Jeffrey S. Levinton is distinguished professor of ecology and evolution at Stony Brook University (PhD Yale, 1971). His research focuses mainly on the population and community-level processes of marine-bottom species, including such important East Coast species as bivalves (like oysters) and fiddler crabs.

• 1. Sounding the Deep: Marine Biology as a Discipline2. The Oceanic Environment3. Climate Oscillations and Climate Change4. Ecological and Evolutionary Principles of Marine Biology5. The Chemical and Physical Environment6. Life in a Fluid Medium7. Reproduction, Dispersal, and Migration8. Plankton9. Marine Vertebrates and Other Nekton10. The Open Sea11. Processes in the Water Column12. Productivity, Food Webs, and Global Climate Change13. Benthic Microorganisms, Seaweeds, and Sea Grasses14. The Diversity of Benthic Marine Invertebrates15. Benthic Life Habits16. The Tidelands17. The Shallow Coastal Subtidal18. Benthos from the Continental Shelf to the Deep Sea19. Polar Marine Biology20. Biodiversity and Conservation of the Ocean21. Fisheries and Food from the Sea22. Environmental Impacts of Industrial Activities and Human Populations

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