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karst Kowloon Peninsula 99 Laptev Sea 422, 425 limpet lovely hatchetfish 347
Ha Long Bay 102 Kra, Isthmus of 465 Larosterna inca 397 blue-rayed 147, 148 Low Country, South Carolina
Krabi Coast 99 Krabi Coast 99 Larsen Ice Shelf 192, 193, 486, 487 common 284 127
Kashevarov Bank 461 krait, sea, yellow-lipped 368, Larsen Ice Shelf 484 kelp 148 Loyalty Islands 473, 481
katabatic wind 193 374 Larsen Sound 424, 426 slipper, sex change 279 luciferin 224
Kathetostoma laeve 364 krill Larus argentatus 396 Limos 439 lugworm 125, 274, 313
Kathiawar Peninsula 449 Antarctic 199, 291, 295 Larus atricilla 397 limpets, feeding 278 Luidia ciliaris 308
Kattegat 432, 433 and water temperature 291 Larus marinus 396 Limpopo River 158 Luitpold 484
Kaua‘i 468 Kronotskiy Zaliv 458, 461 Lasaea rubra, in black tufted Limulus polyphemus 293 lumpsucker 147, 358
Kavachi volcano 472 Kronprinsesse Martha Kyst 484 lichen 255 Lincoln Sea 425 lures, bioluminescent 225
Kazan-retto 464, 466 Kure Atoll 468 Lassiter Coast 484 Lindesnes 433 Lutjanus kasmira 359
keel-billed toucan 132 Kuril Gap 461 Latady Island 484 Line Islands 457, 476 Lutra lutra 402
keelworm 143 Kurile Basin 456, 461 lateral-line 323, 336 lined chiton 289 Luzon 465, 466
Kellett, Cape 424, 426 Kurile Harbor seal 460 Laticauda colubrina 374 Lineus longissimus 273 Luzon Ridge 465, 466
kelps 234 Kurile Islands 422, 456, 460, 461 Latimeria chalumnae 340 Lingga, Kepulauan 451, 465 Lyddan Island 484
kelp Kurile Trench 422, 456, 458, 460, Latimeria menadoensis 340 linguid brachiopod 315 Lyra Basin 466
Asian 150 461 Lau Basin 473, 476, 481 Linnaean hierarchy 206 Lyra Reef 466, 473
bull 150, 151 Kuroshio Current 58, 59, 66, 456, Lau Group 473, 476, 481 Linnaeus, Carolus (1707–78) 206
giant 146–47, 151, 238, 240– 457, 459, 460, 464, 467 Lau Ridge 473, 476, 480, 481 lionfish 357
41 Kuroshio Extension 456, 459 laughing gull 397 Red Sea 158, 210
destruction by purple sea Kuskokwim Bay 458 Laurasia 45 Lisburne, Cape 424 M
urchin 310 Kvitøya 425, 427 Laurentia 44 Lisianski Island 468
sea otters 402 Kwajalein Atoll 161, 467 Laurentian Fan 431 lithosphere 42 Mabahiss Fracture Zone 455
split-fan 148 Kyushu 456, 460, 464, 466 Laurentian Trough 431 Litke Trough 425, 427 macaque, rhesus 134
sugar 148 Kyushu-Palau Ridge 456, 464, Laurentide Ice Sheet 46, 431 Little America Basin 485 macaroni penguin 383
kelp anemone 147 465, 466, 467 lava Little Bahama Bank 156, 441 Macclesfield Bank 465
kelp fly 290, 304 basaltic 38–39, 42 little egret 390 Mackenzie Bay 422, 483
kelp forests 146–47, 148 sand 112 little penguin 383 Mackenzie King Island 424, 426
kelp limpet 148 pillow 185, 456 Littorina littorea 285 Mackenzie River delta, discharge
kemp Ridley turtle see Atlantic L lava flow live sharksucker 360 into Arctic Ocean 63
Ridley Turtle Galapagos Islands 21 lizard, water monitor 134 mackerel shark 323
