The profiling float
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)
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ctenaria Eucharis multicornis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
World ocean currents map
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Colony of dinoflagellates Ceratium hexacanthum. In the video, one can observe the movement of the flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)
Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
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
Remote-controlled sailboat
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Salpes - La vie enchaînéeBien que d’apparence primitive, les salpes sont de proches ancêtres des poissons. Lorsque les algues abondent, les salpes prolifèrent en de longues chaînes d’individus clonés.