Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Phronimes - Monstres des tonneaux
Recyclant salpes et méduses, la femelle phronime construit des tonneaux gélatineux et y élève sa progéniture.
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The research vessel "James COOK"
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Ctenaria Beroe ovata (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Rosette for collecting seawater samples
Tunicata Pyrosoma (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)
