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 InfoChicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2015]
Description222 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 33 cm
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Other author/creatorRosengarten, Rafael D.
Other author/creatorRosengarten, Theodore.
Other author/creatorSardet, Dana.
Other author/creatorOhman, Mark.
Uniform titlePlancton. 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 215-216) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
LanguageTranslated from the French.
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014034445
ISBN9780226188713 (cloth : alkaline paper)
ISBN022618871X (cloth : alkaline paper)

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