Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Carte bathymétrique de la Mer Méditerranée
Salpes - La vie enchaînée
Bien que d’apparence primitive, les salpes sont de proches ancêtres des poissons. Lorsque les algues abondent, les salpes prolifèrent en de longues chaînes d’individus clonés.
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
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)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Remote-controlled sailboat
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.
