Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)

Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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)

Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

World ocean currents map

Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Jellyfish Aequorea aequorea  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Trimaran of INSU

Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Ctenaria Lampetia pancerina  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Mollusk  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)