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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)

Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Foraminifera Orbulina universa  and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)

Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)

Ctenaria Eucharis multicornis  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA

Phytoplankton bloom observed in the Barents Sea (North of Norway) in August 2010 by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Aqua. Changes in ocean color result from modifications in the phytoplankton composition and concentration. The green colors are likely associated with the presence of diatoms. The shades of light blue result from the occurrence of coccolithophores, phytoplankton organisms that strongly reflect light due to their chalky shells - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)

Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant un plongeur récoltant les pièges à sediment (© Stareso)