Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.
Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Salpes - La vie enchaînée
Bien que d’apparence primitive, les salpes sont de proches ancêtres des poissons. Lorsque les algues abondent, les salpes prolifèrent en de longues chaînes d’individus clonés.
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
This video describes how to perform the Ludion experiment and explains the physical processes involved.
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)