Carte bathymétrique mondiale
Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
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)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Rosette for collecting seawater samples
Remote-controlled sailboat
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ctenaria Eucharis multicornis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The research vessel "James COOK"
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.
