A year from the Antarctic

Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni

Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)

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The profiling float

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)

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

Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni

Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

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The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR

Posters

Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Diatom species Odontella mobiliensis (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. During the austral summer, the amount of chlorophyll a is so low that the water becomes deep blue, almost purple. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)