Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant la structure de flottaison en surface (© Stareso)
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Arctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Average chlorophyll concentration in the surface ocean (from mi-September 1997 to August 2007) from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS (NASA). Subtropical gyres, in the center of the oceanic basins, are characterized by very low concentrations of chlorophyll a (dark blue) - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
Foraminifera (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
