Foraminifera Orbulina universa and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
This video describes how to perform the Ludion experiment and explains the physical processes involved.
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Large rosette sampler used in the "World Ocean Circulation Experiment". This rosette has 36 10-liter Niskin bottles, an acoustic pinger (lower left), an "LADCP" current profiler (yellow long tube at the center), a CTD (horizontal instrument at the bottom), and transmissometer (yellow short tube at the center). (Photo : L. Talley)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Colony of diatoms genus Bacillaria whose single cells slide against each other (Video : Sophie Marro)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum. In the video one can observe the movement of one of the two flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
