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| Cruising Through Vast Ocean Environments | |
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| Earth: The Ocean Planet Revisited | |
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| Welcome to Oceanus | |
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| Wherefore Art Thou, Oceans? | |
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| Don't Forget the Gulfs, Bays, and Seas | |
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| The Water Cycle of Life | |
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| Going with the Flow: Tides, Waves, and Currents | |
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| Following the Contours of the Ocean Floor | |
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| The Ocean as a Weather Machine | |
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| Ocean Ecology 101 | |
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| Zoning In on Marine Systems | |
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| The Most from Coast to Coast | |
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| Estuaries: Where Freshwater and Saltwater Mix | |
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| Welcome to the Wetlands! | |
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| Bay Watching | |
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| A Day at the Beach | |
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| The Rocky and Barnacle Show | |
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| Wading in the Tide Pools | |
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| Man Comes Calling as Usual | |
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| An Overwhelming Garden Paradise | |
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| Welcome to the Coral Reef | |
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| Living Together on the Reef | |
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| Zooxanthellae: An Enlightening Little Creature | |
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| Great Visibility, Great Cinematography | |
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| Many Reefs from Which to Choose | |
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| Some Really Cool Reef Representatives | |
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| Spotlight on Reef Sharks | |
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| Protecting and Preserving National Treasures | |
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| Living on the Frontier | |
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| Call of the Open Ocean | |
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| Spinning 'Round in the Sargasso Sea | |
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| Where the Big Boys Meet | |
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| Room to Roam | |
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| Riding the Gulf Stream | |
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| Adjusting to Extreme Conditions | |
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| Arctic Inhabitants | |
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| A Newly Discovered Oasis | |
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| Who Turned Out the Lights? | |
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| Going the Distance | |
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| A Garden of Marine Plants | |
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| Let's Talk Really Small Plants | |
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| Exploring the Base of the Food Pyramid | |
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| Feeding the Oceans with Phytoplankton | |
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| What Are You, a "Planimal"? | |
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| A Diatom a Dozen | |
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| On the Move with Dinoflagellates | |
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| Harmful Algae Blooms | |
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| Aquaculture and Algae Culture | |
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| I'll Have the Phytoplankton, Please! | |
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| Seaweed and Seagrass Unite | |
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| Introducing the Macroalgae (Seaweedus Biggus) | |
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| I'll Take the Brown One | |
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| That's Some Salty Tasting Lettuce | |
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| Red Algae: Friend of Coral and Abalone | |
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| Does the Grass Need Trimming? | |
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| Who's Eating What Seaweed Today? | |
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| The Small Eating the Smallest | |
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| Nature's Best Vacuum Cleaners | |
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| Colossal Marine Herbivores | |
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| People Eat Here, Too | |
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| Plants as Habitats | |
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| Wetland Subdivisions | |
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| Grazing in the Grass | |
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| The Kelp Canopy | |
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| Coralline Algae--Masonry to Die For | |
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| Blending in with the Scenery | |
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| The Marine Invertebrate Collection | |
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| Simply Invertebrates | |
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| Climbing the Underwater Phylogenetic Tree | |
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| Holiest Creatures in the Sea | |
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| Cnidarians One and All | |
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| The Ever Modest Bryozoans | |
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| Radials All Around | |
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| Seriously Squirming Segments | |
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| A Most Diverse Phylum: Mollusca | |
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| Meet Father Mollusc: The Ancestral Template | |
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| Soft in the Middle | |
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| Two Valves Are Better Than One | |
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| High-Tech Cephalo: Action Shellfish | |
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| A Gallery of Giants | |
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| A Multitude of Jointed Variations | |
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| Characteristically Crustacean | |
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| A Most Abundant Life Form | |
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| Combing for Krill with Blue Whales | |
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| Eat or Be Eaten | |
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| Too Many Crustaceans to Cover | |
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| A Living Marine Fossil | |
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| Slim Pickin's for Pycnogonids | |
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| The Marine Vertebrates: Backbones to Prove It! | |
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| Celebrating Fish Evolution and Diversity | |
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| Chordates and Vertebrates | |
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| Look Ma, No Jaws | |
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| The Original Jaws | |
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| Fish Out of Water | |
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| Rubber-Boned Chondrichthyes | |
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| Winging It with the Rays | |
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| Boning Up on the Bony Fish | |
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| Bony Fish Taxonomy | |
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| Not Just Skin and Bones | |
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| Assorted Shapes and Sizes | |
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| The Amazing Technicolor Reef Fish | |
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| Aquarium Checklist: Fish to Know | |
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| Marine Reptiles-the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | |
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| The Ancient Age of Marine Reptiles | |
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| Old Timers in Armored Tanks | |
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| The Real Sea Serpents | |
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| Sea's One and Only Lizard | |
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| Do Alligators and Crocodiles Count? | |
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| Marine Mammals | |
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| Cetacean Evolution: The Dolphins and Whales Arrive | |
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| Are You a Whale, a Dolphin, or a Porpoise? | |
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| Dolphins: The Brainy Cetaceans | |
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| Whopper Whales | |
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| Marine Mermaids--Manatee, Dugong, and Sea Cows | |
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| Seals, Walruses, and Other Pinnipeds | |
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| Waterfowl Wonders | |
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| What Makes a Seabird a Seabird? | |
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| Skating and Diving with Penguins | |
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| Going Down Under with Loons | |
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| Grebes | |
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| Is That an Albatross Around Your Neck? | |
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| Pelicans and Other Pouched Pelecaniformes | |
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| Sea Ducks and Geese | |
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| Gulls and Their Close Cousins | |
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| Ospreys, Herons, Flamingos, and Other Seaside Attractions | |
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| Man, Woman, Child, and the Sea | |
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| Exploring and Exploiting the Ocean Depths | |
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| The Early Days | |
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| Sailing the Seas with Some Famous Explorers | |
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| Going High-Tech with Modern Oceanography | |
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| Diving for Dollars--Sunken Treasures | |
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| The Ocean's Mineral Treasures | |
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| Maritime Laws and the Villains Who Break Them | |
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| The Major Players: Maritime Powers | |
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| A Brief History of Maritime Law | |
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| Pirates, Privateers, and Other Opportunistic Villains | |
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| Environmental Pirates | |
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| Fishing and Restocking the World's Oceans | |
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| The Not-So-Bottomless Oceans | |
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| Commercial Fishing Techniques and Technologies | |
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| Fisheries Management and Conservation | |
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| Protecting Our Marine Ecosystems | |
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| The Need for a Holistic View | |
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| Identifying the Most Serious Problems | |
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| The Role of Governments and Other Groups | |
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| Addressing the Issues with Legislation | |
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| Global Problems, Local Solutions | |
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| Attacking Pollution on Two Fronts | |
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| Establishing Marine Protected Areas | |
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| Ocean Restoration: Work in Progress | |
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| Encouraging Voluntary Conservation | |
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| Educating the People | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Stewardship Programs | |
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| The Most Popular Ocean Websites | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |