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)
Foraminifera (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Ctenaria Eucharis multicornis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom species Odontella mobiliensis (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)