Plankton
Subtitle: wonders of the drifting world
By: Christian Sardet ; edited by Rafael D. Rosengarten and Theodore Rosengarten ; translated from the French by Christian Sardet and Dana Sardet ; prologue by Mark Ohman
Contributors: Rosengarten, Rafael D., editor; Rosengarten, Theodore, editor; Sardet, Dana, translator; Ohman, Mark, writer of prologue
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780226188713
Subjects: Pictorial works; Plankton
Work titles: Plancton
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-216) and index.

Translated from the French.
Table of contents: title: Prologue / by Mark Ohman; title: Introduction. Plankton : a drifting world. What are plankton? ; Plankton and man ; The origins : life shapes the planet ; Explosions, extinctions, and evolution of life in the ocean ; Chronological history of the planet and the tree of life ; Taxonomy and phylogeny : hierarchical categorizations ; Organisms of all sizes, with different roles and behavior ; Collecting and identifying plankton, then and now; title: Plankton of the world. Villefranche-sur-Mer, France : a bay famous for its plankton ; Between Ecuador and Galapagos : Tara Oceans Expedition ; South Carolina, United States : salt marsh estuaries ; Izu Peninsula and Shimoda, Japan : autumn plankton; title: Unicellular creatures : from the origins of life; title: Ctenophores and cnidarians : ancestral forms; title: Crustaceans and mollusks : champions of diversity; title: Worms and tadpoles : arrows, tubes and nets; title: Epilogue.