Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes (© Stareso)
Large rosette sampler used in the "World Ocean Circulation Experiment". This rosette has 36 10-liter Niskin bottles, an acoustic pinger (lower left), an "LADCP" current profiler (yellow long tube at the center), a CTD (horizontal instrument at the bottom), and transmissometer (yellow short tube at the center). (Photo : L. Talley)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ctenaria Eucharis multicornis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Cténophores - Orgie de couleurs
Vagues de lumière iridescentes, à l'affût de proies, voici les cténophores.
Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Siphonophore (Photo : Fabien Lombard)