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| Part 1 | Cruising Through Vast Ocean Environments | 1 |
| 1 | Earth: The Ocean Planet Revisited | 3 |
| Welcome to Oceanus | 4 | |
| Wherefore Art Thou, Oceans? | 4 | |
| Don't Forget the Gulfs, Bays, and Seas | 6 | |
| The Water Cycle of Life | 7 | |
| Going with the Flow: Tides, Waves, and Currents | 10 | |
| Following the Contours of the Ocean Floor | 16 | |
| The Ocean as a Weather Machine | 17 | |
| Ocean Ecology 101 | 19 | |
| Zoning In on Marine Systems | 20 | |
| 2 | The Most from Coast to Coast | 25 |
| Estuaries: Where Freshwater and Saltwater Mix | 25 | |
| Welcome to the Wetlands! | 29 | |
| Bay Watching | 31 | |
| A Day at the Beach | 32 | |
| The Rocky and Barnacle Show | 34 | |
| Wading in the Tide Pools | 37 | |
| Man Comes Calling as Usual | 38 | |
| 3 | An Overwhelming Garden Paradise | 41 |
| Welcome to the Coral Reef | 42 | |
| Living Together on the Reef | 46 | |
| Zooxanthellae: An Enlightening Little Creature | 48 | |
| Great Visibility, Great Cinematography | 49 | |
| Many Reefs from Which to Choose | 49 | |
| Some Really Cool Reef Representatives | 53 | |
| Spotlight on Reef Sharks | 54 | |
| Protecting and Preserving National Treasures | 56 | |
| 4 | Living on the Frontier | 59 |
| Call of the Open Ocean | 60 | |
| Spinning 'Round in the Sargasso Sea | 64 | |
| Where the Big Boys Meet | 67 | |
| Room to Roam | 69 | |
| Riding the Gulf Stream | 70 | |
| 5 | Adjusting to Extreme Conditions | 73 |
| Arctic Inhabitants | 74 | |
| A Newly Discovered Oasis | 75 | |
| Who Turned Out the Lights? | 78 | |
| Going the Distance | 80 | |
| Part 2 | A Garden of Marine Plants | 83 |
| 6 | Let's Talk Really Small Plants | 85 |
| Exploring the Base of the Food Pyramid | 86 | |
| Feeding the Oceans with Phytoplankton | 87 | |
| What Are You, a "Planimal"? | 89 | |
| A Diatom a Dozen | 89 | |
| On the Move with Dinoflagellates | 91 | |
| Harmful Algae Blooms | 91 | |
| Aquaculture and Algae Culture | 94 | |
| I'll Have the Phytoplankton, Please! | 96 | |
| 7 | Seaweed and Seagrass Unite | 97 |
| Introducing the Macroalgae (Seaweedus Biggus) | 98 | |
| I'll Take the Brown One | 99 | |
| That's Some Salty Tasting Lettuce | 101 | |
| Red Algae: Friend of Coral and Abalone | 102 | |
| Does the Grass Need Trimming? | 102 | |
| 8 | Who's Eating What Seaweed Today? | 105 |
| The Small Eating the Smallest | 106 | |
| Nature's Best Vacuum Cleaners | 110 | |
| Colossal Marine Herbivores | 111 | |
| People Eat Here, Too | 112 | |
| 9 | Plants as Habitats | 115 |
| Wetland Subdivisions | 115 | |
| Grazing in the Grass | 120 | |
| The Kelp Canopy | 121 | |
| Coralline Algae--Masonry to Die For | 122 | |
| Blending in with the Scenery | 123 | |
| Part 3 | The Marine Invertebrate Collection | 125 |
| 10 | Simply Invertebrates | 127 |
| Climbing the Underwater Phylogenetic Tree | 128 | |
| Holiest Creatures in the Sea | 129 | |
| Cnidarians One and All | 132 | |
| The Ever Modest Bryozoans | 135 | |
| Radials All Around | 135 | |
| Seriously Squirming Segments | 138 | |
| 11 | A Most Diverse Phylum: Mollusca | 141 |
| Meet Father Mollusc: The Ancestral Template | 142 | |
| Soft in the Middle | 143 | |
| Two Valves Are Better Than One | 145 | |
| High-Tech Cephalo: Action Shellfish | 148 | |
| A Gallery of Giants | 151 | |
| 12 | A Multitude of Jointed Variations | 153 |
| Characteristically Crustacean | 154 | |
| A Most Abundant Life Form | 155 | |
