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Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Copepode Sapphirina iris  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Phytoplankton bloom observed in the Barents Sea (North of Norway) in August 2010 by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Aqua. Changes in ocean color result from modifications in the phytoplankton composition and concentration. The green colors are likely associated with the presence of diatoms. The shades of light blue result from the occurrence of coccolithophores, phytoplankton organisms that strongly reflect light due to their chalky shells - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)

Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

World ocean currents map

Diatom species Odontella mobiliensis (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)