Table Of ContentOcean
a visual encyclopedia
Ocean
a children’s encyclopedia
Contents
Written by John Woodward
Consultant Professor Dorrik Stow
Senior Editor Shaila Brown
US Editor Jenny Siklós
Senior Designer Smiljka Surla
Managing Editor Paula Regan ATLAS OF THE OCEANS 6
Managing Art Editor Owen Peyton Jones
Cartographer Simon Mumford
Jacket Design Development Manager Sophia MTT Oceans of the world 8
Jacket Editor Claire Gell
Jacket Designer Laura Brim Arctic Ocean 10
Producer, Pre-production Gillian Reid
Atlantic Ocean 12
Senior Producer Mary Slater
Senior Picture Researcher Rob Nunn Indian Ocean 14
Publisher Andrew Macintyre
Pacific Ocean 16
Deputy Art Director Karen Self
Associate Publishing Director Liz Wheeler Southern Ocean 18
Design Director Stuart Jackman
Publishing Director Jonathan Metcalf
BLUE PLANET 20
DK India
Project Editor Antara Moitra
Senior Art Editor Chhaya Sajwan
Planet ocean 22
Assistant Editor Tejaswita Payal
Art Editors Parul Gambhir, Astha Singh, Pooja Pipil How oceans formed 24
Assistant Art Editors Roshni Kapur, Riti Sodhi,
Meenal Goel, Priyansha Tuli New land 26
Managing Editor Pakshalika Jayaprakash Ocean floor 28
Managing Art Editor Arunesh Talapatra
Production Manager Pankaj Sharma Mid-ocean ridges 30
Pre-production Manager Balwant Singh
The deepest depths 32
DTP Designers Mohammad Usman, Dheeraj Singh,
Nand Kishor Acharya Grinding plates 34
Senior Picture Researcher Sumedha Chopra
Evolving oceans 36
Picture Researchers Deepak Negi, Nishwan Rasool
Picture Research Manager Taiyaba Khatoon Tsunamis 38
First American Edition, 2015 Hotspots 40
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Waves 56
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A WORLD OF IDEAS:
SEE ALL THERE IS TO KNOW
THE OPEN OCEAN 68
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Depth zones 70
Sunlit zone 72
THE SMITHSONIAN Zooplankton 74
Established in 1846, the Smithsonian—the world’s largest museum
and research complex—includes 19 museums and galleries and the National Drifting jellies 76
Zoological Park. The total number of artifacts, works of art, and specimens in
the Smithsonian’s collection is estimated at 137 million. The Smithsonian is a The food chain 78
renowned research center, dedicated to public education, national service,
Hungry schools 80
and scholarship in the arts, sciences, and history.
Oceanic hunters 82 Shore crabs 170
Bait ball 84 Estuaries and mudflats 172
Sharks 86 Deltas 174
Filter-feeding giants 88 Salt marshes 176
Baleen whales 90 Mangrove swamps 178
Lunge-feeding whales 92 Scarlet ibis 180
Toothed whales and dolphins 94 Seagrass beds 182
Ocean birds 96 Sea snakes and crocodiles 184
Twilight zone 98
Dark zone 100 POLAR SEAS 186
Ocean floor life 102
Life on black smokers 104 Polar extremes 188
Sea ice 190
SHALLOW SEAS 106 Life under the ice 192
Crabeater seals and penguins 194
Fertile waters 108 Sleek hunters 196
The seabed 110 Antarctic hunters 198
Seaweeds 112 Antarctic islands 200
Kelp forests 114 Glaciers and ice shelves 202
Sea otter 116 Icebergs 204
Seafloor fish 118 Blue icebergs 206
Sea snails and clams 120 Arctic seals 208
Squid, octopus, and cuttlefish 122 Icy nurseries 210
Hatching octopus 124 Hunters on the ice 212
Prawns, lobsters, and crabs 126 Humans on the ice 214
Starfish, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers 128
Jellyfish and anemones 130 OCEANS AND US 216
Corals and coral reefs 132
The Great Barrier Reef 134 Voyages of discovery 218
Reef fish 136 Ocean science 220
Reef invertebrates 138 Scuba diving 222
Giant clam 140 Deep-sea submersibles 224
Atolls and lagoons 142 Historic shipwrecks 226
Minerals from the oceans 228
COAST AND SEASHORE 144 Energy from the oceans 230
Fishing 232
Tides 146 Stilt fishing 234
Wave power 148 Ocean trade 236
Cliffs and caves 150 Oceans in danger 238
Twelve apostles 152 Climate change 240
Rocky shore life 154 Marine conservation 242
Tide pools 156 Captive breeding 244
Beaches, dunes, and spits 158
Hidden riches 160 Glossary 246
Shorebirds 162 Index 250
Oystercatchers 164 Acknowledgments 256
Seabird colonies 166
Sea turtles 168
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More than two-thirds of Earth’s surface is covered by seawater. Most of the
water lies in the five deep oceans, but there are many shallow coastal seas
covering the world’s continental shelves. There are also several seas that
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