Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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.
Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
The research vessel "James COOK"
Les Dinoflagellés - Ceratium gravidum
Ceratium gravidum dont en voit parfaitement les mouvements d’un des deux flagelles.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Coccolithophore (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Radiolarians (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Préparation et mise à l'eau des mésocosmes sur le ponton de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche lors de l'expérience menée en rade de Villefranche en février 2013 (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
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.
