Copepode Coryceide (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Phronimes - Monstres des tonneaux
Recyclant salpes et méduses, la femelle phronime construit des tonneaux gélatineux et y élève sa progéniture.
Siphonophore (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Diatoms - Life in glass houses
Champions of photosynthesis, these unicellular organisms appeared at the time of dinosaurs.They produce a quarter of the oxygen we breathe.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium reflexum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (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)
Rosette for collecting seawater samples
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
