Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The research vessel "James COOK"
Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. During the austral summer, the amount of chlorophyll a is so low that the water becomes deep blue, almost purple. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)