Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Arctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Carte bathymétrique mondiale
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Siphonophores - The longest animals on the planet
Cousins of corals, siphonophores are colonies of specialized individuals called zoids. Some catch and digest their prey, others swim, or lay eggs or sperm.
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Les Dinoflagellés - Ceratium gravidum
Ceratium gravidum dont en voit parfaitement les mouvements d’un des deux flagelles.
Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Phytoplankton bloom observed in the Barents Sea (North of Norway) in August 2010 by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Aqua. Changes in ocean color result from modifications in the phytoplankton composition and concentration. The green colors are likely associated with the presence of diatoms. The shades of light blue result from the occurrence of coccolithophores, phytoplankton organisms that strongly reflect light due to their chalky shells - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
Ptéropodes - Mollusques qui nagent
Les papillons des mers construisent de fragiles coquilles. Résisteront-elles à l’acidification des océans?