Booher, Leslie, 245–46
Boston University, 259
bowheads, 48–50
BPA (bisphenol A), 120–21
Brown University, 259
Cambrian explosion, 6, 7, 10
capelin, 51
Cape Rodney–Okakari Point Marine Reserve, 149–50, 183–84
carbon “blue economy,” 145–46, 227, 227n
carbon dioxide levels, during prehistoric era, 18, 18n
carbon sequestering, 161, 194, 227n
Caribbean Sea
coral reefs of, 201–5, 206–7, 216–17, 224–25
lionfish of, 30–31, 40–41, 42–44
Nassau grouper of, 131–34
octopuses of, 262
in prehistoric era, 19
Sargassum proliferation in, 190–91
sharks of, 35
Carson, Rachel, 112
Cayman Islands, 131–34
cazón (dogfish), 37, 79
CCZ (Clarion Clipperton Zone), 162–64
C8, 116, 116n
Cenozoic era
about, 5, 17, 17n
aquatic mammals of, 19–24
coral reefs of, 24–25
fish of, 24–26
global warming period of, 18, 19–24
land masses and ocean circulation of, 19
Central American Seaway, 19, 22
cetacean lineages, 20–21, 22–23, 51. See also dolphins; whales
Chagos Archipelago, 218
Channel Islands, 157
Chapman, Valentine, 148–49, 183–84
chemical pollution
DDT, 112, 113–14, 119
“forever chemicals,” 115–17, 115n
future solutions, 241–44
