Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
This video describes how to perform the Ludion experiment and explains the physical processes involved.
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Dinoflagellate Ceratium reflexum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant un plongeur récoltant les pièges à sediment (© Stareso)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Amphipode crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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)
Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
