Plankton Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Rosette for collecting seawater samples
Acantharia(Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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 pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium teresgyr (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Siphonophores - The longest animals on the planet Cousins of corals, siphonophores are colonies of specialized individuals called zoids. Some catch and digest their prey, others swim, or lay eggs or sperm.
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-JacquesPangrazi)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores(Photo : Fabien Lombard)
