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Foreword; Preface ; Prologue; Introduction; History of Marine Biology and Oceanography; The Tools of the Trade; Anatomy of the Sea (Regions of the Sea); Life in the Sea Plankton; Life in the Sea - Nekton; Life in the Sea - Benthos; Playing Hide-and-Seek (Camouflage); Midnight’s Children (Bioluminescence); Body Clocks (Biorhythms); Why do Fish Drink? (Osmotic Regulation); The Not-so-Silent Sea (Noises in the Sea); Little Grains of Sand (Beaches); Playing about with Beaches (Beach Processes); The Soft Sea-bed (Sea-bottom Sediments); The Anatomy of Coral Reefs (Coral Reef Topography and Formation); Where the Twain do Meet (Estuaries); Wealth from the Sea (Marine Resources); Methods of Fishing; Energy from the Sea (Electricity Generation); Windmills of the Gods (Winds); Rhythms of the Sea (Tides); The Sea in Motion (Waves); Waves Inside the Sea (Undersea Waves); The Killer Wave (Tsunami); Rivers in the Sea (Surface Currents); Deep Circulation in the Oceans; Silent Waterfalls in the Sea (Upwelling); The Salty Sea (Chemistry of Sea Water); The Healing Sea (Marine Pharmacy); The Sea-level Paradox; The Name Game (Biological Nomenclature); What’s in a Name? (Taxonomy and Nomenclature); The Ladder of Life (Biological Classification); King Neptune’s Festival of Lights (Unusual Phenomena); The Silent Sentinels (Lighthouses); About b(u)oys and gulls (Navigation buoys); Why do people drown? (Drowning accidents and their Prevention); Mapping the Sea (Nautical Charts); The Wandering Continents (Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift); Ship ’Watches’ (Time on Board Ship); Communication at Sea; ’A’ is for Anchor, ’B’ is for Boat (Maritime Miscellany); Epilogue; Acknowledgements; Further Reading; Appendix; Index

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