Alasdair McIntyre 
Life in the World’s Oceans 
Diversity, Distribution, and Abundance

Life in the World’s Oceans: Diversity, Abundance and
Distribution is a true landmark publication.

Comprising the synthesis and analysis of the results of the
Census of Marine Life this most important book brings together the
work of around 2000 scientists from 80 nations around the
globe.

The book is broadly divided into four sections, covering oceans
past, oceans present, oceans future and a final section covering
the utilisation of the data which has been gathered, and the
coordination and communication of the results.

Edited by Professor Alasdair Mcintyre, Marine Life is a book
which should find a place on the shelves of all marine scientists,
ecologists, conservation biologists, oceanographers, fisheries
scientists and environmental biologists. All universities and
research establishments where biological, earth and fisheries
science are studied and taught should have copies of this essential
book on their shelves.

* A true landmark publication

* One of the most important marine science books ever
published

* Contributions from many world leading researchers

* Synthesis of a huge amount of important data

* Represents the culmination of 10 years’ research by 2000
scientists from 80 countries

Table of Content

Foreword.

Introduction.

Acknowledgments.

Contributors.

The Scientific Steering Committee of the Census of Marine
Life.

PART I Oceans Past.

1 Marine Animal Populations: A New Look Back in Time.

PART II Oceans Present – Geographic Realms.

2 Surveying Nearshore Biodiversity.

3 Biodiversity Knowledge and its Application in the Gulf of
Maine Area.

4 Coral Reef Biodiversity.

5 New Perceptions of Continental Margin Biodiversity.

6 Biodiversity Patterns and Processes on the Mid- Atlantic
Ridge.

7 Life on Seamounts.

8 Diversity of Abyssal Marine Life.

9 Biogeography, Ecology, and Vulnerability of Chemosynthetic
Ecosystems in the Deep Sea.

10 Marine Life in the Arctic.

11 Marine Life in the Antarctic.

PART III Oceans Present – Global Distributions.

12 A Global Census of Marine Microbes.

13 A Census of Zooplankton of the Global Ocean.

PART IV Oceans Present – Animal Movements.

14 Tracking Fish Movements and Survival on the Northeast Pacific
Shelf.

15 A View of the Ocean from Pacific Predators.

PART V Oceans Future.

16 The Future of Marine Animal Populations.

PART VI Using the Data.

17 Data Integration: The Ocean Biogeographic Information
System.

Index.

About the author

Professor Alasdair Mc Intyre is based at the Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK