Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Carte bathymétrique de la Mer Méditerranée
Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Antarctic - Animation Clement Fontana
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)
The research vessel "James COOK"
Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. During the austral summer, the amount of chlorophyll a is so low that the water becomes deep blue, almost purple. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Phytoplankton bloom observed in the Barents Sea (North of Norway) in August 2010 by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Aqua. Changes in ocean color result from modifications in the phytoplankton composition and concentration. The green colors are likely associated with the presence of diatoms. The shades of light blue result from the occurrence of coccolithophores, phytoplankton organisms that strongly reflect light due to their chalky shells - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
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.
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
