Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium teresgyr (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium paradoxides (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Copepode Coryceide (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Krill (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)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)