Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Phronimes - Monstres des tonneaux
Recyclant salpes et méduses, la femelle phronime construit des tonneaux gélatineux et y élève sa progéniture.
Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Ostracodes (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophore (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.
Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA
Foraminifera (Photo : Fabien Lombard)