A year from the Antarctic

Cnidaires : Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (crédit photo : Fabien Lombard)

Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.

Jellyfish Aequorea aequorea (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Phytoplankton bloom observed in the Barents Sea (North of Norway) in August 2010 by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Aqua. Changes in ocean color result from modifications in the phytoplankton composition and concentration. The green colors are likely associated with the presence of diatoms. The shades of light blue result from the occurrence of coccolithophores, phytoplankton organisms that strongly reflect light due to their chalky shells - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)

Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.

Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)

Rosette for collecting seawater samples

Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)

Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Carte de la camapagne du navire oceanographique James COOK

Le trajet du bateau sur fond couleur de la mer.