The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Antarctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Prélèvements d'eau des mésocosmes pour analyses, lors de l'expérience menée en Corse en juin/juillet 2012 (© A. Ree, PML)
Rosette for collecting seawater samples
Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.
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.
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)