Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
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.
Carte bathymétrique mondiale
The Glider
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The profiling float
Radiolarians (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Ctenaria Eucharis multicornis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
PleurobrachiaPropulsées par huit rangées de peignes, les groseilles de mer déploient deux longs tentacules pour pêcher des crustacés.
Les Dinoflagellés - Ceratium gravidumCeratium gravidum dont en voit parfaitement les mouvements d’un des deux flagelles.
Seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as obtained by the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS in the Atlantic Ocean.
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
