Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
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.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Carte bathymétrique de la Mer Méditerranée
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Rosette for collecting seawater samples
Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as obtained by the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS in the Atlantic Ocean.
Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
