Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Les Diatomées - Bacillaria
Colonie de diatomées du genre Bacillaria dont les individus peuvent glisser les uns par rapport aux autres.
Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant un plongeur récoltant les pièges à sediment (© Stareso)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Radiolarians (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium teresgyr (Photo : Sophie Marro)
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.
