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Derwent Hunter Guyot 481 Drachiella spectabilis 245 East Wind Drift 195 Ellsworth Land 483, 484 Euxine Plain 439
Deryugina Basin 461 Dragonfish 224 Easter Fracture Zone 423, 457, Elops saurus 341 Evadne nordmanni 293
deserts, ocean 219 Drake Passage 423, 429, 444, 457, 479 Eltanin Fracture Zone 423, 457, Evans Strait 426
Desmarestia aculeata 238 482 Easter Island 457, 479 483 evaporation 64–65
Desventurados, Islas de los 479 Drake Passage 444, 482 Easter Island Fracture Zone embayed beach 106, 111, 112, inverse estuary 122
Deutschland Canyon 484 Dreadnought Bank 450 479 113 evaporites, continental shelf 141
Devil’s Hole 433 drift-aligned beach 106 eastern box turtle 126 Emiliania huxleyi 237 Everard, Cape 480
devil’s-claw, grand 253 drift, continental 44–45 Eastern Mediterranean 438 emperor penguin 190–91, 192– Everglades 132–33
Devon Island 425, 426 Dronning Maud Land 484 Eastern Scheldt Estuary 119 93, 379, 383, 384–385 evolution, parallel 45
Devon Ria Coast 96 drowned valleys 88, 148 storm surge-barrier 104 Emperor Seamounts 422, 457, Exmouth Plateau 447, 451
Devon Shelf 425, 426 Ducie Island 477 Eastward Knoll 441 458, 461, 468 Explorer Plate 459
Devon Slope 425, 426 duck, Magellanic flightless Eauripik Rise 466 Emperor Trough 468 Explorer Seamount 459
Devonian steamer 381 Ebrié Lagoon 121 Emydocephalus annulatus 375 exquisite lined flatworm 272
ocean life 227 ducks 380 Ebro Fan 438 endemic species 218 extinction, mass 228, 229
plate tectonics 44 Dufek Coast 485 ecdysis 291 Enderbury Island 476 Exuma Sound 441
Devonshire cup coral 269 dugong 134, 150, 158, 401, Echeneis naucrates 360 Enderby Plain 422, 446, 483 Exuma Valley 441
dhows 449 419 Echidna catenata 342 Endurance Canyon 484 Exxon Valdez oil spill 459
Diadema savignyi 310 importance of seagrass 146 Echiniscoides sigismundi 316 Endurance Fracture Zone 444 eyelight fish 352
Diadema setosum 310 see also paddle weed Echiniscoides water bear 316 Endurance Ridge 445, 484
Diamantina Fracture Zone 447 Dugong dugon 419 Echinoderes aquilonius 316 energy cycles 212
diamond-backed terrapin 126 Dumbo octopus 288 echinoderms 306–307 Enewetak Atoll 161, 467
diamonds, Namibia 443 Dumont D’Urville Sea 483 anatomy 306 English Channel 432, 433, 437 F
diatoms 169, 181, 234, 235 Dumshaf Plain 425, 427 classification 208, 306 formation 96
siliceous 33 Dundee Island 444, 484 defense 307 English Coast 484 FAD see Fish Attracting Device
Dickins Seamount 459 dune buggies, effect on sand feeding 307 Engraulis ringens 344 Faeroe Bank 430, 432
Dictyocha fibula 237 dunes 113 reproduction 307 Enhalus acoroides 149 Faeroe Gap 430, 432
Diego Garcia 455 dune snail bee 304 Echinodiscus auritus 310 Enhydra lutris 402 Faeroe Islands 425
Diego Garcia Atoll 159 dunes see sand dunes Echinus esculentus 310 Enhydrina schistosa 374 Faeroe Shelf 430. 432
differentiation, Earth structure 40, Dungeness crab 123 Echninocardium cordatum 311 Ensius directus 281 Faeroe–Iceland Ridge 430, 432
41, 42–43 Dungeness Spit (Washington echolocation 37, 400 Entelurus aequoreus 356 Faeroe–Shetland Trough 425,
Digul River 135 State, US) 113 Ecklonia maxima 148 Enteroctopus dofleini 288 430, 432
bioluminescence 225 Dungeness, Punta 444 Ecklonia radiata 150 Enteromorpha species 246 Faial 436
sunlit zone 169 dunlin 395 ecotourism 475 Entrada, Punta 444 Fair Isle 433
Diodon hystrix 367 Durdle Door 92 eddies 79 Eocene, plate tectonics 45 fairy prion 388
Diomedea exulans 387 Durgin Seamount 459 Edgeøya 425, 427 epicontinental seas 45 fairy tern see white tern
Diphyllobothrium latum 272 Dustin Island 484 Ediacaran fauna 226 Epinephelus tukula 358 Fakaofo Atoll 476
Dipterus batis 333 edible crab 300 Eptatretus burgeri 319 Falkland Escarpment 429
Dirk Hartog Island 451 edible sea cucumber 312 Eptatretus stouti 319 Falkland Islands 423, 444, 482
discharge, river 32, 63, 65, 200, edible sea urchin 310 Equatorial Countercurrent 442, Falkland Plateau 429, 444, 445
424, 465 E Edward VII Peninsula 485 446, 447, 451, 473, 477 Falkland Trough 444
Discovery Basin 448 eel Equatorial Undercurrent 442, Falklands Current 444
Discovery Tablemounts 429 eagle banded snake 343 473 Falmouth Bay 148
dissipative beach 106, 108, 110, Singapore bald see Brahminy Chain moray 342 Eratosthenes Tablemount 439 false clown anemonefish 360
