Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Prélèvements d'eau des mésocosmes pour analyses, lors de l'expérience menée en Corse en juin/juillet 2012 (© A. Ree, PML)
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)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.
Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Ctenaria Beroe ovata (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Carte de la camapagne du navire oceanographique James COOK
Le trajet du bateau sur fond couleur de la mer.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Rosette for collecting seawater samples
Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Colony of diatoms genus Bacillaria whose single cells slide against each other (Video : Sophie Marro)