SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Predatory protozoa moving through cilliate action. The protozoan has consumed photosynthetic diatoms, visible within the cell. The predator disgorges some of its prey.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Microscope footage of photosynthetic diatoms moving by cilliate action.

Albert Lleal / Diatom (Amphora sp) SEM close-up view of fossil at 3500x magnification, approximately 2000 years old, found in lake near Huesca, Spain

Albert Lleal / Diatom (Diadesmis contenta) group SEM close-up view at 1400x magnification

Kim Taylor / Pond life showing ciliates, diatoms and algae

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Jellyfish, shrimp and crustaceans at night, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Jellyfish, shrimp and crustaceans at night, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Suzi Eszterhas / Aerial of Kisilidjan Diatomite Plant, Bjarnarflag, used to process Diaomaceous earth, an abrasive substance formed from the silica bodies of diatoms, Lake Myvatn, Iceland, July 2009.

Suzi Eszterhas / Aerial of Kisilidjan Diatomite Plant, Bjarnarflag, used to process Diaomaceous earth, an abrasive substance formed from the silica bodies of diatoms, Lake Myvatn, Iceland, July 2009.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Diatom (Closterium) with spherical chloroplasts (green pigmentation) and mineral granules at tips moving through Brownian motion. Other diatoms are visible.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Predatory protozoa moving through cilliate action. The protozoan has consumed photosynthetic diatoms, visible within the cell.

Colin Monteath / Didymo (Didymosphenia geminata) warning sign, diatom bloom seriously affecting South Island waterways and rivers, Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand

Kevin Schafer / Red tide, and algal bloom of phytoplankton, Sea of Cortez, Mexico

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Bluespot mullet (Valamugli seheli) school feeding on fine algae, diatoms and detritus on seabed. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Albert Lleal / Diatom (Navicula sp) fossil, SEM close-up view at 1400x magnification, approximately 2000 years old, found in lake near Huesca, Spain

Albert Lleal / Diatom (Amphora sp) SEM close-up view of fossil at 3500x magnification, approximately 2000 years old, found in lake near Huesca, Spain

Albert Lleal / Diatom (Diadesmis contenta) group SEM close-up view at 2800x magnification

Albert Lleal / Diatom (Pleurosigma sp), Spain

Kim Taylor / Marine diatom {Grammatophora sp} on Bryozoan

Kim Taylor / Marine diatom {Bacillariophyceae} on Bryozoan.

Kim Taylor / Pond life showing ciliates, diatoms and algae

Kim Taylor / Chains of Diatoms {Diatoma elongatum} on freshwater algae, UK.

Norbert Wu / Phytoplankton bloom made up of diatoms, which are the base of the marine food chain, Sea of Cortez, Mexico

Tui De Roy / Puna Flamingo (Phoenicopterus jamesi) rare, flock walking in a line in saline lake tinted red by diatoms that the flamingos feed on, Laguna Colorada, Andean altiplano above 4,000 meters elevation, Bol...

Flip Nicklin / Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba) a small shrimp-like crustacean is the most important zooplankton in the Antarctic food web, shown feeding on diatoms which it filters through modified appendages, A...

Flip Nicklin / Diatoms tiny phytoplankton which are food for Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba) a small shrimp-like crustacean is the most important zooplankton in the Antarctic food web, Antarctica

Flip Nicklin / Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba) a small shrimp-like crustacean is the most important zooplankton in the Antarctic food web, shown feeding on diatoms which it filters through modified appendages, A...

Flip Nicklin / Diatoms tiny phytoplankton which are food for Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba) a small shrimp-like crustacean is the most important zooplankton in the Antarctic food web, Antarctica

Flip Nicklin / Diatoms tiny phytoplankton which are food for Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba) a small shrimp-like crustacean is the most important zooplankton in the Antarctic food web, Antarctica

Flip Nicklin / Diatoms tiny phytoplankton which are food for Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba) a small shrimp-like crustacean is the most important zooplankton in the Antarctic food web, Antarctica

Flip Nicklin / Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba) a small shrimp-like crustacean is the most important zooplankton in the Antarctic food web, shown feeding on diatoms which it filters through modified appendages, A...

Flip Nicklin / Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba) a small shrimp-like crustacean is the most important zooplankton in the Antarctic food web, shown feeding on diatoms which it filters through modified appendages, A...

