Copepode Coryceide (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Radiolarians (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Les Dinoflagellés - Ceratium gravidum
Ceratium gravidum dont en voit parfaitement les mouvements d’un des deux flagelles.
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
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)
The research vessel "James COOK"
Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)