Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Arctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Cténophores - Orgie de couleurs
Vagues de lumière iridescentes, à l'affût de proies, voici les cténophores.
Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (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)
Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Colony of dinoflagellates Ceratium hexacanthum. In the video, one can observe the movement of the flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)
Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)
Carte bathymétrique de la Mer Méditerranée
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)