Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
The research vessel "James COOK"
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Carte de la camapagne du navire oceanographique James COOK
Le trajet du bateau sur fond couleur de la mer.
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as obtained by the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS in the Atlantic Ocean.
Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Arctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Jellyfish Aequorea aequorea (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (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)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