111, 112 kite conger 342 Erben Tablemount 469 Falster 433
diurnal tides 78 white-bellied sea 37 European 342 Eretmochelys imbricata 370 fan, outwash 176
divergent plate boundary 48 Eagle Ray 158, 160, 204 gulper 343 Erimo Seamount 461 fangtooth 171, 223
Divided Flatworm 272 Earth ribbon 342 erosion common 353
diving (human) atmosphere 41, 43 sand 364, 399 coastal defenses 105 Fantgataufa 477
decompression 35 convection 41 slender snipe 342 wave 93, 96–97 Faraday Fracture Zone 436
effect on environment 475 differentiation 41, 42–43 spotted garden 343 erosion gully 176 Farallon Plate 459
free 168 formation 40–41 eelgrass 148, 150, 250 Erromango 473, 481 Farewell Island 484
scuba 173, 475 internal heat 40 Eelpout 189 Error Tablemount 449 Farewell, Cape 481
tourism 475 origin of life 226 eels 339 Eschrichtius robustus 408 faros 159
Dixon Entrance 459 rotation 54 migration 220 Espichel, Cabo 437 Farquhar Group 454
DNA 206, 226 structure 41, 42–43 see also Sargasso Sea Espiritu Santo 473 Fartak, Ra’s 449
archaea 232 earthquakes 49 Efate 473 Estados, Isla de los 444 fast ice 198
Doberai 465 Gulf of California 469 Egeria Fracture Zone 447, 455 estuaries 114–15 fast-pulse coral 265
Dodecanese 439 Japan 460, 463 Egmont, Cape 481 environment 115 Fastnet Race 57
dog whelk 284 Peru–Chile Trench 479 egret formation 114 fault scarps 98
dogfish shark 323 East Atlantic red gurnard 358 great 125 inverse 122 faults
dogfish, piked 325 East Australian Current 66, 456, little 390 tectonic, San Francisco Bay Red Sea Coast 98
Dogger Bank 432, 433 457, 480 Pacific reef 390 123 transform 442
doldrums 428, 457 East Azores Fracture Zone 429, reddish 132 types 114 Faxaflói 430
Doldrums Fracture Zone 429 436, 437 egrets 380 Ethmodiscus rex 237 feather star
Dolicholaimus marioni 314 East Black Sea Escarpment 439 Egretta garzetta 390 Etmopterus spinax 326 passion flower 311
Dollerman Island 484 East Cape 481 Egretta sacra 390 Etna 438 tropical 311
dolphin East Caroline Basin 456, 466 eider Etolin Strait 458 feather stars 306
Chinese white 122 East China Sea 422, 456, 464, common 381 Eubalaena glacialis 408 Fernando do Noronha Plain 442
common bottlenose 123, 414 466 eiderdown 381 Euboea 439 Ferrat, Cap 438
common 26–27, 414 East Falkland 444 Eights Coast 484 Eucheuma cottonii 245 Ferraz Ridge 442
Indo-European humpback 414 East Greenland Current 59, 425, Eirik Ridge 429 Eucrossorhinus dasypogon 327 Ferrel cells 54
Irrawaddy 135 427, 430 Ekman spiral 58 Eudyptes chrysolophus 383 Ferris Seamount 479
La Plata 118 East Indiaman Ridge 447, 451 Ekman transport 58, 60 Eudyptula minor 383 fetch 76
long-snouted spinner 414 East Mariana Basin 456, 466 Ekman, Walfrid (1874–1954) 58 Eugenia, Punta 469 fiddler crab, ritual display 301
Risso’s 414 East Mexico Shelf 440 El Niño 68 eukaryotes 207, 226 Fieberling Tablemount 469
Dolphin and Union Strait 424, 426 East Novaya Zemlya Trough 425, Peru–Chile Trench 479 Eulalia viridis 274 Fifty Fathoms Flat, The 449
dolphinfish 360 427 El Niño Southern Oscillation 34, Euphausia superba 295 Fiji 422, 457
dolphins, echolocation 37, 400 East Pacific Rise 175, 185, 456, 68, 456 Euphrates see Tigris Euphrates Fiji Plate 473
Dominica Passage 441 478, 480 electrons 30 Delta Fiji Plateau 473
Donegal Bay 432 East Pacific Rise 423, 457, 469, elephant fish see plownose Euramerica 44 Filchner Ice Shelf 484
Dongjin estuary 129 478, 479, 483 chimaera Eurasian oystercatcher 378, 394 Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf 484
Dorchester, Cape 426 East Scotia Basin 429, 445, 482 Elephant Island 444, 484 Eurasian Plate 437, 438, 439, 448, filefish, scrawled 366
Doubtful Sound 123 East Scotia Ridge 445 elephant seal 222 451, 460 Fimbul Ice Shelf 484
Dover East Sea 422 collecting salinity and Europa, Île 454 Finland, Gulf of 433
Strait 433 East Sea/Sea of Japan see 150, temperature data 61 Europe 425 fins, fish 336
White Cliffs 96, 180 460 Northern 405 European eel 342 Fiordland 481
Dover, Strait of 433 East Sheba Ridge 449 pressure adaptations 35 European otter 402 fiordlands, Chile 103
downwelling 60 East Siberian Sea 422, 424 Eleuthera Island 441 European oyster 279 fiords 88, 114, 115, 140
epicontinental seas 45 East Tasman Plateau 480 Ellef Ringnes Island 426 European sturgeon 340 Alaska 459
Greenland Sea 427 East Thulean Rise 436 Ellesmere Island 423, 425, 426 Eurythenes 223 fire urchin 307