Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Foraminifera Orbulina universa and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
This video describes how to perform the Ludion experiment and explains the physical processes involved.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Coccolithophore (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Average chlorophyll concentration in the surface ocean (from mi-September 1997 to August 2007) from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS (NASA). Subtropical gyres, in the center of the oceanic basins, are characterized by very low concentrations of chlorophyll a (dark blue) - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom species Odontella mobiliensis (Photo : Sophie Marro)