Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Antarctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Copepode Coryceide (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Coccolithophore (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum. In the video one can observe the movement of one of the two flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Diatom species Odontella mobiliensis (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
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)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.
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.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)
