Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as obtained by the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS in the Atlantic Ocean.
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Jellyfish Aequorea aequorea (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Arctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Rosette for collecting seawater samples
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.