Appendiculaires - Ils vivent dans leurs filetsL’appendiculaire, proche ancêtre des vertébrés, fabrique des logettes aux filtres délicats à la fois résidence et filet de pêche.
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Pelagia - Fearsome JellyfishMauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Embryos and larvaeDrifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Siphonophore (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Jellyfish Aequorea aequorea (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
World ocean currents map
