Large rosette sampler used in the "World Ocean Circulation Experiment". This rosette has 36 10-liter Niskin bottles, an acoustic pinger (lower left), an "LADCP" current profiler (yellow long tube at the center), a CTD (horizontal instrument at the bottom), and transmissometer (yellow short tube at the center). (Photo : L. Talley)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes (© Stareso)
Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant un plongeur récoltant les pièges à sediment (© Stareso)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Carte bathymétrique mondiale
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
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)
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The research vessel "James COOK"
Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)
Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