| Combing for Krill with Blue Whales | 155 | |
| Eat or Be Eaten | 156 | |
| Too Many Crustaceans to Cover | 160 | |
| A Living Marine Fossil | 162 | |
| Slim Pickin's for Pycnogonids | 163 | |
| Part 4 | The Marine Vertebrates: Backbones to Prove It! | 165 |
| 13 | Celebrating Fish Evolution and Diversity | 167 |
| Chordates and Vertebrates | 168 | |
| Look Ma, No Jaws | 168 | |
| The Original Jaws | 171 | |
| Fish Out of Water | 173 | |
| Rubber-Boned Chondrichthyes | 174 | |
| Winging It with the Rays | 179 | |
| 14 | Boning Up on the Bony Fish | 183 |
| Bony Fish Taxonomy | 184 | |
| Not Just Skin and Bones | 184 | |
| Assorted Shapes and Sizes | 187 | |
| The Amazing Technicolor Reef Fish | 190 | |
| Aquarium Checklist: Fish to Know | 194 | |
| 15 | Marine Reptiles-the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | 195 |
| The Ancient Age of Marine Reptiles | 196 | |
| Old Timers in Armored Tanks | 197 | |
| The Real Sea Serpents | 202 | |
| Sea's One and Only Lizard | 203 | |
| Do Alligators and Crocodiles Count? | 206 | |
| 16 | Marine Mammals | 209 |
| Cetacean Evolution: The Dolphins and Whales Arrive | 210 | |
| Are You a Whale, a Dolphin, or a Porpoise? | 214 | |
| Dolphins: The Brainy Cetaceans | 215 | |
| Whopper Whales | 218 | |
| Marine Mermaids--Manatee, Dugong, and Sea Cows | 221 | |
| Seals, Walruses, and Other Pinnipeds | 223 | |
| 17 | Waterfowl Wonders | 227 |
| What Makes a Seabird a Seabird? | 228 | |
| Skating and Diving with Penguins | 229 | |
| Going Down Under with Loons | 230 | |
| Grebes | 232 | |
| Is That an Albatross Around Your Neck? | 232 | |
| Pelicans and Other Pouched Pelecaniformes | 234 | |
| Sea Ducks and Geese | 238 | |
| Gulls and Their Close Cousins | 238 | |
| Ospreys, Herons, Flamingos, and Other Seaside Attractions | 242 | |
| Part 5 | Man, Woman, Child, and the Sea | 245 |
| 18 | Exploring and Exploiting the Ocean Depths | 247 |
| The Early Days | 248 | |
| Sailing the Seas with Some Famous Explorers | 249 | |
| Going High-Tech with Modern Oceanography | 253 | |
| Diving for Dollars--Sunken Treasures | 258 | |
| The Ocean's Mineral Treasures | 261 | |
| 19 | Maritime Laws and the Villains Who Break Them | 263 |
| The Major Players: Maritime Powers | 264 | |
| A Brief History of Maritime Law | 266 | |
| Pirates, Privateers, and Other Opportunistic Villains | 269 | |
| Environmental Pirates | 272 | |
| 20 | Fishing and Restocking the World's Oceans | 275 |
| The Not-So-Bottomless Oceans | 276 | |
| Commercial Fishing Techniques and Technologies | 278 | |
| Fisheries Management and Conservation | 282 | |
| 21 | Protecting Our Marine Ecosystems | 287 |
| The Need for a Holistic View | 288 | |
| Identifying the Most Serious Problems | 289 | |
| The Role of Governments and Other Groups | 290 | |
| Addressing the Issues with Legislation | 293 | |
| Global Problems, Local Solutions | 296 | |
| Attacking Pollution on Two Fronts | 296 | |
| Establishing Marine Protected Areas | 298 | |
| Ocean Restoration: Work in Progress | 298 | |
| Encouraging Voluntary Conservation | 299 | |
| Educating the People | 300 | |
| Appendixes | ||
| A | Stewardship Programs | 301 |
| B | The Most Popular Ocean Websites | 303 |
| C | Glossary | 307 |
| Index | 331 |
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Overview
The Complete Idiot's Guide’ to the Oceans will be a marine-lover's reference for mapping the world's oceans and their exploration.
Authors will provide key illustrations ...