Physics of phyto- and zoo-plankton
I will rule the world ! All hail Plankton !
(Sheldon J. Plankton)
Plankton
organisms are the elementary constituents of the oceanic environment.
They represent the bottom level of the food chain, and understanding their behaviour is
therefore essential for fisheries research. They also play an important role in the global
biogeochemical cycles, in particular the carbon cycle and thus in the regulation of Earth climate.