Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
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)
Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.
Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
The research vessel "James COOK"
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant la structure de flottaison en surface (© Stareso)
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.
Carte de la camapagne du navire oceanographique James COOK
Le trajet du bateau sur fond couleur de la mer.
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)
Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
