mon océan & moi

Underwater glider

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.

Colony of diatoms genus Bacillaria whose single cells slide against each other (Video : Sophie Marro)

Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Antarctic - Animation Clement Fontana

Appendiculaires - Ils vivent dans leurs filets
L’appendiculaire, proche ancêtre des vertébrés, fabrique des logettes aux filtres délicats à la fois résidence et filet de pêche.

The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.