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Life in the World's Oceans: Diversity, Abundance and Distribution is a true landmark publication.

Comprising the synthesis and analysis of the results of the Census of Marine Life this most important book brings together the work of around 2000 scientists from 80 nations around the globe.

The book is broadly divided into four sections, covering oceans past, oceans present, oceans future and a final section covering the utilisation of the data which has been gathered, and the coordination and communication of the results.

Edited by Professor Alasdair Mcintyre, Marine Life is a book which should find a place on the shelves of all marine scientists, ecologists, conservation biologists, oceanographers, fisheries scientists and environmental biologists. All universities and research establishments where biological, earth and fisheries science are studied and taught should have copies of this essential book on their shelves.

A true landmark publication One of the most important marine science books ever published Contributions from many world leading researchers Synthesis of a huge amount of important data Represents the culmination of 10 years' research by 2000 scientists from 80 countries

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• Foreword
• Introduction
• Acknowledgments
• Contributors
• The Scientific Steering Committee of the Census of Marine Life
• Part I Oceans Past
• 1 Marine Animal Populations: A New Look Back in Time
• Part II Oceans Present - Geographic Realms
• 2 Surveying Nearshore Biodiversity
• 3 Biodiversity Knowledge and its Application in the Gulf of Maine Area
• 4 Coral Reef Biodiversity
• 5 New Perceptions of Continental Margin Biodiversity
• 6 Biodiversity Patterns and Processes on the Mid- Atlantic Ridge
• 7 Life on Seamounts
• 8 Diversity of Abyssal Marine Life
• 9 Biogeography, Ecology, and Vulnerability of Chemosynthetic Ecosystems in the Deep Sea
• 10 Marine Life in the Arctic
• 11 Marine Life in the Antarctic
• Part III Oceans Present - Global Distributions
• 12 A Global Census of Marine Microbes
• 13 A Census of Zooplankton of the Global Ocean
• Part IV Oceans Present - Animal Movements
• 14 Tracking Fish Movements and Survival on the Northeast Pacific Shelf
• 15 A View of the Ocean from Pacific Predators
• Part V Oceans Future
• 16 The Future of Marine Animal Populations
• Part VI Using the Data
• 17 Data Integration: The Ocean Biogeographic Information System
• Index

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CHOICE Review

An array of international researchers began a coordinated program called the Census of Marine Life in the 1990s to characterize and quantify marine biodiversity. In addition to numerous research articles in scientific journals, that effort has produced some works summarizing the results of that research to date. Among the latter, Life in the World's Oceans should serve as the primary resource for scientists learning about what has been done, what resources are available, and what yet needs to be accomplished in this arena. The multi-author work is well crafted and edited with a logical overall structure, consistency in form and tone among chapters, useful citations and Web addresses, and high-quality illustrations. The book is not intended for lay audiences. Anyone seeking numerous pages of only pictures of newly discovered organisms will be disappointed. In contrast, academics interested in gaining access to the latest concepts and tools available for biodiversity research will be rewarded. Biodiversity research has advanced beyond the "stamp collecting" stage (just cataloging species) to a conceptually rich discipline that informs scientific understanding of how ecosystems function and evolve. This book illustrates that point well. See also Census of Marine Lif. (CH, May'11, 48-5060). Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners. S. R. Fegley University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Professor Alasdair McIntyre is based at the Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK