Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Antarctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Phytoplankton bloom observed by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Terra in May 2010. The bloom spreads broadly in the North Atlantic from Iceland to the Bay of Biscay - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Cténophores - Orgie de couleurs
Vagues de lumière iridescentes, à l'affût de proies, voici les cténophores.
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Appendiculaires - Ils vivent dans leurs filets
L’appendiculaire, proche ancêtre des vertébrés, fabrique des logettes aux filtres délicats à la fois résidence et filet de pêche.
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Remote-controlled sailboat
Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)
