Chapter One A History of Oceans 1
Unit 1 History of the Ocean 2
Text A History of the Ocean 2
Text B A History of the Study of Marine Biology 11
Chapter Two Marine Resources 17
Unit 2 Living Marine Resources 18
Text A The Life in the Sea 18
Text B The Living Resources of the Sea 27
Unit 3 Non-Living Marine Resources 33
Text A Non-Living Resources from the Sea 33
Text B Mineral Resources in the Sea 43
Unit 4 Marine Genetic Resources 50
Text A The Basics of Marine Genetic Resources 50
Text B Debated Heroes from the Deep Sea — Marine Genetic Resources 62
Chapter Three Marine Environment 68
Unit 5 Marine Pollution 69
Text A Gulf Oil Spill's Environmental Impact: How Long to Recover? 69
Text B Marine Pollution 80
Unit 6 Marine Calamity 87
Text A Severe Ocean Storms: Behind Nature's Power 87
Text B Tsunami 98
Unit 7 Marine Environmental Protection 104
Text A Marine Protected Areas 104
Text B Towards a strategy to protect the marine environment 115
Chapter Four Marine Economy 122
Unit 8 Seashore Tourism 123
Text A Island Adventure （Ⅰ） 123
Text B Island Adventure （Ⅱ） 133
Unit 9 Maritime Transportation 139
Text A The Impacts of Globalization on International Maritime Transport Activity 139
Text B Creating a Sustainable Intermodal Freight System 149
Unit 10 Utilization and Development 155
Text A Bioprospecting of Genetic Resources in the Deep Seabed 155
Text B Sustainable Development and Conservation of Marine Resources in China 165
Chapter Five Ocean Governance 170
Unit 11 China and Oceans 171
Text A China's Marine Resources Management 171
Text B China's Marine Environment Management 181
Unit 12 United Nations and Oceans 187
Text A World Oceans Day 187
Text B Ecosystem Approaches and Oceans 196
Appendix Ⅰ Glossary 202
AppendixⅡ Key to Exercises 220
Appendix Ⅲ Reference 258