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)
Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Carte bathymétrique mondiale
Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
This video describes how to perform the Ludion experiment and explains the physical processes involved.
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Arctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Préparation des mésocosmes sur le ponton du laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche lors de l'expérience menée en rade de Villefranche en février 2013 (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
