The ocean’s visual complexity
Posted: April 19th, 2010 | Author: Manuel Lima | Filed under: Uncategorized |
Ocean explorers are puzzling out Nature’s purpose behind an astonishing variety of tiny ocean creatures like microbes and zooplankton animals – each perhaps a ticket-holder in life’s lottery, awaiting conditions that will allow it to prosper and dominate.
The inventory and study of the hardest-to-see sea species — tiny microbes, zooplankton, larvae and burrowers in the sea bed, which together underpin almost all other life on Earth — is the focus of four of 14 field projects of the Census of Marine Life.
The results from the latest census revealed spectacular examples of hard-to-see underwater microbes, available in this stunning gallery of some of the smallest sea species.
You can also track the geographic locations of the Census of the Hard-to-See at: http://comlmaps.org/globe.
via NewScientist.
Amazing!
Thanks for sharing these beautiful images. I\’m a great admirer of the visual art you showcase on your website and I really enjoy reading your blog, thank you again.
Understanding microscopic life forms in the ocean is more important than most people realize, since everything is connected, from the smallest organisms to the largest blue whales. Nice visualization!