Ctenaria Beroe ovata (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Colony of diatoms genus Bacillaria whose single cells slide against each other (Video : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche en face de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)