Oceans

Phytoplankton are the foundation of the oceanic food chain: billions of microscopic organisms that capture the sun’s energy through photosynthesis. The next level of the food chain are species that feast on phytoplankton. These two levels of the food chain are represented by the Reef and the species that live there.

Next comes the chain of predators, each bigger than the next, all the way up to the dreaded apex predator. And even bigger than apex predators are enormous filter feeders that gently swim through the ocean, scooping up everything in their path with their baleen. This level of the oceanic ecosystem is represented by the species players create around the Reef.

Oceans portrays the dynamic ecosystem that exists below the water’s surface through the specific traits of individual species and the interaction of those traits among species to determine which species survive, which thrive, and which go extinct.