Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Phytoplankton bloom observed by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Terra in May 2010. The bloom spreads broadly in the North Atlantic from Iceland to the Bay of Biscay - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Pleurobrachia
Propulsées par huit rangées de peignes, les groseilles de mer déploient deux longs tentacules pour pêcher des crustacés.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Remote-controlled sailboat
