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.
Siphonophores - The longest animals on the planet
Cousins of corals, siphonophores are colonies of specialized individuals called zoids. Some catch and digest their prey, others swim, or lay eggs or sperm.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Les Dinoflagellés - Ceratium hexacanthum
chaîne de Ceratium hexacanthum qui restent les uns à la suites des autres au fur et à mesure des divisions.
Le mouvement des flagelles est bien visible.
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
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)
Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA
Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
