Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.
Siphonophore (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium paradoxides (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Copepode Coryceide (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
This video describes how to perform the Ludion experiment and explains the physical processes involved.
Colony of dinoflagellates Ceratium hexacanthum. In the video, one can observe the movement of the flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)
Rosette for collecting seawater samples