The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Les Dinoflagellés - Ceratium gravidumCeratium gravidum dont en voit parfaitement les mouvements d’un des deux flagelles.
Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Foraminifera (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
The profiling float
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium paradoxides (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Carte de la camapagne du navire oceanographique James COOK
Le trajet du bateau sur fond couleur de la mer.
Velella - Planktonic VesselsColonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Remote-controlled sailboat
Pelagia - Fearsome JellyfishMauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Siphonophores - The longest animals on the planetCousins of corals, siphonophores are colonies of specialized individuals called zoids. Some catch and digest their prey, others swim, or lay eggs or sperm.
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
