A year from the Arctic

Préparation des mésocosmes sur le ponton du laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche lors de l'expérience menée en rade de Villefranche en février 2013 (© L. Maugendre, LOV)

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Colony of dinoflagellates Ceratium hexacanthum. In the video, one can observe the movement of the flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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The profiling float

Foraminifera Orbulina universa and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)

Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.

Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Posters

Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)

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Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.

Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Elephant seal equipped with a sensor

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Diatoms - Life in glass houses
Champions of photosynthesis, these unicellular organisms appeared at the time of dinosaurs.They produce a quarter of the oxygen we breathe.

Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)

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)

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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.