Copepode Coryceide (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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 pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium paradoxides (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as obtained by the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS in the Atlantic Ocean.
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
