Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Average chlorophyll concentration in the surface ocean (from mi-September 1997 to August 2007) from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS (NASA). Subtropical gyres, in the center of the oceanic basins, are characterized by very low concentrations of chlorophyll a (dark blue) - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Remote-controlled sailboat
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium teresgyr (Photo : Sophie Marro)