ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Tierney Thys - Marine biologist
Tierney Thys is a marine biologist and science educator. She studies the behavior of the Mola mola, or giant ocean sunfish -- and works with other scientists to make films that share the wonders they see.

Why you should listen

Marine biologist Tierney Thys has fallen head over heels for a big, goofy fish: the Mola mola, or giant ocean sunfish. In studying the mola -- where they go, what they eat, what eats them -- she's also hunting for clues to the behavior of all life in the open ocean. With their enormous, odd bodies, peaceful habits and lust for jellyfish, these giants can be key to understanding life in the open ocean. Thys and her team are tagging and tracking molas worldwide to learn about how they live, and how climate change may be affecting all ocean life.

Thys is a National Geographic Explorer with a passion for marine education. She was also past director of research at the Sea Studios Foundation, a team of scientists and filmmakers that makes media to raise awareness of environmental issues -- including the PBS series Strange Days on Planet Earth and targeted videos that influence policymakers and businesspeople. Sea Studios was also instrumental in helping eBay stop the trading of invasive species.

More profile about the speaker
Tierney Thys | Speaker | TED.com
Plankton Chronicles Project - Scientific research team
The Plankton Chronicles Project uses state-of-the-art optics to reveal the beauty and diversity of planktonic organisms. It was initiated by Christian Sardet, Noé Sardet and Sharif Mirshak.

Why you should listen

The Plankton Chronicles Project combines art and science, revealing the beauty and diversity of planktonic organisms. Plankton samples are collected and filmed at the Villefranche-sur-Mer Marine Station and on board the schooner Tara using dark field optics and macro lenses or microscopes equipped with HD SLR cameras. Christian Sardet from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and Noé Sardet and Sharif Mirshak from Parafilms (Montreal) initiated the project in the context of the Tara Oceans expedition.

Plankton Chronicles are sponsored by the CNRS, the Pierre et Marie Curie University in Paris (UPMC) and the Groupement d'Interet Scientifique IBISA.

More profile about the speaker
Plankton Chronicles Project | Speaker | TED.com
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Tierney Thys and Plankton Chronicles Project: The secret life of plankton

Tierney Thys + Plankton Chronicles Project: The secret life of plankton

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New videography techniques have opened up the oceans' microscopic ecosystem, revealing it to be both mesmerizingly beautiful and astoundingly complex. Explore this hidden world that underpins our own food chain -- in the first-ever TEDTalk given by a fish ...
- Marine biologist
Tierney Thys is a marine biologist and science educator. She studies the behavior of the Mola mola, or giant ocean sunfish -- and works with other scientists to make films that share the wonders they see. Full bio - Scientific research team
The Plankton Chronicles Project uses state-of-the-art optics to reveal the beauty and diversity of planktonic organisms. It was initiated by Christian Sardet, Noé Sardet and Sharif Mirshak. Full bio

