Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Diatoms - Life in glass housesChampions of photosynthesis, these unicellular organisms appeared at the time of dinosaurs.They produce a quarter of the oxygen we breathe.
Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Coccolithophore (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Les Dinoflagellés - Ceratium gravidumCeratium gravidum dont en voit parfaitement les mouvements d’un des deux flagelles.
Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Dinoflagellate Ceratium teresgyr (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.
Stickers & Goodies
Sea Urchin - Planktonic OriginsBarely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
