Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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

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)

Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant la structure de flottaison en surface (© Stareso)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche en face de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)

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

Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)

Trimaran of INSU

World ocean currents map

Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)

Larva of decapod crustacean  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)