"Beasts that look as if they come from a science-fiction movie." -- The Times (UK) Beneath the Waves lies a hidden microcosm of life: the World of plankton.
Richard Kirby\'s high-magnification photographs and informative text br.
These microscopic algae and the tiny animals that eat them float freely in the sunlit surface of the sea, where they underpin the whole marine food chain, provide the World with oxygen, and play an essential role in the global carbon cycle. "Beasts that look as if they come from a science-fiction movie." -- The Times (UK) Beneath the Waves lies a hidden microcosm of life: the World of plankton