This is a special volume on ocean biogeography containing chapters bringing the wealth of knowledge of Russian scientists to a global audience. Ocean biogeography was the subject of much marine research carried out by the former USSR, where extensive facilities were provided on a world-wide scale. Volume 32 is devoted to the geographical and vertical distribution of life in the open oceans, including the great depths. The contributions range widely from plankton and squid to the bottom fauna of the bathyal, abyssal, and hadal zones. This volume will help bridge the gap between Russian and western marine biogeographers and will be of interest to a wide range of marine biologists.

The Biogeography of the Oceans:
■ Some Problems of Vertical Distribution of Meso- and
Macroplankton in the Ocean
■ Ecology and Biogeography of the Hydrothermal Vent
Fauna of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
■ Biology of the Nazca and Sala y Gomez Submarine
Ridges, an Outpost of the Indo-West Pacific Fauna in
the Eastern Pacific Ocean:
Composition and Distribution of the Fauna, its
Communities and History
■ Gonatid Squids in the Subarctic North Pacific:
Ecology, Biogeography, Niche Diversity and Role in the
Ecosystem
■ Zoogeography of the Abyssal and Hadal Zones
■ Biogeography of the Bathyal Zone
■ Trophic Structure of Abyssal Macrobenthos
■ An Outline of the Geographical Distribution of Oceanic
Phytoplankton