Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Copepode Coryceide (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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)
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. During the austral summer, the amount of chlorophyll a is so low that the water becomes deep blue, almost purple. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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.
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.
Ctenaria Lampetia pancerina (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Cténophores - Orgie de couleurs
Vagues de lumière iridescentes, à l'affût de proies, voici les cténophores.
