"Originally published in France as Plancton, aux origines du vivant. © 2013 Les Editions Eugen Ulmer, Paris"--Title page verso.
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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Plankton : wonders of the drifting world by Christian Sardet. ISBN 9780226188713. Published by University of Chicago Press in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
