Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Prélèvements d'eau des mésocosmes pour analyses, lors de l'expérience menée en Corse en juin/juillet 2012 (© A. Ree, PML)
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.
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Large rosette sampler used in the "World Ocean Circulation Experiment". This rosette has 36 10-liter Niskin bottles, an acoustic pinger (lower left), an "LADCP" current profiler (yellow long tube at the center), a CTD (horizontal instrument at the bottom), and transmissometer (yellow short tube at the center). (Photo : L. Talley)
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)