Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores  (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)

Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)

Posters

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Carte bathymétrique mondiale

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

Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.

Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Mollusk  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)