Quizz marine zooplankton

Préparation et mise à l'eau des mésocosmes sur le ponton de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche lors de l'expérience menée en rade de Villefranche en février 2013 (© L. Maugendre, LOV)

Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)

Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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Cténophores - Orgie de couleurs
Vagues de lumière iridescentes, à l'affût de proies, voici les cténophores.

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

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Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS

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Siphonophores - The longest animals on the planet
Cousins of corals, siphonophores are colonies of specialized individuals called zoids. Some catch and digest their prey, others swim, or lay eggs or sperm.

Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)

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)

Rosette for collecting seawater samples

Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.

Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)