Les Diatomées - Bacillaria - mon océan et moi

Phytoplankton bloom observed by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Terra in May 2010. The bloom spreads broadly in the North Atlantic from Iceland to the Bay of Biscay - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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Phronimes - Monstres des tonneaux
Recyclant salpes et méduses, la femelle phronime construit des tonneaux gélatineux et y élève sa progéniture.

World ocean currents map

Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes (© Stareso)

Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic

Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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

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Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.

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Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

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Underwater glider

Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. During the austral summer, the amount of chlorophyll a is so low that the water becomes deep blue, almost purple. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)