Phronimes - Monstres des tonneaux
Recyclant salpes et méduses, la femelle phronime construit des tonneaux gélatineux et y élève sa progéniture.
Siphonophore (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Carte bathymétrique de la Mer Méditerranée
Carte bathymétrique mondiale
Crab Zoea larva (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)
Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
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 mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Annelid worm (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)
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Foraminifera (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ctenaria Beroe ovata (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom species Odontella mobiliensis (Photo : Sophie Marro)
