Translation of: Biodiversité de L'océan Austral : laboratoire naturel pour l'évolution (issued in series: Collection écologie)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-114) and index
Introduction -- A brief history of exploration and discovery -- The Southern Ocean and its environment : a world of extremes -- The ocean through time -- Southern Ocean biogeography and communities -- History of biodiversity in the southern ocean -- Adaptation of organisms -- Projections into the future