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.
The research vessel "James COOK"
Dinoflagellate Ceratium reflexum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Remote-controlled sailboat
Phytoplankton bloom observed by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Terra in May 2010. The bloom spreads broadly in the North Atlantic from Iceland to the Bay of Biscay - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche en face de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.
Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Diatoms - Life in glass houses
Champions of photosynthesis, these unicellular organisms appeared at the time of dinosaurs.They produce a quarter of the oxygen we breathe.
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)