Atlas Of Oceanic Plankton Published

Saturday, July 20, 2013 - 07:20 in Earth & Climate

Oceans cover 70 percent of the earth's surface and compared to terrestrial ecosystems, the animal and plant species concealed under water have been researched relatively little.   An international collaborative project recorded the times, places and concentrations of oceanic plankton occurrences worldwide and the data have been collected in a global atlas that covers organisms from bacteria to krill. read more

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