Table of Contents

    Prologue: The History of Oceanography
  1. The Water Planet
  2. Plate Tectonics
  3. The Sea Floor and Its Sediments
  4. The Physical Properties of Water
  5. The Chemistry of Seawater
  6. Structure of the Oceans
  7. The Ocean and the Atmosphere
  8. The Currents
  9. The Waves
  10. The Tides
  11. Coasts, Beaches, and Estuaries
  12. Environmental Issues and Concerns
  13. Oceans: Environment for Life
  14. Production and Life
  15. The Plankton: Drifters of the Open Ocean
  16. The Nekton: Free Swimmers of the Sea
  17. The Benthos: Dwellers of the Sea Floor

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