Prélèvements d'eau des mésocosmes pour analyses, lors de l'expérience menée en Corse en juin/juillet 2012 (© A. Ree, PML)
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ctenaria Beroe ovata (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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)
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum. In the video one can observe the movement of one of the two flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Rosette for collecting seawater samples
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant la structure de flottaison en surface (© Stareso)
Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ostracodes (Photo : Fabien Lombard)