Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ostracodes (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Radiolarians (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Foraminifera Orbulina universa and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
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)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium reflexum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
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.
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
