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)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
Ctenaria Eucharis multicornis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Colony of diatoms genus Bacillaria whose single cells slide against each other (Video : Sophie Marro)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant la structure de flottaison en surface (© Stareso)
This video describes how to perform the Ludion experiment and explains the physical processes involved.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes (© Stareso)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Copepode Coryceide (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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)