Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sixty years of oceanography and marine biology: an annual review (OMBAR) – a brief retrospective and prospective / Stephen J. Hawkins, Alice Oven, I. Philip Smith, Anaëlle J. Lemasson

Editorial : an OMBAR perspective on the united nations' decade of ocean science for sustainable development / A. Louise Allcock, Louise B. Firth, Peter A. Todd, Peter J. Mumby, Ezequiel M. Marzinelli, Cathy H. Lucas, Maria Byrne, Bayden D. Russell, Anaëlle J. Lemasson, Stephen J. Hawkins

Pedunculate cirripedes of the genus pollicipes : 25 years after Margaret Barnes' review / Teresa Cruz, David Jacinto, Joana N. Fernandes, Maria Inês Seabra, Robert J. Van Syoc, Anne Marie Power, Gonzalo Macho, Alina Sousa, João J. Castro, Stephen J. Hawkins

Diversity, distribution, ecology and conservation status of the family syngnathidae in sub-Saharan Africa and adjacent islands / L. Claassens, A.N. Hodgson, G. Short, D. Harasti

Hotspots of cenozoic tropical marine biodiversity / Moriaki Yasuhara, Huai-Hsuan May Huang, Markus Reuter, Skye Yunshu Tian, Jonathan D. Cybulski, Aaron O’Dea, Briony L. Mamo, Laura J. Cotton, Emanuela Di Martino, Ran Feng, Clay R. Tabor, Gabriel Reygondeau, Qianshuo Zhao, Mark T. Warne, Kyawt K. T. Aye, Jingwen Zhang, Anne Chao, Chih-Lin Wei, Fabien L. Condamine, Adam T. Kocsis, Wolfgang Kiessling, Mark J. Costello, Derek P. Tittensor, Chhaya Chaudhary, Marina C. Rillo, Hideyuki Doi, Yun-wei Dong, Thomas M. Cronin, Erin E. Saupe, Heike K. Lotze, Kenneth G. Johnson, Willem Renema, John M. Pandolfi, Mathias Harzhauser, Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Yuanyuan Hong

Past, present and future of Sri Lankan coastal macrophyte-dominated ecosystems : blue carbon, conservation, restoration and policy / Daniel Gorman*, Sevvandi Jayakody, Sunanda Kodikara, Susantha Udagedara, D.D.G.L. Dahanayaka, Kithsiri B. Ranawana, M. P. Kumara, Vasantha Pahalawattaarachchi, Mathiventhan Thavanayagam, Andrew D.L. Steven, Jagath A.A.L. Gunawardana, Mathew A. Vanderklift

Kelp gametophytes in changing oceans / Reina J. Veenhof, Curtis Champion, Symon A. Dworjanyn, Thomas Wernberg, Antoine J.P. Minne, Cayne Layton, John J. Bolton, Daniel C. Reed, Melinda A. Coleman

Progress and direction in the use of stable isotopes to understand complex coral reef ecosystems : a review / C. Skinner, M. R. D. Cobain, Y. Zhu, A. S. J. Wyatt, N. V. C. Polunin

Larval settlement in echinoderms : a review of processes and patterns / Peter C. Doll, Ciemon F. Caballes, Andrew S. Hoey, Sven Uthicke, Scott D. Ling, Morgan S. Pratchett

The intimate relationship between boxer crabs and sea anemones : what is known and what is not / Yisrael Schnytzer, Yair Achituv, G. Curt Fiedler, Ilan Karplus

Amounts, sources, fates and ecological impacts of marine litter and microplastics in the western Indian ocean region : a review and recommendations for actions / Daniela Honorato-Zimmer, Eleanor A. Weideman, Peter G. Ryan, Martin Thiel

Vertical faunal exchange in the ocean and the deep source-sink hypotheses : a review from the perspective of pressure tolerance studies / Annie Mercier, Justine Ammendolia, Alastair Brown, Jean-François Hamel

Adaptations and plastic phenotypic responses of marine animals to the environmental challenges of the high intertidal zone / Robine H.J. Leeuwis, A. Kurt Gamperl

Epilogue : Margaret Barnes 1919–2009 : an appreciation / Robin N. Gibson