Foreword; Preface ; Prologue; Introduction; History of Marine
Biology and Oceanography; The Tools of the Trade; Anatomy of the
Sea (Regions of the Sea); Life in the Sea Plankton; Life in the Sea
- Nekton; Life in the Sea - Benthos; Playing Hide-and-Seek
(Camouflage); Midnight's Children (Bioluminescence); Body Clocks
(Biorhythms); Why do Fish Drink? (Osmotic Regulation); The
Not-so-Silent Sea (Noises in the Sea); Little Grains of Sand
(Beaches); Playing about with Beaches (Beach Processes); The Soft
Sea-bed (Sea-bottom Sediments); The Anatomy of Coral Reefs (Coral
Reef Topography and Formation); Where the Twain do Meet
(Estuaries); Wealth from the Sea
(Marine Resources); Methods of Fishing; Energy from the Sea
(Electricity Generation); Windmills of the Gods (Winds); Rhythms of
the Sea (Tides); The Sea in Motion (Waves); Waves Inside the Sea
(Undersea Waves); The Killer Wave (Tsunami); Rivers in the Sea
(Surface Currents); Deep Circulation in the Oceans; Silent
Waterfalls in the Sea (Upwelling); The Salty Sea (Chemistry of Sea
Water); The Healing Sea (Marine Pharmacy); The Sea-level Paradox;
The Name Game (Biological Nomenclature); What's in
a Name? (Taxonomy and Nomenclature); The Ladder of Life (Biological
Classification); King Neptune's Festival of Lights (Unusual
Phenomena); The Silent Sentinels (Lighthouses); About b(u)oys and
gulls
(Navigation buoys); Why do people drown? (Drowning accidents and
their Prevention); Mapping the Sea (Nautical Charts); The Wandering
Continents (Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift); Ship 'Watches'
(Time on Board Ship); Communication at Sea; 'A' is for Anchor, 'B'
is for Boat (Maritime Miscellany); Epilogue; Acknowledgements;
Further Reading; Appendix; Index
B.F. Chhapgar, a renowned marine biologist, was curator of the Taraporevala Aquarium in the 1950s and 1960s and later, Research Officer-in-charge of the Taraporevala Marine Biological Station before joining Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
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