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Page numbers in bold indicate albatross amplitude, wave 76 Antarctic fur seal 403 ASCAT 54
feature profiles or extended black-browed 185, 201, 378, 387 ampullae of Lorenzini 323 Antarctic Ice Sheet 46, 482 Ascension Fracture Zone 423,
treatments of a topic. Page black-footed 386 Amsterdam Fracture Zone 447 Antarctic ice shelves 192–93 429, 443
numbers in italic indicate pages gray-headed 201 Amsterdam Island 447 Antarctic krill 199 Ascension Island 185, 442, 443
on which the topic is illustrated. light-mantled sooty 386 Amukta Pass 458 Antarctic Peninsula 423, 457, 483, Ascophyllum nodosum 239
short-tailed 386 Amund Ringnes Island 426 484 Asia 425
wandering 387 Amundsen Gulf 424, 426 Antarctic Plate 423, 444, 445, asthenosphere 42
A albatrosses 380 Amundsen Plain 423, 457, 483, Antarctica 45 Astra racing yacht 57
482
Astrid Ridge 429
485
albedo 46, 65

Albina, Ponta 443 Amundsen Sea 423, 457, 483, Antarctic Canyon 484 Astrobranchion adhaerens 309
Alboran Sea 438 484 anthozoans 261 Atacama Trench see Peru–Chile
abalone, red 284 Trench
Aberdeen Harbor, Hong Kong Albula vulpes 341 Amundsen Trough 424, 426 Antialtair Seamount 436
99 Alcock Rise 450 Amundsen, Roald (1872–1928) Anticosti, Île d’ 431 Atafu Atoll 476
Abrolhos Bank 442 Alcyonidium diaphanum 305 426, 485 anticyclones 55 Atia 476
Alcyonium digitatum 264 Amur River 65 and downwelling 60 Atka Island 458
Abudefduf saxatilis 360
abyssal plain 176, 177, 182 Aldabra Atoll 158 Anadyr, Gulf of 457, 458 Antillean manatee 132, 133 Atlantic cod 348
Aldabra Group 454 Anarhichus lupus 361 Antilles 440 Atlantic Conveyor 61, 62–63,
abyssal zone 168, 171, 219
Abyssobrotula galatheae 183 Aleutian Basin 422, 457, 458 Anatolian Plate 439 Antipathes pennacea 270 430
Acadia National Park 94 Aleutian Current 459 Anaximander Ridge 439 Antipodes Islands 481 Atlantic flyingfish 352
Acanthaster planci 309 Aleutian Islands 422, 457, 458, Anchoveta, Peruvian 344 Anton Bruun Ridge 454 Atlantic guitarfish 333
Acanthephyra pelagica 296 459 Andaman Basin 447, 450 Anurida maritima 304 Atlantic herring 344
acanthodians 227 Aleutian Rise 458 Andaman Islands 447, 450 Anvers Island 484 Atlantic jackknife clam 281
accretion, cold 40 Aleutian Trench 422, 457, 458, Andaman Sea 422, 447, 450 Aphrodita aculaeta 274 Atlantic mackerel 365
Acetabularia acetabulum 247 459, 461 coral reefs 159 Aplysia punctata 286 Atlantic Ocean 428–31
Alex Heiberg Island 425, 426 Andes Mountains 479 Apogon aureus 359 central 442–43
acidification, ocean 67
Acipenser sturio 340 Alexander Archipelago 459 andesite 43 Appendicularian 319 circulation 428
Alexander Island 483, 484 Andreanof Islands 458 Aptenodytes forsteri 383 depth 169
Acklins Island 441
acoel flatworm 271 algae Andrew Seamount 446 Aptenodytes patagonicus 382 east 437
acorn barnacle 294 blue-green 233 Andrew Tablemount 449 Apulian Plateau 439 icebergs 195, 428
acorn worm 313, 314 green 248 Andros Island 441 Aqaba, Gulf of 448 north 430
Acropora hyacinthus 268 mudflats 125 Anegada Gap 441 Arabian Basin 422, 447, 448, northwestern 431
Actinia equina 266 symbiotic partnership 248 Anegada Passage 441 449 ocean floor 428
Adamsia palliata 267 algal bloom, Chesapeake Bay 116 anemone Arabian Gulf 99 opening 45
Adare Seamounts 485 Algarve 437 Antarctic 267 Arabian Peninsula 422, 446 temperature 31, 34
Adare, Cape 483, 485 Algarve, Western, marine erosion beadlet 266 Arabian Plate 423, 448 water density layers 35
Adelaide Island 484 97 cloak 267 Arabian Sea 422, 447, 448, 449 winds 428
adelie penguin 379 Algerian Basin 438 giant 266 Arafura Sea 422, 451, 456, 472, Atlantic Plate 440
Aden, Gulf of 422, 446, 448 alginate extraction 151 jewel 143, 267 473 Atlantic puffin 399
Admiralty Island 459 Alix Seamount 455 kelp 147 Arafura Shelf 456, 472 Atlantic Ridley turtle 371
Adocia species 259 all-terrain vehicles, effect on sand plumose 267 Arcachon Lagoon, Cap Ferret Atlantic sailfish 365
Adriatic Basin 439 dunes 113 tube 177, 270 110 Atlantic salmon 346
Adriatic Sea 120, 438 Allis Shad 344 anemone shrimp 12–13, 296 archaea 232, 233 Atlantic saury 352
