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Our World Ocean

Our World Ocean: Understanding the Most Important Ecosystem on Earth, Web Edition

By W. Sean Chamberlin, PhD

Illustrations by Nicki Shaw

Cover by Martha Rich

Table of Contents

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PART ONE: OCEAN SCIENCE

PART TWO: GEOLOGY and CHEMISTRY

Chapter 6: The Beach
Chapter 7: The Seafloor
Chapter 8: Plate Tectonics
Chapter 9: Ocean Sediments
Chapter 10 Seawater & Its Elements
Chapter 11: Salinity & the Water Cycle

PART THREE: PHYSICS

Chapter 12: How the Sun Heats the Earth
Chapter 13: The Seasons
Chapter 14: Sea Ice
Chapter 15: Atmospheric Circulation
Chapter 16: Hurricanes and El Niño
Chapter 17: The Surface Circulation
Chapter 18: The Deep Circulation
Chapter 19: Ocean Waves
Chapter 20: Tides & Sea Level Rise

PART FOUR: BIOLOGY

Chapter 21: The Living Sea
Chapter 22: The Ocean Depth Zones
Chapter 23: A Sea of Tiny Things
Chapter 24: The Drifters I: Protists
Chapter 25: The Drifters II: Plants
Chapter 26: The Drifters III: Animals
Chapter 27: The Swimmers I: Nekton Invertebrates
Chapter 28: The Swimmers II: Fishes
Chapter 29: The Swimmers III: Reptiles & Birds
Chapter 30: The Swimmers IV. Marine Mammals
Chapter 31: The Bottom Dwellers I. Plants & Protists
Chapter 32: The Bottom Dwellers II. Sponges & Corals
Chapter 33: The Bottom Dwellers III. Worms & Friends
Chapter 34: The Bottom Dwellers IV. Mollusks & Arthropods
Chapter 35: The Bottom Dwellers IV. Echinoderms & Chordates

PART FIVE: ECOLOGY

Chapter 36: Marine Food Webs
Chapter 37: Ocean Ecosystems
Chapter 38: Fisheries Oceanography
Chapter 39: Human-Caused Climate Change
Chapter 40: Plastics in the Ocean
Chapter 41: Other Ocean Pollution
Chapter 42: Ocean Pollution Solutions
Chapter 43: Your Blue Mind

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