Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom species Odontella mobiliensis (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ctenaria Lampetia pancerina (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.
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ctenaria Eucharis multicornis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
This video describes how to perform the Ludion experiment and explains the physical processes involved.
Coccolithophore (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Phytoplankton bloom observed by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Terra in May 2010. The bloom spreads broadly in the North Atlantic from Iceland to the Bay of Biscay - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)