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
Foraminifera Orbulina universa and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Ceratium - Capter la lumière avec ses doigtsCeratium appartient à l'immense groupe des dinoflagellés.
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
PlanktonPlankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The profiling float
Velella - Planktonic VesselsColonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant la structure de flottaison en surface (© Stareso)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)