Velella - Planktonic VesselsColonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Préparation et mise à l'eau des mésocosmes sur le ponton de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche lors de l'expérience menée en rade de Villefranche en février 2013 (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
This video describes how to perform the Ludion experiment and explains the physical processes involved.
Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Siphonophores - The longest animals on the planetCousins of corals, siphonophores are colonies of specialized individuals called zoids. Some catch and digest their prey, others swim, or lay eggs or sperm.
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