: Ecological and evolutionary principles. Part II: Marine Organisms: Function and Environment. 4: The chemical and physical environment. 5: Reproduction, dispersal, and migration. 6: Life in a fluid medium. Part III: Organisms of the Open Sea. 7: Plankton. 8: Nekton. Part IV: Processes in the Open Sea. 9: Critical factors in plankton abundance. 10: Productivity in the sea. Part V: Organisms of the Sea Bed. 11: The diversity of benthic marine invertebrates. 12: Seaweeds, seagrasses, and benthic microorganisms. 13: Benthic life habits. Part IV: Coastal Benthic Environments. 14: The tidelands and estuaries. 15: Sea grass beds, kelp forests, and coral reefs. Part VII: Processes on the Sea Bed, from the Shelf to the Deep Sea. 16: From the Continental Shelf to the deep sea. 17: Biodiversity in the ocean. Part VIII: Human Impact on the Sea. 18: Food from the sea. 19: Marine pollution. Glossary