Nine and a half months into my stay in Seoul, I miss these tiny critters. Took a brief trip out of the city yesterday, and found myself wishing I had a plankton net to see what I could pull up out of the reservoir! Will have to seek out some Korean plankton very soon now that nice weather is upon us.
With that, I'll leave you with some random clips starring zooplankton...enjoy!
First, my favourite zooplankter (I'm biased) and also a serious problem in some parts of the world, the spiny water flea (2 parts):
Daphnia "playing with Volvox":
Super-cool bioluminescent plankton in a Maldivian Lagoon:
'The Secret Life of Plankton' by Tierney Thys (via TEDEducation)...nicely done:
