Foraminifera Orbulina universa  and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant la structure de flottaison en surface (© Stareso)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"

World ocean currents map

Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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)

Copepode Sapphirina iris  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Mollusk  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.

Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)