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)

Amphipode crustacean  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Ctenaria Eucharis multicornis  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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

Remote-controlled sailboat

Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.

Larva of decapod crustacean  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Foraminifera Orbulina universa  and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Mollusk  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Ostracodes  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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

Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Teaching sheets

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)