Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Amphipode crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Remote-controlled sailboat
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)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ceratium - Capter la lumière avec ses doigts
Ceratium appartient à l'immense groupe des dinoflagellés.
