The research vessel "James COOK"
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)
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Radiolarians (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Carte bathymétrique de la Mer Méditerranée
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)