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)
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Arctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Phronimes - Monstres des tonneaux
Recyclant salpes et méduses, la femelle phronime construit des tonneaux gélatineux et y élève sa progéniture.
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Large rosette sampler used in the "World Ocean Circulation Experiment". This rosette has 36 10-liter Niskin bottles, an acoustic pinger (lower left), an "LADCP" current profiler (yellow long tube at the center), a CTD (horizontal instrument at the bottom), and transmissometer (yellow short tube at the center). (Photo : L. Talley)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Siphonophore (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Appendiculaires - Ils vivent dans leurs filets
L’appendiculaire, proche ancêtre des vertébrés, fabrique des logettes aux filtres délicats à la fois résidence et filet de pêche.
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium paradoxides (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
