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.
Sardet, Christian, author, translator.; Rosengarten, Rafael D., editor.; Rosengarten, Theodore, editor.; Sardet, Dana, translator.; Ohman, Mark, writer of preface.; ProQuest (Firm)
2015
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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
Sardet, Christian, author, translator.
Uniform Title
Plancton. English
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9780226265346 (electronic bk.)
022626534X (electronic bk.)
9780226188713
022618871X
Published
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Language Note
Translated from the French.
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1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color.
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QH90.8.P5 S2713 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
578.77/6
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"Originally published in France as Plancton, aux origines du vivant. © 2013 Les Editions Eugen Ulmer, Paris"--Colophon.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-216) and index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
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Rosengarten, Rafael D., editor.
Rosengarten, Theodore, editor.
Sardet, Dana, translator.
Ohman, Mark, writer of preface.
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Prologue / |rby 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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