mon océan & moi

The research vessel "James COOK"

Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 -  Photo : J.-M. Grisoni

Profiling float (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)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)

Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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

Elephant seal equipped with a sensor

Ctenaria Beroe ovata  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)