Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes (© Stareso)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (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)
Coccolithophore (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium paradoxides (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche en face de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
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)
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
