Plankton : wonders of the drifting world /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Sardet, Christian, author, translator.
Uniform title:	Plancton. English
Imprint:	Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2015] ©2015
Description:	1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Language:	English
Subject:	Plankton. Plankton -- Pictorial works. Marine plankton. Marine plankton -- Pictorial works. Marine ecology. Marine photography. Underwater photography. Underwater photography. Marine plankton. Marine photography. Marine ecology. Plankton. Pictorial works.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11243290

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Other authors / contributors:	Rosengarten, Rafael D., editor. Rosengarten, Theodore, editor. Sardet, Dana, translator. Ohman, Mark, writer of preface.
ISBN:	9780226265346 022626534X 022626534X 9780226188713 022618871X
Notes:	"Originally published in France as Plancton : aux origines du vivant. © 2013 Les Editions Eugen Ulmer, Paris"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-216) and index. Translated from the French. Print version record.
Summary:	A sequence of elaborate close-up photographs of a diverse range of plankton organisms displays their phosphorescent beauty and translucent colors against contrasting black backgrounds while offering historical and scientific discussions for each depicted species. --Publisher's description.
Other form:	Print version: Sardet, Christian. Plancton. English. Plankton. Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2015] 9780226188713

Table of Contents:

Prologue / by Mark Ohman
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
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
Unicellular creatures : from the origins of life
Ctenophores and cnidarians : ancestral forms
Crustaceans and mollusks : champions of diversity
Worms and tadpoles : arrows, tubes and nets
Epilogue.

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