Colony of diatoms genus Bacillaria whose single cells slide against each other (Video : Sophie Marro)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Ctenaria Beroe ovata (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom species Odontella mobiliensis (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Large rosette sampler used in the "World Ocean Circulation Experiment". This rosette has 36 10-liter Niskin bottles, an acoustic pinger (lower left), an "LADCP" current profiler (yellow long tube at the center), a CTD (horizontal instrument at the bottom), and transmissometer (yellow short tube at the center). (Photo : L. Talley)
Seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as obtained by the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS in the Atlantic Ocean.
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (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.
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
