Seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as obtained by the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS in the Atlantic Ocean.
Foraminifera Orbulina universa and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ctenaria Beroe ovata (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Antarctic - Animation Clement Fontana
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
