Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)
Phytoplankton bloom observed by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Terra in May 2010. The bloom spreads broadly in the North Atlantic from Iceland to the Bay of Biscay - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
This video describes how to perform the Ludion experiment and explains the physical processes involved.
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant la structure de flottaison en surface (© Stareso)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ctenaria Beroe ovata (Photo : Fabien Lombard)