Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The research vessel "James COOK"
Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Rosette for collecting seawater samples
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Foraminifera (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Acantharia (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)
