Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes (© Stareso)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum. In the video one can observe the movement of one of the two flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)
Siphonophores - The longest animals on the planetCousins of corals, siphonophores are colonies of specialized individuals called zoids. Some catch and digest their prey, others swim, or lay eggs or sperm.
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Embryos and larvaeDrifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as obtained by the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS in the Atlantic Ocean.
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
