Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter C
2. Contents 3
3. Foreword 5
4. Preface 7
5. Exploration and discovery: the first 150 years 9
6. Gathering knowledge and creating information – the past 50 years or so 21
7. Shaping the seabed environment 40
8. Habitats 60
9. Change 205
10. Protecting what we have 230
11. Technology takes off 243
12. Glossary 250
13. Biotopes listed and illustrated 256
14. Index 260
15. Acknowledgements 270
16. The author 271
17. The sponsors 272