Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Antarctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores (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)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant la structure de flottaison en surface (© Stareso)
Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)