| | Baseline Report of the Census of Marine Life |
| | 1,39 | | MB |
| | 33 | | stron |
| | 4860 | | ID | Census of Marine Life, Consortium for Oceanographic Research and |
| | 2003 | | rok | Education |
| | CONTENTS |
| | Foreword.2 |
| | Summary.3 |
| | The Unknown Ocean: Baseline Report of the Census of Marine Life4 |
| | I. Separating the Known, Unknown, and Unknowable5 |
| | II. The Dimensions7 |
| | Size |
| | Time |
| | III. Three Large Tasks9 |
| | What did live in the oceans? |
| | What lives in the oceans now? |
| | What will live in the oceans of the future? |
| | IV. The Baseline of Known, Unknown, and Unknowable Life in Six Ocean Realms11 |
| | The Human Edges |
| | Nearshore |
| | Coastal |
| | The Hidden Boundaries |
| | Continental Margins |
| | Abyssal Plains |
| | The Central Waters |
| | The Light Zone |
| | The Dark Zone |
| | The Active Geology - Seamounts, Vents and Seeps |
| | The Ice Oceans - Arctic and Antarctic |
| | The Microscopic |
| | V. Technology for Discoveries23 |
| | Commercial and Military Sound |
| | Light |
| | Telemetry |
| | Genetics |
| | Conclusion.25 |
| | Glossary.26 |
| | Bibliography.27 |
| | Acknowledgments..28 |