The Facts On File Marine Science Handbook. New York: Facts On File, 2003. An excellent resource that includes information on marine physical factors and living things as well as the people who have been important in ocean studies.
The Continental Shelf
A comprehensive resource on the ocean's inhabitants presents living things in their physical habitats, emphasizing the relationship between marine biology and marine ecology, and the impact humans have on the area.
Discusses the shelves under the world's oceans at the shoreline--the creatures that live on them, their potential for providing food for man, the dangers of pollution to shelf use, and efforts to preserve their value for the future.
The Continental Shelf: Resources, Boundaries, and Management : Proceedings from the Ninth Annual Conference Held June 16-19, 1985, Center for...