Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatoms - Life in glass houses
Champions of photosynthesis, these unicellular organisms appeared at the time of dinosaurs.They produce a quarter of the oxygen we breathe.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Antarctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Phronimes - Monstres des tonneaux
Recyclant salpes et méduses, la femelle phronime construit des tonneaux gélatineux et y élève sa progéniture.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni