The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Carte de la camapagne du navire oceanographique James COOK
Le trajet du bateau sur fond couleur de la mer.
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Les Diatomées - Bacillaria
Colonie de diatomées du genre Bacillaria dont les individus peuvent glisser les uns par rapport aux autres.
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)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Ostracodes (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The research vessel "James COOK"
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic