Foraminifera Orbulina universa and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Average chlorophyll concentration in the surface ocean (from mi-September 1997 to August 2007) from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS (NASA). Subtropical gyres, in the center of the oceanic basins, are characterized by very low concentrations of chlorophyll a (dark blue) - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)
