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)
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ceratium - Capter la lumière avec ses doigts
Ceratium appartient à l'immense groupe des dinoflagellés.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Les Dinoflagellés - Ceratium gravidum
Ceratium gravidum dont en voit parfaitement les mouvements d’un des deux flagelles.
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.
Ctenaria Eucharis multicornis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Arctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
