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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 | |