Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)

The research vessel "James COOK"

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)

Coccolithophore  (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Mollusk  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)

Ctenaria Lampetia pancerina  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Diatom species Odontella mobiliensis (Photo : Sophie Marro)