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)
Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Arctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Amphipode crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Appendiculaires - Ils vivent dans leurs filets
L’appendiculaire, proche ancêtre des vertébrés, fabrique des logettes aux filtres délicats à la fois résidence et filet de pêche.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Carte bathymétrique de la Mer Méditerranée
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as obtained by the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS in the Atlantic Ocean.
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Foraminifera Orbulina universa and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (Photo : Fabien Lombard)