Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis (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.
Seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as obtained by the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS in the Atlantic Ocean.
Ptéropodes - Mollusques qui nagent
Les papillons des mers construisent de fragiles coquilles. Résisteront-elles à l’acidification des océans?
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Antarctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ostracodes (Photo : Fabien Lombard)