Seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as obtained by the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS in the Atlantic Ocean.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum(Photo : Sophie Marro)
Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores(Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis(Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Phytoplankton bloom observed by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Terra in May 2010. The bloom spreads broadly in the North Atlantic from Iceland to the Bay of Biscay - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)