Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Antarctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Remote-controlled sailboat
Phytoplankton bloom observed in the Barents Sea (North of Norway) in August 2010 by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Aqua. Changes in ocean color result from modifications in the phytoplankton composition and concentration. The green colors are likely associated with the presence of diatoms. The shades of light blue result from the occurrence of coccolithophores, phytoplankton organisms that strongly reflect light due to their chalky shells - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Amphipode crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes (© Stareso)
Foraminifera Orbulina universa and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
