Foraminifera Orbulina universa and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Arctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Pleurobrachia
Propulsées par huit rangées de peignes, les groseilles de mer déploient deux longs tentacules pour pêcher des crustacés.
Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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)
