Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ptéropodes - Mollusques qui nagent
Les papillons des mers construisent de fragiles coquilles. Résisteront-elles à l’acidification des océans?
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Average chlorophyll concentration in the surface ocean (from mi-September 1997 to August 2007) from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS (NASA). Subtropical gyres, in the center of the oceanic basins, are characterized by very low concentrations of chlorophyll a (dark blue) - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
