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Author:

Sardet, Christian, translator. translator.

Title:

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.

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

222 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 33 cm.

Subject:

Plankton.
Plankton--Pictorial works.
Marine plankton
Marine plankton--Pictorial works.
Marine ecology.
Marine photography
Underwater photography.

Other Authors:

Rosengarten, Rafael D.
Rosengarten, Theodore, editor.
Sardet, Dana, translator.
Ohman, Mark, author of preface.

Other Titles:

Plancton. English

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.

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.

ISBN:

022618871X (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780226188713 (cloth : alkaline paper) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)889996855

LCCN:

2014034445

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)