Part I : Oceans past. Marine animal populations : a new look back in time
Part II : Oceans present - geographic realms. Surveying nearshore biodiversity ; Biodiversity knowledge and its application in the Gulf of Maine area ; Coral reef biodiversity ; New perceptions of continental margin biodiversity ; Biodiversity patterns and processes on the Mid-Atlantic ridge ; Life on seamounts ; Diversity of abyssal marine life ; Biogeography, ecology, and vulnerability of chemosynthetic ecosystems in the deep sea ; Marine life in the Arctic ; Marine life in the Antarctic
Part III : Oceans present - global distributions. A global census of marine microbes ; A census of zooplankton of the global ocean
Part IV : Oceans present - animal movements. Tracking fish movements and survival on the Northeast Pacific shelf ; A view of the ocean from Pacific predators
Part V : Oceans future. The future of marine animal populations
Part VI : Using the data. Data integration : the ocean biogeographic information system.