'...prepared for the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) by the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) of the International Council of Scientific Union[s] (ICSU) with the assistance of the Advisory Committee on Marine Resources Research (ACMRR), of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. - Preface.
Previous ed. published as 'Draft of a general scientific framework for world ocean study'. Paris: Unesco, 1965.
Perspectives in oceanography, 1968. ISBN 0119102048. Published by Unesco in 1969. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.