Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
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)
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Arctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche en face de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Ostracodes (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Coccolithophore (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium paradoxides (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ctenaria Eucharis multicornis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)