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Plankton: A Worldwide Guide
A richly illustrated guide to the marvelously diverse plankton of the world and their fundamental role in planetary food webs
Plankton are the unsung heroes of planet Earth. Passive drifters through the world’s seas, oceans, and freshwater environments, most are invisible or very small, but some are longer than a whale. They are the global ocean’s foundation food, supporting almost all oceanic life, and they are also vitally important for land-based plants, animals, and other organisms. Plankton provides an incomparable look at these remarkable creatures, opening a window on the elegance and grace of microscopic marine life.
This engaging book reveals the amazing diversity of plankton, how they belong to a wide range of living groups, and how their ecology, lifestyles, and adaptations have evolved to suit an enormous range of conditions. It looks at plankton life cycles, the different ways plankton feed and grow, and the vast range of strategies they use for reproduction. It tracks where, how, and why plankton drift through the water; shares perspectives on migrations and population explosions or “blooms” and why they happen; and discusses the life-sustaining role of plankton in numerous intertwined food webs throughout the world.
Beautifully illustrated, Plankton sheds critical light on how global warming, pollution, diminishing resources, and overexploitation will adversely impact planktonic life, and how these effects will reverberate to every corner of our planet.
Plankton are the unsung heroes of planet Earth. Passive drifters through the world’s seas, oceans, and freshwater environments, most are invisible or very small, but some are longer than a whale. They are the global ocean’s foundation food, supporting almost all oceanic life, and they are also vitally important for land-based plants, animals, and other organisms. Plankton provides an incomparable look at these remarkable creatures, opening a window on the elegance and grace of microscopic marine life.
This engaging book reveals the amazing diversity of plankton, how they belong to a wide range of living groups, and how their ecology, lifestyles, and adaptations have evolved to suit an enormous range of conditions. It looks at plankton life cycles, the different ways plankton feed and grow, and the vast range of strategies they use for reproduction. It tracks where, how, and why plankton drift through the water; shares perspectives on migrations and population explosions or “blooms” and why they happen; and discusses the life-sustaining role of plankton in numerous intertwined food webs throughout the world.
Beautifully illustrated, Plankton sheds critical light on how global warming, pollution, diminishing resources, and overexploitation will adversely impact planktonic life, and how these effects will reverberate to every corner of our planet.
- GenresBiologyNonfiction
224 pages, Hardcover
Published April 9, 2024
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Tom Jackson
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But first some background: Over the last 20 years, I've written books, magazine and newspaper articles, for online and for television. I get to write about a wide range of subjects, everything from axolotls to zoroastrianism. However, my specialties are natural history, technology and all things scientific. I've worked on projects with Brian May, Patrick Moore, Marcus de Sautoy and Carol Vorderman and for major international publishers, such as Dorling Kindersley, National Geographic, Scholastic, Hachette, Facts on File and BBC Magazines.
I spend my days finding fun ways of communicating all kinds of facts, new and old, to every age group and reading ability. I live in Bristol, England, with my wife and three children. I studied zoology at Bristol University and have had spells working at the zoos in Jersey and Surrey. I used to be something of a conservationist, which included planting trees in Somerset, surveying Vietnamese jungle and rescuing buffaloes from drought-ridden Zimbabwe. Writing jobs have also taken me to the Galápagos Islands, the Amazon rainforest, the coral reefs of Indonesia and the Sahara Desert. Nowadays, I can be found mainly in the attic."
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But first some background: Over the last 20 years, I've written books, magazine and newspaper articles, for online and for television. I get to write about a wide range of subjects, everything from axolotls to zoroastrianism. However, my specialties are natural history, technology and all things scientific. I've worked on projects with Brian May, Patrick Moore, Marcus de Sautoy and Carol Vorderman and for major international publishers, such as Dorling Kindersley, National Geographic, Scholastic, Hachette, Facts on File and BBC Magazines.
I spend my days finding fun ways of communicating all kinds of facts, new and old, to every age group and reading ability. I live in Bristol, England, with my wife and three children. I studied zoology at Bristol University and have had spells working at the zoos in Jersey and Surrey. I used to be something of a conservationist, which included planting trees in Somerset, surveying Vietnamese jungle and rescuing buffaloes from drought-ridden Zimbabwe. Writing jobs have also taken me to the Galápagos Islands, the Amazon rainforest, the coral reefs of Indonesia and the Sahara Desert. Nowadays, I can be found mainly in the attic."
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April 4, 2025
Das Buch Plankton - Wunderwesen der Unterwasserwelt hat mich besonders beeindruckt wegen der wirklich unfassbar tollen Bilder, hochaufgelöst und vergrößert werden Form und Farbe der winzigen Organismen des Plankton sichtbar und begreifbar gemacht.
Der Text gliedert sich in 6 Kapitel, die Vielfalt, Anpassung, Nahrung/Fortpflanzung, Wege des Plankton, die Ernährung der Ozeane und einen Blick in die Zukunft thematisieren.
Auf diese Art und Weise nähern wir uns dem Thema Plankton mit Beginn des Lebens auf der Erde bis hin zu den Gefahren durch den menschengemachten Klimawandel, denen wir heute gegenüberstehen.
Ein Buch, das sehr viel Wissen beinhaltet, als Nachschlagewerk und Gedankenstütze noch lange nach dem Lesen hilfreich und optisch wirklich herausragend!
Klare Leseempfehlung!
Der Text gliedert sich in 6 Kapitel, die Vielfalt, Anpassung, Nahrung/Fortpflanzung, Wege des Plankton, die Ernährung der Ozeane und einen Blick in die Zukunft thematisieren.
Auf diese Art und Weise nähern wir uns dem Thema Plankton mit Beginn des Lebens auf der Erde bis hin zu den Gefahren durch den menschengemachten Klimawandel, denen wir heute gegenüberstehen.
Ein Buch, das sehr viel Wissen beinhaltet, als Nachschlagewerk und Gedankenstütze noch lange nach dem Lesen hilfreich und optisch wirklich herausragend!
Klare Leseempfehlung!
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