Response of Marine Ecosystems to Global Change: Ecological Impact of Appendicularians. Edited by Gorsky G., Youngbluth M. J. and Deibel D. Editions Scientifiques, Paris, 2005. 434 pp. ISBN 2847030298 (paperback). {euro}59. www.eacgb.com + 1 colour plate.

This book arose from a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)Advance Research Workshop held in December 2001 at the OceanologicalObservatory, Villefranche-sur-Mer, where the first editor andR. Fenaux are based. It starts with a tribute by the first editorto Robert Fenaux, his former doctoral supervisor and constantresearch partner. Like mentor like student, both are pioneersof research and underwater observations of appendicularians.Then follow an Introduction and 19 mainly multiauthored chapters. The title might lead