The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium paradoxides (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Radiolarians (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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.
Carte bathymétrique mondiale
Rosette for collecting seawater samples
Dinoflagellate Ceratium teresgyr (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche en face de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
