# Our World Ocean: Understanding the Most Important Ecosystem on Earth

- By: W. Sean Chamberlin, Nicki Shaw, and Martha Rich
- Publisher: Fullerton College
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://geo.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Oceanography/Our_World_Ocean%3A_Understanding_the_Most_Important_Ecosystem_on_Earth_Essentials_Edition_(Chamberlin_Shaw_and_Rich))
- Licence: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://geo.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Oceanography/Our_World_Ocean%3A_Understanding_the_Most_Important_Ecosystem_on_Earth_Essentials_Edition_(Chamberlin_Shaw_and_Rich)
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/geo-31533/pdf

This book offers an alternative to the traditional, dry-as-bones, hohum approach of the standard textbook. Sure, it covers all the topics you’ll find in a traditional oceanography textbook. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. We go broader and deeper. We write the way people talk— conversationally. We encourage folks to interact with the text, to click through to full-size images, to view video and hear audio, and to quickly access the reference materials.