Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Rosette for collecting seawater samples
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Diatom species Odontella mobiliensis (Photo : Sophie Marro)
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)
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as obtained by the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS in the Atlantic Ocean.
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ctenaria Beroe ovata (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
