Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.
Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Velella - Planktonic VesselsColonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Ctenaria Beroe ovata (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Coccolithophore (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche en face de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic OriginsBarely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Foraminifera Orbulina universa and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Colony of diatoms genus Bacillaria whose single cells slide against each other (Video : Sophie Marro)
World ocean currents map
This video describes how to perform the Ludion experiment and explains the physical processes involved.
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
The profiling float
