Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Colony of dinoflagellates Ceratium hexacanthum. In the video, one can observe the movement of the flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)
Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Remote-controlled sailboat
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Foraminifera (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)
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)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
