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)
Amphipode crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Radiolarians (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Foraminifera Orbulina universa and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum. In the video one can observe the movement of one of the two flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Carte de la camapagne du navire oceanographique James COOK
Le trajet du bateau sur fond couleur de la mer.
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Foraminifera (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes (© Stareso)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
