This most welcome publication is a collection of 13 papers written by some of the best known names in marine optics... a fine collection of papers, and a recommended read... Ocean Challenge

• 1. Modelling and simulating radiative transfer in the ocean ; 2. The relationship between the inherent and the apparent optical properties of surface waters and its dependence on the shape of the volume scattering function ; 3. Optical closure: from theory to measurement ; 4. Interrelationships between light and phytoplankton in the sea ; 5. Optics from the single cell to the mesoscale ; 6. Measurements of phytoplankton absorption other than per unit of chlorophyll a ; 7. A history of early optical oceanographic instrument design in Scandinavia ; 8. Why is the measurement of fluorescence important to the study of biological oceanography? ; 9. Light absorption, fluorescence, and photosynthesis: Skeletonema costatum and field measurements ; 10. Capabilities and merits of long-term bio-optical moorings ; 11. Polarization of light in the ocean ; 12. Raman scattering and optical properties of pure water ; 13. Optical effects of large particles ; References