CONTENTS
Author’s Note
Prologue
Part One
Down Through the Layers
The Layers of the Sea
Surface Waters: The Epipelagic (Euphotic) Zone
Middle Waters: The Mesopelagic (Disphotic) Zone
Deep Waters: The Bathypelagic (Aphotic) Zone
Deeper Waters: The Abyssopelagic Zone
Deepest Waters: The Hadal Zone
Part Two
A Fish-Eat-Fish World
Planktonic Dramas
The Cosmopolitan Copepod
Jellyfish: Biding Time
Big Sharks 1: The Plankton-Strainers
Dancing with Squid
Big Sharks 2: The Flesh-Eaters
Killer Whale vs. Shark
Down Deep with Dragonfish
The Web
Part Three
Trekking Down the Ridge
The Longest Mountain Chain in the World
The World Ocean Floor
Creatures in the Sulfur Garden
Farther Along the Ridge and Back in Time
Black Smokers and New Life-Forms
Life Among the Archaeans
Part Four
Counting the Citizens of the Sea
The Census of Marine Life
Finding a Place for Ocean Citizens to Live
Deciding on the Kind of Ocean We Want or Life Among the Jellyfish
Epilogue
Sources and Resources
Author Biography
Photo Credits