Quizz observation of the oceans and seas

Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni

Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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)

Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Ostracodes (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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Seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as obtained by the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Antarctic - Animation Clement Fontana

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"

Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)

Copepode Coryceide (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)