Siphonophore (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)
Ctenaria Beroe ovata (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium reflexum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
The research vessel "James COOK"
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)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Remote-controlled sailboat
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
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)
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)
