Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
 
 
			Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.
 
			Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
 
			Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
 
			
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
 
 
 
			Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
 
			Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
 
			Dinoflagellate Ceratium teresgyr (Photo : Sophie Marro)
 
			
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
 
 
 
 
 
			Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
 
			Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche en face de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
 
			The research vessel "James COOK"
 
			
Seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as obtained by the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS in the Atlantic Ocean.
 
 
 
 
 
			
	Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
  
			Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
 
			Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
 
			
Ceratium - Capter la lumière avec ses doigts
Ceratium appartient à l'immense groupe des dinoflagellés.
 
 
 
			Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 -  Photo : J.-M. Grisoni