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)
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.
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche en face de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Coccolithophore (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)
Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Amphipode crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
