Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Foraminifera (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Colony of diatoms genus Bacillaria whose single cells slide against each other (Video : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Average chlorophyll concentration in the surface ocean (from mi-September 1997 to August 2007) from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS (NASA). Subtropical gyres, in the center of the oceanic basins, are characterized by very low concentrations of chlorophyll a (dark blue) - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Coccolithophore (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