Kenai Peninsula 459 L’Haridon Bight 111 Hawaii 38–39, 103 lizardfish mackerel, Atlantic 365
Kerala backwaters 121 La Nao, Cabo de 438 Laver 245 highfin 177 Macquarie Island 481
Kerch Strait 439 La Niña 69 laverbread 245 reef 347 Macquarie Ridge 456, 480, 481
Kerguelen 447, 483 La Palma 436 Lavoisier Island 484 lizards 368–69 Macrocheira kaempferi 297
Kerguelen Hotspot 451 La Palma, Canary Islands 437 Laysan Island 468 lobe-finned fish 227 Macrocystis pyrifera 238, 310
Kerguelen Plateau 422, 447, 482, La Pérouse Seamount 454 Lazarev Sea 429, 482 see also coelacanth Macronectes giganteus 388
483 La Perouse Strait 461 Leach’s storm petrel 389 Lobodon carcinophagus 405 Macropodia rostrata 300
Kermadec Islands 476, 481 La Plata dolphin 118 leaf-scaled sea snake 375 lobster Madagascar 422, 446, 455
Kermadec Ridge 481 Labrador Basin 423, 429 leafy seadragon 356 Caribbean spiny, migration 220 mangroves 134
Kermadec Trench 422, 457, 476, Labrador Current 59, 116, 195, least auklet 399 common 297 Madagascar Basin 422, 446, 454
481 426, 431 least tern 126 Norway 145 Madagascar fish-eagle 134
Kermadec–Tonga Trench 480 Labrador Sea 423, 429 leatherback turtle 113, 371 packhorse 15 Madagascar heron 134
keys see cays Labroides dimidiatus 361 migration 220 spiny 297 Madagascar Plateau 422, 446, 454
Khambhat, Gulf of 449 Labrus mixtus 361 Leeward Islands 441 squat 143, 175, 178, 179 Madagascar teal 134
Khayyam Seamount 469, 478 labyrinthulids 254 lemon shark 323 violet-spotted reef 230–31 Madeira 436
Kiel Bay 433 Labyrinthuloides species 254 lemon sponge 259 Loch Carron, biodiversity 211 Madeira Plain 423, 429, 436
Kiel Canal 432 Laccadive Islands 447, 448, 449, Lena River, discharge into Arctic Lofoten Maelstrom 80 Madeira Ridge 436
Kikori River 135 455 Ocean 200, 424 loggerhead turtle 370 Madeleine, Îles de la 431
Kilauea, volcano 38–39, 103, 468 ladyfish 341 Lena Seamount 446 Loligo vulgaris 289 Madingley Rise 454
killer whale 415 Laeso 433 Lena Trough 425, 427 Lolland 433 Madrakah, Ra’s 449
Kinabatangan Mangroves 135 Laetmogone violacea 312 leopard seal 405 Lombok Basin 451 Madrepora oculata 179
King Island 480 Lagoa dos Patos 117 Lepadogaster lepadogaster 352 Lombok, seagrass 149 maelstrom 80
king penguin 382 lagoons Lepidochelys kempi 371 Lomonosov Ridge 425 maerl 144, 148, 245
King Peninsula 484 coastal 115 Leptonychotes weddell 405 Lomonsov Ridge 424 Maewo 473
king ragworm 275 coral reef 152, 154 Les Pitons, St. Lucia 95 London Reefs 465 Mafia 454
king scallop see great scallop Laguna de Términos 148 Lesbos 439 Londonderry, Cape 451, 472 Magellan Rise 476
King William Island 424, 426 Laguna Madre 117 Lesser Antilles 440, 441 Long Bay 441 Magellan Seamounts 456, 466
kingfisher Laguna San Ignacio 123 volcanic arc 95 Long Island 431, 441 Magellan, Ferdinand (c.1480–
collared 399 Laizhou Wan 464 Lesser Sunda Islands 451, 472 long-finned pilot whale 418 1521) 444, 456, 477
pied 399 Lake Alexandrina 121 Lessonia variegata 150 long-legged spider crab 300 Magellan, Strait of 444
