Greatly updated and expanded, this new edition of Biological Oceanography presents a current understanding of ocean ecology emphasizing the character of marine organisms from viruses to fish and worms, together with their significance to their habitats and to each other. This new edition of Biological Oceanography has been greatly updated and expanded since its initial publication in 2004. It presents current understanding of ocean ecology emphasizing the character of marine organisms from viruses to fish and worms, together with their significance to their habitats and to each other. Preface to the second editionAcknowledgements1. Ocean ecology: some fundamental aspects2. The phycology of phytoplankton3. Habitat determinants of primary production in the sea4. Numerical models: the standard form of theory in pelagic ecology5. A sea of microbes: archaea, bacteria, protists, and viruses in the marine pelagial6. The zoology of zooplankton7. Production ecology of marine zooplankton8. Population biology of zooplankton9. Pelagic food webs10. Biogeography of pelagic habitats11. Biome and province analysis of the oceans12. Adaptive complexes of meso- and bathypelagic organisms13. The fauna of deep-sea sediments14. Some benthic community ecology15. Submarine hydrothermal vents16. Ocean ecology and global climate change17. Fisheries oceanographyReferencesIndex