Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Stickers & Goodies

Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Carte bathymétrique de la Mer Méditerranée

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

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)

Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)