Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)

Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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

Foraminifera   (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Average chlorophyll concentration in the surface ocean (from mi-September 1997 to August 2007) from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS (NASA). Subtropical gyres, in the center of the oceanic basins, are characterized by very low concentrations of chlorophyll a (dark blue) - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)

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

Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Mollusk  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

Stickers & Goodies

Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant un plongeur récoltant les pièges à sediment (© Stareso)

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