Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Amphipode crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium reflexum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Siphonophores - The longest animals on the planet
Cousins of corals, siphonophores are colonies of specialized individuals called zoids. Some catch and digest their prey, others swim, or lay eggs or sperm.
Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Foraminifera Orbulina universa and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Coccolithophore (Photo : Sophie Marro)
