Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Ostracodes (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Radiolarians (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Coccolithophore (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes (© Stareso)
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
