Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Carte bathymétrique mondiale

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

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

Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant la structure de flottaison en surface (© Stareso)

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

Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium reflexum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Ctenaria Eucharis multicornis  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)

Phytoplankton bloom observed in the Barents Sea (North of Norway) in August 2010 by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Aqua. Changes in ocean color result from modifications in the phytoplankton composition and concentration. The green colors are likely associated with the presence of diatoms. The shades of light blue result from the occurrence of coccolithophores, phytoplankton organisms that strongly reflect light due to their chalky shells - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)