Acknowledgments.

1. The spring phytoplankton bloom.

2. The phycology of phytoplankton.

3. Habitat determinants of primary production in the sea.

4. Numerical models – the standard form of theory in pelagic ecology.

5. The microbial loop – bacteria, bacteriovores, and viruses in the marine pelagial.

6. The zoology of zooplankton.

7. Production ecology of marine zooplankton.

8. Population biology of zooplankton.

9. Biogeography of pelagic habitats.

10. Biome and province analysis of the oceans.

11. Adaptive complexes of mid-water organisms.

12. The fauna of deep-sea sediments.

13. Benthic community ecology.

14. Submarine hydrothermal vents.

15. Fisheries oceanography.

16. Ocean ecology and global climate change.

References.

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