Plankton - The Invisible Diversity

A teaching program

Plankton is a common express for microscopic organisms living in open water column. The organisms are so small that they follow the main water stream.

Plankton includes a numerous number of different organisms, both small animals and single cells with ability for photosynthesis. What they all have in common is that they only can be studied with a microscope.

About the teaching program

To navigate between the different spieces you can use the menu on the right. Some of the pictures in the articles can be enlarged by clicking on them. You can allso find a full list of all the pages in the Planktonweb from the "Table of Contents" link in the upper right corner of every page.