Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Average chlorophyll concentration in the surface ocean (from mi-September 1997 to August 2007) from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS (NASA). Subtropical gyres, in the center of the oceanic basins, are characterized by very low concentrations of chlorophyll a (dark blue) - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as obtained by the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS in the Atlantic Ocean.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Copepode Coryceide (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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.
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant un plongeur récoltant les pièges à sediment (© Stareso)
