Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
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)
Ptéropodes - Mollusques qui nagent
Les papillons des mers construisent de fragiles coquilles. Résisteront-elles à l’acidification des océans?
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Arctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ctenaria Beroe ovata (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
