Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
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)
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Coccolithophore (Photo : Sophie Marro)
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Remote-controlled sailboat
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)