http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/main.php Microscopic Marvels http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/Plankton-Protists/876639E7-3147-4CEF-9F6F-A3C433435B07.jpeg.html 107138 The beauty of protists and plankton! Diversity of Planktonic Protists http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/Plankton-Protists/ProtDiversPlate.jpg.html 81977 Microzooplankton of Villefranche http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/Plankton-Protists/MicroFichePlate.jpg.html 104141 Microzooplankton of Villefranche Diversity of Planktonic Ciliates in the Bay of Villefranche http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/Plankton-Protists/VlfrOligosMorphDiversity.jpg.html 104123 A large Strobilidium-type (A), the mixotroph Labeao strobila (B), Strombidium-type oligotrichs of various sizes (E, F, G, H, C), and mixotroph Tontonia-types (D, I) Planktonic Protists: plants and grazers http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/Plankton-Protists/20xFieldTinsPtB2011.jpg.html 81981 Massuti & Margalef's Intro to Marine Plankton http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/Plankton-Protists/1950MassutiMargalelIntroEstudPlancMarFrontispiece.jpg.html 108704 Cover & frontispiece of Massuti & Margalef's 1950 classic 'Introduction to the Study of Marine Plankton'. Artwork by F. Benitez Ocean Bottom Map http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/Plankton-Protists/300ppiOceanBottomMap.jpg.html 105810 Cleve's map of North Sea plankton types. http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/Plankton-Protists/clevenorthseamap+300ppi.jpg.html 107272 From Cleve, P. T. 1897. A Treatise of the Phytoplankton of the Atlantic and itsTributaries and the Periodic Changes of the Plankton of Skagerak. Upsala Nya Tidnings Aktiebolags Tryckeri, Uppsala, Sweden, 27 pp. Cleve's map of the North Altantic phytoplankton in summer. "Okändt" signifies unknown. http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/Plankton-Protists/clevephytomapplate3.jpg.html 107275 From Cleve, P. T. 1897. A Treatise of the Phytoplankton of the Atlantic and its Tributaries and the Periodic Changes of the Plankton of Skagerak. Upsala Nya Tidnings Aktiebolags Tryckeri, Uppsala, Sweden, 27 pp. The only Scientific American cover featuring plankton collection http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/Plankton-Protists/SciAmerCvr1912.jpg.html 107283 Cover of Scientific American issue containing a never cited article: Kofoid, C.A. 1912. A new apparatus for marine exploration. Recently invented deep-sea nets. Scientific. American, 106:174. Arthur Shackelton Campbell http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/Plankton-Protists/Campbell1936OaklandTribune.jpg.html 108368 Sometimes tintinnid researchers are in in the news! Arthur Campbell in the Oakland Tribune in 1936. How to see microzooplankton http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/Plankton-Protists/MicrozooSampleSteps.jpg.html 104690 Microzooplankton sampling and sample processing. Samples of seawater from a desired depth are obtained using a Niskin bottle. The bottle (1), open at both ends, is lowered to the desired depth and then the top and bottom lids are closed. The water sample Home away from home for many years http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/Plankton-Protists/JohnAtMicroscope.jpg.html 104747 Photo by Vincent Moncorgé photographe PlanktonScape http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/Plankton-Protists/10xplanktonScape.jpg.html 99127 November 2013 "The Remains of The Day" http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/Plankton-Protists/TheRemainsOfTheDay.jpg.html 105236 Tintinnid, Dinoflagellate and Radiolarian remains (no cytoplasm) Arctic Micro Battle http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/Plankton-Protists/RadBattle.jpg.html 96383 Ceratium Wheel http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/Plankton-Protists/CeratiumWheel.jpg.html 99979 Ceratium symmetricum and a diatom from the Sea of Japan As if Gustav Klimt painted Laacckmanniella naviculaefera http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/Plankton-Protists/LaackmannKlimt.jpg.html 103310 Microzooplankton http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/Plankton-Protists/setexpDinoFav40x_001.jpg.html 94922 Grazers of the plankton: Dinoflagellates (spindle-shaped Gyrodinium, spiny globe Protoperidinium) and a tintinnid ciliate (hairy-topped cell in a shell Favella) Dozens of different species of tintinnid ciliates (hairy things in the tiny shells), all of them grazers on microscopic algae http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/Plankton-Protists/SpeciesPacking.jpg.html 81984 Chatton PLate http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/Plankton-Protists/chatton52plate.jpg.html 102988 From Edouard Chatton's chapter "Classe des Dinoflagelles ou Péridiniens" published posthumously (1952) in Traité de Zoologie, Tome 1A. Fig. 1 euglenoid Euglena intermedia; Fig. 2 dinoflagellate Gyrodinium melo; Fig. 3 dinoflagellate Amphidinium A dinoflagellate (the tripod-shaped cell) sporting a silicoflagellate (star-shaped cell). http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/Plankton-Protists/dinosilico.jpg.html 81988 Tintinnids as tiny glasses for mermaids http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/Plankton-Protists/TinGlass.jpg.html 95985 Have a drink with a ciliate. Poroecus curtus and Rhabdonella spiralis as Biot glass stemware. Entering Warp Speed http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/Plankton-Protists/WarpSpeed.jpg.html 99106 Actually a colony of pennate diatoms rearranged. Radiosperma corbiferum Meunier 1910 http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/Plankton-Protists/RadiospermaCorbiferum.jpg.html 96495