Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
PlanktonPlankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Underwater glider
World ocean currents map
Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ctenaria Eucharis multicornis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Siphonophore (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum. In the video one can observe the movement of one of the two flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Phronimes - Monstres des tonneauxRecyclant salpes et méduses, la femelle phronime construit des tonneaux gélatineux et y élève sa progéniture.
Embryos and larvaeDrifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
