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

Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes (© Stareso)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)

The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"

Carte bathymétrique mondiale

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)

Jellyfish Aequorea aequorea  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Siphonophore  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Elephant seal equipped with a sensor

Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

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