Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Antarctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Radiolarians (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
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.
Les Dinoflagellés - Ceratium gravidum
Ceratium gravidum dont en voit parfaitement les mouvements d’un des deux flagelles.
Average chlorophyll concentration in the surface ocean (from mi-September 1997 to August 2007) from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS (NASA). Subtropical gyres, in the center of the oceanic basins, are characterized by very low concentrations of chlorophyll a (dark blue) - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
