Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The research vessel "James COOK"
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
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.
Diatom species Odontella mobiliensis (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Phronimes - Monstres des tonneaux
Recyclant salpes et méduses, la femelle phronime construit des tonneaux gélatineux et y élève sa progéniture.
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
