A year from the Antarctic

he seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean

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Seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as obtained by the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS in the Atlantic Ocean.

Foraminifera (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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)

Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.

Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.

Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)