Large rosette sampler used in the "World Ocean Circulation Experiment". This rosette has 36 10-liter Niskin bottles, an acoustic pinger (lower left), an "LADCP" current profiler (yellow long tube at the center), a CTD (horizontal instrument at the bottom), and transmissometer (yellow short tube at the center). (Photo : L. Talley)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis(Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ceratium - Capter la lumière avec ses doigts Ceratium appartient à l'immense groupe des dinoflagellés.
Foraminifera (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)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-JacquesPangrazi)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
