Carte bathymétrique de la Mer Méditerranée

Carte bathymétrique mondiale

Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)

Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. During the austral summer, the amount of chlorophyll a is so low that the water becomes deep blue, almost purple. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)

Siphonophore  Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Tunicata Pyrosoma  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Phytoplankton bloom observed in the Barents Sea (North of Norway) in August 2010 by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Aqua. Changes in ocean color result from modifications in the phytoplankton composition and concentration. The green colors are likely associated with the presence of diatoms. The shades of light blue result from the occurrence of coccolithophores, phytoplankton organisms that strongly reflect light due to their chalky shells - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)