Aegean microplate 439 Alosa alosa 344 anemonefish archaeocyathids 227 Atlantic thorny oyster 280
Aegean Sea 438, 439 Alpha Cordillera 424, 425 false clown 360 archerfish, banded 131 Atlantic torpedo 334
Aegean Volcanic Arc 439 Alphecca Seamount 469 Maldives 218 Archipiélago de Camagüey 441 Atlantic–Indian Basin 422, 429,
Aegir Ridge 430, 432 Alpine Fault, New Zealand 480 angelfish, queen 154, 359 Archipiélago de Sabana 441 446
Aeoliscus strigatus 357 Altair Seamount 436 angelshark 323 Arctic Basin, circulation 201 Atlantic–Indian Ridge 423, 429,
Aethia cristatella 399 Alula-Fartak Trench 449 angiosperms 146, 250 Arctic char 346 446, 482
Aethia pusilla 399 Aluterus scriptus 366 angler 222, 351 Arctic Ocean 424–25 Atlantis Fracture Zone 429, 436
Aetobatus narinari 335 Alvarado Mangroves Ecoregion deep-sea 225, 350 circulation 200–201 Atlasov Island 460
African Plate 423, 437, 438, 439, 132 hairy 350 deep-water 201 atmosphere, Earth 41, 43, 226
442, 455 Alvarado Ridge 479 humpback see common surface 200 atmospheric cells 54
Africana Seamount 446 alveolates 236 blackdevil currents 425 atmospheric circulation 54
Agadir Canyon 437 Alvin submersible 168, 171, 173, Regan’s 351 depth 169 Atol das Rocas 442
Agalega Islands 454 182–83, 188 Anglesey 432 formation 45 atoll formation 152
Agassiz Fracture Zone 423, Alvinella pompejana 171, 275 Angola Basin 423, 429, 442, 443 ocean floor 424 atoll, raised 158
457 Amalfi Coast, marine erosion 97 Angria Bank 449 salinity 65 Atrolium robustum 319
Agassiz, Cape 484 Amami-O-shima 464, 466 Anguilla anguilla 342 sea-ice 63, 199, 424 Attu Island 458
Agattu Island 458 Amazon Estuary 118, 440 anhinga 132 winds 425 ATVs see all-terrain vehicles
Aghulas Current 446, 447, freshwater inflow 65 anhydrite, hydrothermal vents Arctic tern, migration 220 Auckland Islands 481
455 Amazon Fan 429, 442 188 Arctocephalus australis 403 auklet
Aglaeophenia cupressina 262 Amazon, Mouths of the 442 animals 256–57 Arctocephalus gazella 403 crested 399
Agulhas Basin 422, 446 Amblyrynchus cristatus 376 bottom-living see benthos Ardea cinerea 390 least 399
Agulhas Plateau 446 Ambulocetus 228 classification 207–209 Arenaria interpres 395 auks 380
Aipysurus foliosquama 375 Amchitka Island 458 diversity 256 Arenas, Punta de 444 Aulostomus maculatus 356
Aipysurus laevis 375 Amchitka Pass 458 reproduction 257 Arenicola marina 274 Aurelia aurita 262
air sacs, sea birds 378 America–Antarctica Ridge 423, Anjouan 454 Argentine Basin 423, 429 Austral Fracture Zone 477
Aitutaki 476 429, 482 Anjuna Beach 111 Argo Fracture Zone 447, 455 Australes, Îles 476
Ajo, Cabo de 437 American crocodile 132, 133, Ankabna, Tanjona 454 Argyropelecus aculeatus 347 Australia, southeast 480
Akademii Nauk Rise 461 377 Anna Trough 427 Aristotle’s lantern 307 Australian giant cuttlefish 289
Akademik Kurchatov Fracture American horseshoe crab 293 Anning, Mary (1799–1847) 228 Arnhem Land 472 Australian pelican, Coorong
Zone 436 American lobster 313 Annobón 443 Arnhem, Cape 472 Lagoon 121
Akpatok Island 426 Amirante Basin 454 Anoplogaster cornuta 353 Arothron stellatus 367 Australian Plate 423, 446, 451,
Åland 433 Amirante Islands 454 Anous stolidus 397 arthropods 290–92 472, 473, 480
Alaska Current 457, 459 Amirante Ridge 454 Anseropoda placenta 308 anatomy 290 Australian sea lion 404–405
Alaska Peninsula 459 Amirante Trench 454 Antalya Basin 439 classification 208, 292 autonomous underwater vehicle
Alaska Plain 457, 459 Ammodytes tobianus 364 Antalya, Gulf of 439 feeding 290 187, 485
Alaska Seamount Province, Gulf ammonites 228, 229 Antarctic anemone 267 growth 291 autotomy 286
of 459 Ammophila arenaria 109, 113, 251 Antarctic Circumpolar Current lifestyle 292 Aves Ridge 441
Alaska, Gulf of 423, 457, 459 Ampere Seamount 437 195, 201, 428, 444, 456, 482 reproduction 292, 294 avocet, pied 394
Alaskan brown bear 129 Amphibolis antarctica 150 Antarctic Coastal Current 201 Aru, Kepulauan 472 Awaji Island 83
Alaskan mudflats 129 Amphiprion ocellaris 360 Antarctic Convergence 201 Aruba Gap 441 ayre see tombolo