1. READ: Introduction

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Benthic starfish found deep in the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean. Photo courtesy of NOAA/Flickr. 

This book explores the diversity of life in Earth's oceans. It discusses organisms located in several habitat zones, such as corals (shallow and deep water corals), the communities of organisms that exist around seamounts, and benthic (deep sea) organisms. The pages in this book introduce you to the ocean habitats & organisms shown in the videos that follow.