Plankton wonders of the drifting world / Christian Sardet ; edited by Rafael D. Rosengarten and Theodore Rosengarten ; translated from the French by Christian Sardet and Dana Sardet ; prologue by Mark Ohman.
| Author/creator | Sardet, Christian |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2015] |
| Description | 222 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 33 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Rosengarten, Rafael D. |
| Other author/creator | Rosengarten, Theodore. |
| Other author/creator | Sardet, Dana. |
| Other author/creator | Ohman, Mark. |
| Uniform title | Plancton. English |
| 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. |
| General note | "Originally published in France as Plancton, aux origines du vivant. ℗♭ 2013 Les Editions Eugen Ulmer, Paris"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-216) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Language | Translated from the French. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014034445 |
| ISBN | 9780226188713 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
| ISBN | 022618871X (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |