Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ptéropodes - Mollusques qui nagent
Les papillons des mers construisent de fragiles coquilles. Résisteront-elles à l’acidification des océans?
Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)
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.
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium reflexum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Colony of diatoms genus Bacillaria whose single cells slide against each other (Video : Sophie Marro)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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.
Siphonophore (Photo : Fabien Lombard)