Unexpected diversity of plankton

At first glance, the plankton might not seem like anything more than small marine organisms which serve as food to the fish and whales. However, a marine scientist has been dedicated to counteract this tendency and to publicize the great diversity of these organisms.

Richard Kirby has dedicated the entire career studying and photographing the plankton, which exists in abundance in the ocean. In his book, "Ocean Drifters: the Secret World Beneath the Waves," the researcher puts the plankton under a microscope, showing the rest of the world its variety of shapes and colors.

Among the organisms are algae, bacteria, wandering animals and microorganisms that live in the sea or in fresh water. Microscopic algae and small animals that eat them float freely by sea, where support to the marine food chain.

The book includes high-resolution magnifications of plankton and explains how these organisms are being affected by global warming, which could have far-reaching implications for planetary ecology if the amount of available plankton in the oceans decrease, referred to the Daily Mail.

"Without the plankton, there would be no fish in the sea", indicating Richard Kirby, who is a professor at the University of Plymouth. The increasingly warm global temperatures are causing the warming of ocean waters and consequently altering the habitat of plankton and create changes in their abundance, distribution and seasonality ", indicates the expert.

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