Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
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)
Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ptéropodes - Mollusques qui nagent
Les papillons des mers construisent de fragiles coquilles. Résisteront-elles à l’acidification des océans?
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium reflexum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ctenaria Lampetia pancerina (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Arctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Préparation et mise à l'eau des mésocosmes sur le ponton de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche lors de l'expérience menée en rade de Villefranche en février 2013 (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Phytoplankton bloom observed by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Terra in May 2010. The bloom spreads broadly in the North Atlantic from Iceland to the Bay of Biscay - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
