Average chlorophyll concentration in the surface ocean (from mi-September 1997 to August 2007) from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS (NASA). Subtropical gyres, in the center of the oceanic basins, are characterized by very low concentrations of chlorophyll a (dark blue) - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophore (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA
Pleurobrachia
Propulsées par huit rangées de peignes, les groseilles de mer déploient deux longs tentacules pour pêcher des crustacés.
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Carte de la camapagne du navire oceanographique James COOK
Le trajet du bateau sur fond couleur de la mer.
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
