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INDEX 



Trachinotus 216-217 



Trachinus 44, 45 



Trachurops 215 



Trachurus 215 



trachyline hydrozoa 95 



trade winds 12 



treefish 274, 274 



trench, oceanic 10, 10 



Triakis 141, 142, 152 



Trichechus 315 



Trichiurus 211 



Trichodesmium 78 



triclad 105, 105 



triggerfish 64, 264, 266-267 



Triglidae 278 



tripletail 234 



tropic bird 309 



tropics 15, 15-16 



trout 187-188 



trumpetfish 45, 193, 200 



trunkfisli 268, 269, 270 



Tuhularia 95, 96 



tuna 32, 66, 210 



Tunicata 19, 21, 23, 131 



turbellarian 104-105 



turbot 267, 295, 297-298 



Turitella 120 



Tiirsioln 318 



turtle 32-33, 35, 73, 302-308, 305, 306, 301, 30S 



turtle grass 76, 85, 129 



Ura 114 



Viva 78, 79 



Umbrina 249, 250 



Upeneus 207-208 



upwelling 3, 4, 5, 13-14, 16, 17, 23 



Uranoscopidae 283 



Urohatis 171 



Urolophus 139, 171 



Urosalpinx 120, 121 



vagility 32 



valence 30, 31, 31 



vaqueta de dos colorcs 263 



Velella 96, 99 



Venus 123, 124 



Venus flower basket 91, 93 



Venus girdle 104, 104 



Vermetus 120 



Verrunculus 267 



vertebrate, definition 132 



vieja 259 



viperfish 187 



viscosity 4, 9, 19 



vision (see behavior 46-52) 40 



viviparous 139 

 Vomer 218 



wahoo 65 



walrus 309, 311 



water 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 19, 53; currents 12-14, 13 



water striders 119 



waves, light 7; oceanic 11, 12 



weakfish 247, 248 



Weberian apparatus 195 



westerlies 12 



whale 30, 32, 34, 66, 309, 315; blue 34, 316, 317; 

 bowhead 317; California gray 317, 317; fin- 

 back 316; humpback 317; killer 34, 35, 36, 

 64, 65, 149, 317, 318, 319, 321; ridge-throated 

 316; right 317, 317; rorqual 316; sperm 31, 

 34, 125, 317, 318; sulfur-bottom 316 



whalebone 316-317 



whelk 21, 121 



whiff 298 



whitebait 189, 202, 203 



whitefish, ocean 283 



whitey 282 



whiting 250-251, 251, 292 



wind II, 13 



worm 4, 8, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23; acorn 130; arrow 

 18, 21, 105, 106; bristle 63, 108, 109; budding 

 108; burrowing 110-111; errant 109-111; fan 

 111; flat 105, 105; lug 111; marine 108-111; 

 mounds 110; palolo 108, 109; parchment 108, 

 111; phoronid 105, 107; ribbon 106; sand 48, 

 107, 108, 109; scale 108, 109; segmented 107- 

 111; ship 123, 124 



wolf fish 65, 289, 289 



wrasse 53, 102, 254-258 



wry-mouth 289, 289 



Xanthichthys 267 

 Xenopterygi 284, 285-286 

 Xestoleheris 113 

 Xiphias 212 

 xurel de castilla 216 

 Xyrichthys 258 



yellow belly 253 



Zalophus 312, 312 



zapatero 213 



Zapteryx 165 



Zoarces 290 



zone, definition 14; geologic 9-10, 10; light 7, 8, 



18; mangrove 22; nitrogen 3; phosphorus 3; 



substrate 10, 17-25; temperature 15, 15-17 

 zoochlorellae 89, 94, 100, 103, 105 

 zooxanthellae 38, 89, 94, 100 

 Zostera 76, 85, 305 



