chapter OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE BENTHOS: ADAPTATION AND COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO HYPOXIA / chapter Introduction -- chapter The physical and geological nature of oxygen minimum zones Distribution, formation, and temporal stability of OMZs -- chapter OMZ sediments and the oceanographic environment -- chapter Historical aspects of OMZ exploration -- chapter ANTARCTIC MARINE BENTHIC DIVERSITY / chapter Marine diversity -- chapter The Southern Ocean -- chapter Methods Data compilation -- chapter Phylum Cnidaria -- chapter Phylum Priapula -- chapter Phylum Nemertea -- chapter Phylum Bryozoa -- chapter Phylum Chordata -- chapter Which taxa are important in the Southern Ocean? -- chapter Endemism -- chapter Concluding remarks -- chapter References -- chapter In?uence of marine allochthonous input on sandy beach communities / chapter Stranding of other organic material -- chapter THE EFFECTS OF SEDIMENTATION ON ROCKY COAST ASSEMBLAGES / chapter Sediment load to rocky coasts -- chapter Mechanisms by which sediments affect organisms on rocky coasts -- chapter Effects of sedimentation -- chapter EXOTIC MOLLUSCS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN: CURRENT STATUS AND PERSPECTIVES / chapter Introduction -- chapter Criteria for the selection of data -- chapter Detritus in the epilithic algal matrix and its use by coral reef shes / chapter Introduction -- chapter Detritus from dissolved organic matter -- chapter Ecology of whale falls at the deep-sea oor / chapter Trophic relationships on Southern California whale falls -- chapter Future directions -- chapter The diet of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the northeast Atlantic: a review / chapter Are porpoises opportunistic or selective predators? -- chapter Geographical variation -- chapter Seasonal variation -- chapter Interannual variation -- chapter Echolocation in porpoises.