Ctenaria Eucharis multicornis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophore (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Amphipode crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant un plongeur récoltant les pièges à sediment (© Stareso)
Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.