Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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)
Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.
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)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
The research vessel "James COOK"
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Pleurobrachia
Propulsées par huit rangées de peignes, les groseilles de mer déploient deux longs tentacules pour pêcher des crustacés.
Ctenaria Eucharis multicornis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ctenaria Beroe ovata (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
