GENERAL INDEX
549
– contamination, 430
– effects of drilling, 456
– munitions disposal, 434
– radionuclides, 428
Northeast Atlantic abyssal plains (Atlantic Ocean), 141–151
Northeast Atlantic Deep Water, 115
Northern Hemisphere
– currents in, 66
– sea-surface temperature, 45
Norway, 460
Norwegian Basin (Atlantic Ocean), 111, 132
– biomass, 142
– densities, 142
– species distribution, 25
Norwegian Deep (Arctic Ocean)
– latitudinal diversity cline, 247
Norwegian Sea (Atlantic Ocean), 1, 240
– circulation, 46, 49
– cold seeps, 473
– contamination, 431
– isopod diversity decreasing with depth, 298
– molluscs, embryology, 397
– munitions disposal, 434
– poleward decreases in diversity, 301
– radiation, 428
– radionuclides, 428
– sampling, 299, 300
– sediment community oxygen consumption (SCOC), 336
– sponges, reproduction, 403
Norwegian Sea deep water, 115
Norwegian Shelf (Atlantic Ocean)
– biomass, 143
– densities, 143
Norwegian–Greenland Sea (Atlantic Ocean), 114, 115, 132, 133
– biomass, 142
– faunal densities, 132, 133, 142
– foraminiferans, 133
– location, 117
– phytodetritus, 132, 133
– primary production, 132
– sampling, 132
– sediment oxygen demand, 132
– sediments, 132
– vertical flux, 157
Nova Scotia Rise (Atlantic Ocean), 115, 124, 125
– bioturbation, 162, 165
– echiurans, 404
– sediment redeposition, 117
Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), 436, 439
nucleic acid, 325
nudibranch, 73
nutrient loading, 304
nutrient recycling, 50
nutrient supply, 119
nutrients, 50, 51
nutritional sources, 313
nuts as debris on the seafloor, 353
Oahu, Hawaii, 185
Obi (Halmahera, Indonesia), 273
ocean
– average depth, 39
– circulation, 64–67
– greatest depth, 45
– living space, 39
– mean ocean mixing time, 41
– statistics, 39, 40
– temperature, 39
– volume, 39
ocean basins, 45–49
– development over geological time, 61
Ocean Drilling Project (ODP), 323
Ocean Management, Inc., 452
Ocean Mining Associates, 452
Oceanographer Canyon (Atlantic Ocean), 127
odour plume, 356, 357
offshore installations, 435
offshore processing, 458
oil and gas extraction, 455, 456
– discharge
– – drill-cuttings, 456
– – production water, 456
– impacts, 456
oil as a resource, 432, 455
oil exploration, 475
oil extraction, 435
oil rigs, 435
olfaction, 356
olfactory organs, 74
oligochaetes
– Atlantic Ocean, 126
– oxygen minimum zones, 230
oligotrophic conditions, 119, 181, 186, 226, 366
Oman Margin (Indian Ocean), 219
– location, 221
– macrofauna, 229
– megafauna, 229
– organic carbon depletion, 347
– oxygen versus depth, 228
– polychaetes, 230
OMEX programme (Atlantic Ocean), 137
– lateral advection, 364
– megafaunal densities, 137
– sediment community oxygen consumption (SCOC), 365
omnivory, 338
ontogenetic migration, 60, 73, 416
– copepods, 68
– halocyprid ostracods, 73
oocytes, 382, 384, 389, 402
– size, 383, 390, 393, 399
oogenesis, 382, 402
oozes
– biogenic, 9, 252
– carbonate, 112, 118, 224, 283
– Caribbean Sea, 270
– coccolithophorid, 10
– diatomaceous, 10, 118, 276, 277
– foraminiferal, 10, 118
549
– contamination, 430
– effects of drilling, 456
– munitions disposal, 434
– radionuclides, 428
Northeast Atlantic abyssal plains (Atlantic Ocean), 141–151
Northeast Atlantic Deep Water, 115
Northern Hemisphere
– currents in, 66
– sea-surface temperature, 45
Norway, 460
Norwegian Basin (Atlantic Ocean), 111, 132
– biomass, 142
– densities, 142
– species distribution, 25
Norwegian Deep (Arctic Ocean)
– latitudinal diversity cline, 247
Norwegian Sea (Atlantic Ocean), 1, 240
– circulation, 46, 49
– cold seeps, 473
– contamination, 431
– isopod diversity decreasing with depth, 298
– molluscs, embryology, 397
– munitions disposal, 434
– poleward decreases in diversity, 301
– radiation, 428
– radionuclides, 428
– sampling, 299, 300
– sediment community oxygen consumption (SCOC), 336
– sponges, reproduction, 403
Norwegian Sea deep water, 115
Norwegian Shelf (Atlantic Ocean)
– biomass, 143
– densities, 143
Norwegian–Greenland Sea (Atlantic Ocean), 114, 115, 132, 133
– biomass, 142
– faunal densities, 132, 133, 142
– foraminiferans, 133
– location, 117
– phytodetritus, 132, 133
– primary production, 132
– sampling, 132
– sediment oxygen demand, 132
– sediments, 132
– vertical flux, 157
Nova Scotia Rise (Atlantic Ocean), 115, 124, 125
– bioturbation, 162, 165
– echiurans, 404
– sediment redeposition, 117
Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), 436, 439
nucleic acid, 325
nudibranch, 73
nutrient loading, 304
nutrient recycling, 50
nutrient supply, 119
nutrients, 50, 51
nutritional sources, 313
nuts as debris on the seafloor, 353
Oahu, Hawaii, 185
Obi (Halmahera, Indonesia), 273
ocean
– average depth, 39
– circulation, 64–67
– greatest depth, 45
– living space, 39
– mean ocean mixing time, 41
– statistics, 39, 40
– temperature, 39
– volume, 39
ocean basins, 45–49
– development over geological time, 61
Ocean Drilling Project (ODP), 323
Ocean Management, Inc., 452
Ocean Mining Associates, 452
Oceanographer Canyon (Atlantic Ocean), 127
odour plume, 356, 357
offshore installations, 435
offshore processing, 458
oil and gas extraction, 455, 456
– discharge
– – drill-cuttings, 456
– – production water, 456
– impacts, 456
oil as a resource, 432, 455
oil exploration, 475
oil extraction, 435
oil rigs, 435
olfaction, 356
olfactory organs, 74
oligochaetes
– Atlantic Ocean, 126
– oxygen minimum zones, 230
oligotrophic conditions, 119, 181, 186, 226, 366
Oman Margin (Indian Ocean), 219
– location, 221
– macrofauna, 229
– megafauna, 229
– organic carbon depletion, 347
– oxygen versus depth, 228
– polychaetes, 230
OMEX programme (Atlantic Ocean), 137
– lateral advection, 364
– megafaunal densities, 137
– sediment community oxygen consumption (SCOC), 365
omnivory, 338
ontogenetic migration, 60, 73, 416
– copepods, 68
– halocyprid ostracods, 73
oocytes, 382, 384, 389, 402
– size, 383, 390, 393, 399
oogenesis, 382, 402
oozes
– biogenic, 9, 252
– carbonate, 112, 118, 224, 283
– Caribbean Sea, 270
– coccolithophorid, 10
– diatomaceous, 10, 118, 276, 277
– foraminiferal, 10, 118