Flip Nicklin / Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba) a small shrimp-like crustacean is the most important zooplankton in the Antarctic food web, shown feeding on diatoms which it filters through modified appendages, A...

Tui De Roy / Puna Flamingo (Phoenicopterus jamesi) rare, flock feeding on diatoms that add red tint to saline lake, Laguna Colorada, Andean altiplano above 4,000 meters Elevation, Bolivia

Tui De Roy / Puna Flamingo (Phoenicopterus jamesi) rare, flock feeding, highly adapted to feed on microscopic diatoms, Laguna Colorada, Andean altiplano above 4,000 meters elevation, Bolivia

Tui De Roy / Puna Flamingo (Phoenicopterus jamesi) rare, pair feeding in Laguna Colorada, highly adapted to feed on microscopic diatoms, Andean altiplano above 4000 meters elevation, Bolivia

Tui De Roy / Puna Flamingo (Phoenicopterus jamesi) rare, pair feeding in Laguna Colorada, highly adapted to feed on microscopic diatoms, Andean altiplano above 4,000 meters elevation, Bolivia

Tui De Roy / Puna Flamingo (Phoenicopterus jamesi) rare, feeding in Laguna Colorada, highly adapted to feed on microscopic diatoms, Andean altiplano above 4,000 meters elevation, Bolivia

Tui De Roy / Puna Flamingo (Phoenicopterus jamesi) rare, wading, Laguna Colorada, highly adapted to feed on microscopic diatoms, Andean altiplano above 4,000 meters elevation, Bolivia

Tui De Roy / Puna Flamingo (Phoenicopterus jamesi) rare, feeding in Laguna Colorada, highly adapted to feed on microscopic diatoms, Andean altiplano above 4,000 meters elevation, Bolivia

Tui De Roy / Puna Flamingo (Phoenicopterus jamesi) rare, feeding in Laguna Colorada, highly adapted to feed on microscopic diatoms, Andean altiplano above 4,000 meters elevation, Bolivia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Jellyfish, shrimp and crustaceans at night, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Alex Hyde / Focus stacked, inverted image of Diatoms on a microscope slide. Diatoms are single-celled algae which produce approximately 25% of the oxygen we breathe as well as being responsible for approximately...

Doug Perrine / Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) with patches of diatoms growing on skin, Letete Passage, Bay of Fundy, Canada, North Atlantic Ocean. August.

Doug Perrine / Fin or Finback whale (Balaenoptera physalus) with patches of diatoms growing on skin, Letete Passage, Bay of Fundy, Canada, North Atlantic Ocean. August.

Martin Camm / Carwardine / Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) adult in summer with diatoms No more than 15 illustrations by Martin Camm, Rebecca Robinson and/or Toni Llobet to be used in a single project or book edition, exc...

Martin Camm / Carwardine / Diatoms on flukes of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeiangliae) No more than 15 illustrations by Martin Camm, Rebecca Robinson and/or Toni Llobet to be used in a single project or book edition, e...

Martin Camm / Carwardine / Killer whale or orca (Orcinus orca) adult female Antarctic Large Type B (Pack Ice) ecotype with diatoms No more than 15 illustrations by Martin Camm, Rebecca Robinson and/or Toni Llobet to be...

Martin Camm / Carwardine / Killer whale or orca (Orcinus orca) adult male Antarctic Small Type B (Gerlache) ecotype with diatoms No more than 15 illustrations by Martin Camm, Rebecca Robinson and/or Toni Llobet to be us...

Martin Camm / Carwardine / Killer whale or orca (Orcinus orca) adult male Antarctic Large Type B (Pack Ice) ecotype with diatoms No more than 15 illustrations by Martin Camm, Rebecca Robinson and/or Toni Llobet to be us...

Martin Camm / Carwardine / Baird's beaked whale (Berardius bairdii) Old adult male with diatoms No more than 15 illustrations by Martin Camm, Rebecca Robinson and/or Toni Llobet to be used in a single project or book ed...

Martin Camm / Carwardine / Strap-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon layardii) adult female with diatoms No more than 15 illustrations by Martin Camm, Rebecca Robinson and/or Toni Llobet to be used in a single project or b...

Toni Llobet / Carwardine / Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) adult covered in diatoms No more than 15 illustrations by Martin Camm, Rebecca Robinson and/or Toni Llobet to be used in a single project or bo...