Foraminifera Ruber (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)
Carte bathymétrique mondiale
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Copepode Coryceide (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Dinoflagellate Ceratium teresgyr (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Carte de la camapagne du navire oceanographique James COOK
Le trajet du bateau sur fond couleur de la mer.
Jellyfish Aequorea aequorea (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)