Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA
Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Amphipode crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Salpes - La vie enchaînée
Bien que d’apparence primitive, les salpes sont de proches ancêtres des poissons. Lorsque les algues abondent, les salpes prolifèrent en de longues chaînes d’individus clonés.
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Rosette for collecting seawater samples
Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)
Remote-controlled sailboat
Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Carte bathymétrique de la Mer Méditerranée