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„Poveștile mării”
„Povestea peștelui: Neștiuta mea viață de plancton”
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[FishPeşte TalePoveste
My SecretSecretul Life as PlanktonPlancton]
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(Muzică)
Cum am ajuns aici?
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How did I get here?
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Well, it's a strangerstrăin storypoveste
than you mightar putea think.
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Ei bine, e o poveste mai ciudată decât ai crede.
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I camea venit from a worldlume of driftersDrifters,
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Mă trag dintr-o lume de plutitori,
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a placeloc fewpuțini humansoameni have ever seenvăzut.
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un loc pe care puțini oameni l-au văzut.
Lumea planctonului.
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The worldlume of planktonplancton.
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I camea venit from a batchlot of a millionmilion eggsouă,
and only a fewpuțini of us survivedsupraviețuit.
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Mă trag dintr-un lot de un milion de ouă
și doar câțiva dintre noi am supraviețuit.
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When I becamea devenit a larvalarva,
I movedmutat amongprintre other driftersDrifters.
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Când am devenit larvă,
m-am deplasat împreună cu alți plutitori.
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["PlanktonPlancton" comesvine from the GreekGreacă
"planktosplanktos" for wanderingrătăcitor]
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„*Plancton provine de la cuvântul grecesc* planktos - vagabond.”
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My fellowcoleg planktonplancton camea venit in all sizesdimensiuni,
from tinyminuscul algaealge and bacteriabacterii
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Planctonul e de toate mărimile,
de la alge și bacterii minuscule,
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to animalsanimale longermai lung than a bluealbastru whalebalenă.
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la animale mai lungi decât balena albastră.
Am fost la creșă
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I sharedimpartit my nurserypepinieră
with other embryosembrionii and juvenilesminori,
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cu alți embrioni și tineret,
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from clamsscoici and crabscrabi
to seamare urchinsarici and anemonesAnemone.
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de la scoici și crabi, la arici de mare și anemone.
(Sunete de plancton)
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(HighMare pitchpas soundsunet)
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We driftingderivă animalsanimale
are calleddenumit zooplanktonzooplancton.
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Noi, animalele plutitoare, suntem zooplanktonul.
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The mostcel mai commoncomun animalsanimale here
are copepodsCopepods and krillKrill.
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Cele mai obișnuite animale aici
sunt copepodele și krilii.
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(BuzzingZumzet)
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Poți să cauți în toată lumea,
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You could searchcăutare the worldlume over,
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but you'dte-ai never find a placeloc
more diversedivers than my childhoodcopilărie home.
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dar niciunde nu vei găsi o diversitate mai mare decât în locul copilăriei mele.
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A teaspoonlingurita of seawaterapa de mare
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O linguriță de apă de mare
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can containconține more
than a millionmilion livingviaţă creaturescreaturi.
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poate conține peste un milion de organisme vii.
Poate fi însă o existență dură.
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It can be a prettyfrumos toughgreu
existenceexistenţă, thoughdeşi.
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TrillionsTrilioane are bornnăscut here,
but only a fewpuțini make it to adulthoodla maturitate.
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Trilioane se nasc aici,
dar numai câțiva ajung la maturitate.
Poate fi doar cât un vârf de ac,
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He mayMai be no largermai mare than a pinbolț headcap,
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but this crabcrab larvalarva
is an arrowsăgeată worm'svierme worstcel mai rău nightmarecoșmar.
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dar această larvă de crab e cel mai cumplit coșmar al viermelui-săgeată.
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(BumpingLovire noiseszgomote)
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(Sunete de plancton)
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(BuzzingZumzet)
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EpicEpic battleslupte betweenîntre carnivorescarnivore
like these are just one way to get foodalimente.
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Bătălii eroice dintre carnivore ca acestea sunt doar un mod de-a obține hrană.
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But the realreal powersputeri
of this placeloc come from phytoplanktonfitoplanctonului.
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Dar adevăratul potențial al acestui mediu vine de la fitoplancton,
organisme unicelulare
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Single-celledUnicelular life
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care transformă lumina soarelui și dioxidul de carbon
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that transformstransformatele sunlightlumina soarelui
and carboncarbon dioxidebioxid
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into ediblecomestibile goldaur.
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în aur comestibil.
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PhytoplanktonFitoplancton are the basebaza
for the largestcea mai mare foodalimente webweb in the worldlume.
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Fitoplanctonul stă la baza celei mai mari rețele trofice din lume.
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DuringÎn timpul the night,
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În timpul nopții,
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manymulți animalsanimale like me
would risecreştere up from the depthsadâncimi
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multe animale ca mine răsar din adâncuri
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to feeda hrani on this sun-poweredsoare puternic feastSărbătoarea.
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să se înfrupte din acest ospăț solar.
(Sunete de Plancton)
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(MaracaMaraca soundsunet)
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I was partparte of the largestcea mai mare dailyzilnic
migrationmigrațiune of life on EarthPământ.
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Eram parte din cea mai mare migrație zilnică a vieții pe Pământ.
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DuringÎn timpul the day,
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Ziua,
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I'd returnîntoarcere to the darknessîntuneric,
where I'd joina adera my bizarrebizar companionstovarăşi.
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mă întorceam în abisuri unde mă alăturam ciudaților ca mine.
(Sunete de plancton)
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(HighMare pitchpas buzzBuzz)
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(FlappingAripi noiseszgomote)
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CannibalsCanibali, like this
seamare butterflyfluture molluskMollusk,
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Canibali, ca această moluscă-fluture,
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that eatsmănâncă its nextUrmător → of kinKin.
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care-și consumă rudele.
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And combpieptene jelliesjeleuri,
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Și meduzele-pieptăn,
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that beatbate ciliacozmin like rainbowedrainbowed eyelashesgenelor.
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care-și flutură cilii ca pe niște gene de curcubeu.
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Some of these snarecursă
theiral lor preypradă with stickylipicios tentaclestentaculele,
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Unele apucă prada cu tentacule lipicioase,
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while othersalții just take
a bitemușca out of theiral lor cousinsveri.
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în timp ce altele își mușcă rudele.
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And siphonophoressiphonophores
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Sifonoforele își prind prada
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that catchcaptură preypradă with toxictoxic fishingpescuit lurespractica de a convinge.
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cu momeală toxică.
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But my favoritefavorit would have
to be the crustaceancrustacee PhronimaPhronima.
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Dar favoritul meu e crustaceul Phronima.
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Its monstrousmonstruos looksarată inspiredinspirat
the moviefilm "AliensStrăinii."
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Aspectul său monstruos a inspirat filmul „Extratereștrii”.
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It can catchcaptură tinyminuscul bitsbiți in its bristlespăr,
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Poate prinde bucățele de hrană cu cilii săi,
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but preferspreferă largermai mare preypradă like salpssalps.
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dar preferă pradă mai mare cum sunt salpii.
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With two setsseturi of eyesochi,
this femaleFemeie prowlsprowls the deeperMai adânc waterapă.
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Cu două perechi de ochi, această femelă caută pradă în adâncuri.
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PreyPradă in handmână,
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Cu prada prinsă,
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she performsefectuează one
of the strangestcele mai ciudate behaviorscomportamente
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are cel mai ciudat comportament din întregul regn animal.
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in the entireîntreg animalanimal kingdomregat.
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With bodycorp partspărți from her victimsvictime,
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Cu părți din trupul victimei,
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she delicatelydelicat assemblesasamblează
a barrel-likebutoi-ca home
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își asamblează un adăpost ca un butoi
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feedinghrănire her youngtineri untilpana cand they can driftderivă off
and survivesupravieţui on theiral lor ownpropriu.
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hrănindu-și progeniturile până când pot pluti și supraviețui singure.
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BestCel mai bun of all, they make the perfectperfect
snackgustare for a smallmic fishpeşte like me.
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Cel mai bine, fac o gustare perfectă pentru un peștișor ca mine.
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Here amongprintre the planktonplancton,
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Aici, în plancton,
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the foodalimente webweb is so tangledTangled and complexcomplex,
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rețeaua trofică e întortocheată și complexă.
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even scientistsoamenii de știință don't know who eatsmănâncă whompe cine.
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Nici cercetătorii nu știu cine pe cine mănâncă.
Dar eu știu.
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But I do.
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At leastcel mai puţin now you know a bitpic of my storypoveste.
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Acum măcar știi o parte din povestea mea.
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There's so much more to me
than just a tastygustoase mealmasă.
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E mult mai mult pentru mine decât o masă gustoasă.
Scris de: Tierney Thys și Christian Sardet
Narator : Kirk Lombard
Animația: Noe Sardet
Translated by Ariana Bleau Lugo
Reviewed by Emil-Lorant Cocian

