Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (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)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche en face de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
The research vessel "James COOK"
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Arctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Colony of diatoms genus Bacillaria whose single cells slide against each other (Video : Sophie Marro)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Carte de la camapagne du navire oceanographique James COOK
Le trajet du bateau sur fond couleur de la mer.
Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.
Remote-controlled sailboat
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)