Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Rosette for collecting seawater samples
Ctenaria Eucharis multicornis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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 falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.
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)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Carte de la camapagne du navire oceanographique James COOK
Le trajet du bateau sur fond couleur de la mer.