Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant un plongeur récoltant les pièges à sediment (© Stareso)
Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)