Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Carte bathymétrique mondiale
Dinoflagellate Ceratium paradoxides (Photo : Sophie Marro)
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)
Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche en face de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Ctenaria Eucharis multicornis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
