Diatom genus Hemiaulus (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)

The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)

Elephant seal equipped with a sensor

Ctenaria Beroe ovata  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)