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Accompanied by the course guidebook of the same title: Life in the world's oceans / Sean K. Todd, College of the Atlantic. Published by the Great Courses; ©The Teaching Company, 2018

"For thousands of centuries, humans lived near the ocean, wandered right up to its edge, and turned back to the relative safety of the known land. Even when we invented ships and the very bravest among us sailed out, our fears and imaginations took over. What creatures could be living in the unknowable darkness, the bottomless depths? Giant worms, microorganisms that eat metal, faceless fish, giant sea spiders? Marine life is even more otherworldly and fantastical than we ever imagined, and Life in the World's Oceans brings you face to face with these exciting creatures. From the phytoplankton that can only float at the whim of wind and currents to the gray whale that migrates 16,000 kilometers each year, you will be amazed at the variety of life in the seas and what we have only recently learned about its biology, evolution, life cycles, and adaptations"--Publisher's website

"Professor Sean K. Todd, College of the Atlantic"--Course guidebook cover and DVD container

Taught by Professor Sean K. Todd, College of the Atlantic

DVD video, Dolby digital, NTSC

Disc 1.

Water: the source of life -- Ocean currents and why they matter -- Origin and diversity of ocean life -- Beaches, estuaries, and coral reefs -- Life in polar and deepwater environments -- Phytoplankton and other authotrophs --

Disc 2.

Invertebrate life in the ocean -- An overview of marine vertebrates -- Fish: the first vertebrates -- Marine megavertebrates and their fisheries -- Sharks and rays -- Marine reptiles and birds --

Disc3.

Evolutionary history of whales -- Taxonomy of Marine mammals -- How animals adapt to ocean temperatures -- Mammalian swimming and buoyancy -- Adaptations for diving deep in the ocean -- Importance of sound to ocean life --

Disc 4.

Food and foraging among marine mammals -- Marine mammal interactions with fisheries -- Breeding and reproduction in a large ocean -- Behavior and sociality in marine mammals -- Marine mammal distribution around the globe -- Intelligence in marine mammals --

Disc 5.

Charismatic megavertebrates -- Great whale hunt -- Evolution of whale research -- Marine mammal strandings -- Urban ocean: human impact on marine life -- Our role in the ocean's future