Salpes - La vie enchaînée
Bien que d’apparence primitive, les salpes sont de proches ancêtres des poissons. Lorsque les algues abondent, les salpes prolifèrent en de longues chaînes d’individus clonés.
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Antarctic - Animation Clement Fontana
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Siphonophore (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Phronimes - Monstres des tonneaux
Recyclant salpes et méduses, la femelle phronime construit des tonneaux gélatineux et y élève sa progéniture.
Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Colony of dinoflagellates Ceratium hexacanthum. In the video, one can observe the movement of the flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)