Pelagia - Fearsome JellyfishMauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
This video describes how to perform the Ludion experiment and explains the physical processes involved.
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.
Carte bathymétrique mondiale
Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Foraminifera (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Salpes - La vie enchaînéeBien que d’apparence primitive, les salpes sont de proches ancêtres des poissons. Lorsque les algues abondent, les salpes prolifèrent en de longues chaînes d’individus clonés.
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium reflexum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)