CONTENTS:

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction

I. The environment

1. The bottom of the ocean
2. The third dimension
3. Ecology of the deep ocean

II. Biodiversity in the deep ocean

4. Phytoplankton
5. Radiolarians and tintinnids
6. Sponges
7. Cnidarians
8. Ctenophores
9. Worms
10. Molluscs
11. Arthropods
12. Echinoderms
13. Bryozoans
14. Brachiopods
15. Urochordates
16. Fishes
17. Marine retiles
18. Seabirds
19. Whales and dolphins

III. Humanity and the deep
20. Fishing and the future

Timeline