Seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as obtained by the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS in the Atlantic Ocean.
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.
This video describes how to perform the Ludion experiment and explains the physical processes involved.
Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Foraminifera (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
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.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The research vessel "James COOK"
Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)