Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Copepode Coryceide (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Diatoms - Life in glass houses
Champions of photosynthesis, these unicellular organisms appeared at the time of dinosaurs.They produce a quarter of the oxygen we breathe.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Radiolarians (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Carte bathymétrique mondiale
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
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)
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as obtained by the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS in the Atlantic Ocean.
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