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Tierney Thys - Marine biologist
Tierney Thys is a marine biologist and science educator. She studies the behavior of the Mola mola, or giant ocean sunfish -- and works with other scientists to make films that share the wonders they see.

Why you should listen

Marine biologist Tierney Thys has fallen head over heels for a big, goofy fish: the Mola mola, or giant ocean sunfish. In studying the mola -- where they go, what they eat, what eats them -- she's also hunting for clues to the behavior of all life in the open ocean. With their enormous, odd bodies, peaceful habits and lust for jellyfish, these giants can be key to understanding life in the open ocean. Thys and her team are tagging and tracking molas worldwide to learn about how they live, and how climate change may be affecting all ocean life.

Thys is a National Geographic Explorer with a passion for marine education. She was also past director of research at the Sea Studios Foundation, a team of scientists and filmmakers that makes media to raise awareness of environmental issues -- including the PBS series Strange Days on Planet Earth and targeted videos that influence policymakers and businesspeople. Sea Studios was also instrumental in helping eBay stop the trading of invasive species.

More profile about the speaker
Tierney Thys | Speaker | TED.com
Plankton Chronicles Project - Scientific research team
The Plankton Chronicles Project uses state-of-the-art optics to reveal the beauty and diversity of planktonic organisms. It was initiated by Christian Sardet, Noé Sardet and Sharif Mirshak.

Why you should listen

The Plankton Chronicles Project combines art and science, revealing the beauty and diversity of planktonic organisms. Plankton samples are collected and filmed at the Villefranche-sur-Mer Marine Station and on board the schooner Tara using dark field optics and macro lenses or microscopes equipped with HD SLR cameras. Christian Sardet from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and Noé Sardet and Sharif Mirshak from Parafilms (Montreal) initiated the project in the context of the Tara Oceans expedition.

Plankton Chronicles are sponsored by the CNRS, the Pierre et Marie Curie University in Paris (UPMC) and the Groupement d'Interet Scientifique IBISA.

More profile about the speaker
Plankton Chronicles Project | Speaker | TED.com

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