Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom species Odontella mobiliensis (Photo : Sophie Marro)
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)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Carte bathymétrique mondiale
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)