Quizz the ocean seasons

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Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.

World ocean currents map

Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.

Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

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Ptéropodes - Mollusques qui nagent
Les papillons des mers construisent de fragiles coquilles. Résisteront-elles à l’acidification des océans?

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Diatoms - Life in glass houses
Champions of photosynthesis, these unicellular organisms appeared at the time of dinosaurs.They produce a quarter of the oxygen we breathe.

Préparation des mésocosmes sur le ponton du laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche lors de l'expérience menée en rade de Villefranche en février 2013 (© L. Maugendre, LOV)

Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.

Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)

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Seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as obtained by the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS in the Atlantic Ocean.

Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)