The Living Planet - Season 1 - Eps 11: The Open Ocean
This episode focuses on the oceans, both in terms of their geography and their ecology. Discusses the various forms that the ocean floor takes including trenches, mountains and plains. From a life perspective this episode includes deep ocean creatures, plankton, anemone, crabs, rays, sharks, tuna, dolphins, narwhals, whales, walrus, seals, fish of all kinds, ducks, sea dragons, cuttlefish. From a specific habitat perspective many types including kelp forest, coral atolls, underwater deserts, the Sargasso sea, the gulf stream and the grand banks. The effect commercial fishing is having is called into question.
About The Living Planet
Title: The Living Planet
First Air Date: 1984-01-19
Last Air Date: 1984-04-12
Status: Ended
Rating: 8.4/10 (from 23 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 12
Network: BBC One
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Time-Life Video, BBC, BBC Studios Natural History Unit
Synopsis
David Attenborough examines the ways in which animals and plants adapt to their surroundings.
Cast
David Attenborough
Self
