The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Large rosette sampler used in the "World Ocean Circulation Experiment". This rosette has 36 10-liter Niskin bottles, an acoustic pinger (lower left), an "LADCP" current profiler (yellow long tube at the center), a CTD (horizontal instrument at the bottom), and transmissometer (yellow short tube at the center). (Photo : L. Talley)
Cténophores - Orgie de couleurs
Vagues de lumière iridescentes, à l'affût de proies, voici les cténophores.
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant un plongeur récoltant les pièges à sediment (© Stareso)
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Arctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Coccolithophore (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ctenaria Lampetia pancerina (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS