Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
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)
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Salpes - La vie enchaînée
Bien que d’apparence primitive, les salpes sont de proches ancêtres des poissons. Lorsque les algues abondent, les salpes prolifèrent en de longues chaînes d’individus clonés.
Ctenaria Beroe ovata (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
This video describes how to perform the Ludion experiment and explains the physical processes involved.
Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum. In the video one can observe the movement of one of the two flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes (© Stareso)
