Rosette for collecting seawater samples
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Jellyfish Aequorea aequorea (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ctenaria Eucharis multicornis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium teresgyr (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Ptéropodes - Mollusques qui nagent
Les papillons des mers construisent de fragiles coquilles. Résisteront-elles à l’acidification des océans?
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche en face de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
This video describes how to perform the Ludion experiment and explains the physical processes involved.