image: Marine planktonic diatoms are unicellular algae that drift with ocean currents. Unlike terrestrial animals and plants, the global disperal ability of these planktonic microbes provides new evidence against the idea that all living things follow similar ecological and evolutionary rules (false-color image). This image relates to an article that appeared in the Sept. 18 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. P. Cermeño at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, and colleagues, was titled, "Controls on Diatom Biogeography in the Ocean." view more
Credit: [Image courtesy of Darlyne A. Murawski]