Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Jellyfish Aequorea aequorea (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Colony of diatoms genus Bacillaria whose single cells slide against each other (Video : Sophie Marro)
Carte bathymétrique mondiale
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
The research vessel "James COOK"
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium paradoxides (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.