chapter 1 INHERENT OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF NON-SPHERICAL MARINE-LIKE PARTICLES — FROM THEORY TO OBSERVATION -- chapter 2 GLOBAL ECOLOGY OF THE GIANT KELP MACROCYSTIS: FROM ECOTYPES TO ECOSYSTEMS -- chapter 3 HABITAT COUPLING BY MID-LATITUDE, SUBTIDAL, MARINE MYSIDS: IMPORT-SUBSIDISED OMNIVORES -- chapter 4 USE OF DIVERSITY ESTIMATIONS IN THE STUDY OF SEDIMENTARY BENTHIC COMMUNITIES -- chapter 5 CORAL REEFS OF THE ANDAMAN SEA — AN INTEGRATED PERSPECTIVE -- chapter 6 THE HUMBOLDT CURRENT SYSTEM OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CHILE -- chapter 7 LOSS, STATUS AND TRENDS FOR COASTAL MARINE HABITATS OF EUROPE -- chapter 8 CLIMATE CHANGE AND AUSTRALIAN MARINE LIFE.