red-breasted paradise 135 Lake Okeechobee 132 Leucetta species 259 long-snouted spinner dolphin Magellanic flightless steamer
kingfishers 380 Laminaria hyperborea 148 Levantine Basin 439 414 duck 381
Kingman Reef 476 Laminaria ochroleuca 148 levees, New Orleans 73 long-spined bullhead 357 Magellanic penguin 383
Kings Trough 436, 437 Laminaria pallida 148 Leven Bank 454 long-spined sea urchin 310 magma 42, 185
kinorhynchs 313 Laminaria saccharina 148 Lexington Seamount 465 longfin bannerfish 160, 161 magnesium, in seawater 32
Kiritimati 476 Laminariales 146, 238 Leyte 465, 466 longnose sawshark 326 magnetite, in cetacean brains
Kiska Island 458 lamp shell 315 Liaodong 464 longshore drift 93, 106 417
kite, Brahminy 393 lampern 319 lichen 254 Lontra felina 402 magnificent feather duster 275
kittiwake, black-legged 397 Lampetra fluviatilis 319 black tar 255 Lookout, Cape 431 Mahabiss Fracture Zone 447
Kitty Hawk Seamount 465 lamprey 318 black tufted 255 loon, common 386 Mahana Beach see Green Sand
Klaipeda Strait 119 Humber Estuary 119 gray 255 loons (sea birds) 378–379, 380, Beach, Papakolea Beach
Knipovich Ridge 425, 427 river see lampern yellow splash 255 391 Maine, Gulf of 431
Knipovich Seamount 442 sea 319 Lichina confinis 233 Lopez, Cap 443 Majorca 438
knotted wrack 239 Lampris guttatus 348 Lichina pygmae 255 lophelia coral 178, 179, 269 Majuro Atoll 161, 467
Knowles, Cape 484 Lana‘i 468 life Lophelia pertusa 153, 178, 179, Makarov Basin 424, 425
Knox, Cape 459 Lancaster Sound 426 ocean, history 226–229 269 Makarov Seamount 456, 466
Ko Samui 465 Lancaster Trough 426 origin 226 Lophius piscatorius 351 Makassar Strait 451, 456, 465, 472
Kodiak Island 457, 459 lancelet 319 Ligeti Ridge 445, 484 Lord Howe Island 480, 481 Makran Coast 449
Kodiak Seamounts 459 anatomy 318 light-mantled sooty albatross 386 Lord Howe Rise 422, 456, 481 Malacca, Strait of 447, 450, 465
Kolbeinsey Ridge 425, 430 land uplift, and sea-level change light, wavelength 36–37 Lord Howe Seamounts 481 Malacosteus niger 347
Komandorskiye Ostrova 458, 461 88–89 Lighthouse Reef 156–57 Los Roques Basin 441 Malaita 473
Komoë River 121 Land’s End 432, 437 Ligia oceanica 295 Los Roques, Islas 441 Malay Peninsula 447, 465
Korea Bay 464 Landlady’s Wig 238 Ligurian Sea 438 Lost Dutchmen Ridge 451 Malden Island 476
Korea Strait 460, 464, 466 Langebaan Lagoon 148 Liman Current 150 Loubet Coast 484 Maldives 159, 447, 448, 455
Korean Plateau 460, 464 Langmuir circulation cells 61 limestone Lougheed Island 424, 426 Maldives anemonefish 218
Korff Ice Rise 484 lanternfish 233 Amalfi Coast 97 Louisiade Archipelago 472, 473 Malekula 473
Koro Sea 473, 476, 481 spotted 347 chemical erosion see karst Louisiade Plateau 473 Malin Head 432
Kosrae 467 lanternshark, velvet belly 326 limey petticoat 238 Louisville Ridge 422, 457, 476, Mallorca Channel 438
Kotzebue Sound 424 Lanzarote 437 Limonium vulgare 252 480, 481 Mallotus villosus 345