Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
The research vessel "James COOK"
Large rosette sampler used in the "World Ocean Circulation Experiment". This rosette has 36 10-liter Niskin bottles, an acoustic pinger (lower left), an "LADCP" current profiler (yellow long tube at the center), a CTD (horizontal instrument at the bottom), and transmissometer (yellow short tube at the center). (Photo : L. Talley)
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Phytoplankton bloom observed in the Barents Sea (North of Norway) in August 2010 by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Aqua. Changes in ocean color result from modifications in the phytoplankton composition and concentration. The green colors are likely associated with the presence of diatoms. The shades of light blue result from the occurrence of coccolithophores, phytoplankton organisms that strongly reflect light due to their chalky shells - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
Ctenaria Eucharis multicornis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores - The longest animals on the planet
Cousins of corals, siphonophores are colonies of specialized individuals called zoids. Some catch and digest their prey, others swim, or lay eggs or sperm.
Amphipode crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)
Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Les Dinoflagellés - Ceratium gravidum
Ceratium gravidum dont en voit parfaitement les mouvements d’un des deux flagelles.
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes (© Stareso)
