Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
This video describes how to perform the Ludion experiment and explains the physical processes involved.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum. In the video one can observe the movement of one of the two flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
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)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. During the austral summer, the amount of chlorophyll a is so low that the water becomes deep blue, almost purple. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
