Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Radiolarians (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Diatom species Odontella mobiliensis (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Amphipode crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche en face de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
The research vessel "James COOK"
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
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)
Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA
Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (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.
