Les Dinoflagellés - Ceratium gravidum

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Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

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Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.

Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Elephant seal equipped with a sensor

Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Teaching sheets

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Pleurobrachia
Propulsées par huit rangées de peignes, les groseilles de mer déploient deux longs tentacules pour pêcher des crustacés.

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)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.

Foraminifera (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Antarctic - Animation Clement Fontana