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)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Rosette for collecting seawater samples
Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Larva of decapod crustacean (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.
Les Dinoflagellés - Ceratium gravidum
Ceratium gravidum dont en voit parfaitement les mouvements d’un des deux flagelles.
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
