Seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as obtained by the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS in the Atlantic Ocean.
Carte bathymétrique de la Mer Méditerranée
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.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Copepode Coryceide (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
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)
Colony of diatoms genus Bacillaria whose single cells slide against each other (Video : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ctenaria Lampetia pancerina (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)