Includes bibliographical references (p. {367}-391) and index.

The spring phytoplankton bloom -- The phycology of phytoplankton -- Habitat determinants of primary production in the sea -- Numerical models - the standard form of theory in pelagic ecology -- The microbial loop - bacteria, bacteriovores, and viruses in the marine pelagial -- The zoology of zooplankton -- Population biology of zooplankton -- Biogeography of pelagic habitats -- Biome and province analysis of the oceans -- Adaptive complexes of mid-water organisms -- The fauna of deep-sea sediments -- Benthic community ecology -- Submarine hydrothermal vents -- Fisheries oceanography -- Ocean ecology and global climate change.