Ctenaria Beroe ovata (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Coccolithophore (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Carte bathymétrique de la Mer Méditerranée
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (Photo : Fabien Lombard)