Author's note -- Prologue -- Part 1. Down through the layers -- The layers of the sea -- Surface waters: the Epipelagic (Euphotic) Zone -- Middle waters: the Mesopelagic (Disphotic) Zone -- Deep waters: the Bathypelagic (Aphotic) Zone -- Deeper waters: the Abyssopelagic Zone -- Deepest waters: the Hadal Zone -- Part 2. A fish-eat-fish world -- Planktonic dramas -- The cosmopolitan copepod -- Jellyfish: biding time -- Big sharks 1: the plankton-strainers -- Dancing with squid -- Big sharks 2: the flesh-eaters -- Killer whale vs shark -- Down deep with dragonfish -- The web -- Part 3. Trekking down the ridge -- The longest mountain chain in the world -- The world ocean floor -- Creatures in the sulfur garden -- Farther along the ridge and back in time -- Black smokers and new life-forms -- Life among the archaeans -- Part 4. Counting the citizens of the sea -- The census of marine life -- Finding a place for ocean citizens to live -- Deciding on the kind of ocean we want or life among the jellyfish -- Epilogue -- Sources and resources -- Index -- Photo credits.
Summary:
"Weaving together details from the latest scientific research about sharks, giant squid, dragonfish, huge tube worms, clams and tiny microbes of the deep-sea vents, Hoyt embarks on a magical journey roaming across the abyssal plains and descending into deep-sea trenches more than 20,000 feet down"--Publisher's description.
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