Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Radiolarians (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant un plongeur récoltant les pièges à sediment (© Stareso)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)
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)
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)
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
