Jigsaw Puzzle : Velella - Planktonic Vessels

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Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Arctic - Animation Clement Fontana

Dinoflagellate Ceratium reflexum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR

Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant un plongeur récoltant les pièges à sediment (© Stareso)

Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA

Ctenaria Beroe ovata (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"

Trimaran of INSU

Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.

Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

Average chlorophyll concentration in the surface ocean (from mi-September 1997 to August 2007) from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS (NASA). Subtropical gyres, in the center of the oceanic basins, are characterized by very low concentrations of chlorophyll a (dark blue) - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.

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The profiling float