The research vessel "James COOK"
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. During the austral summer, the amount of chlorophyll a is so low that the water becomes deep blue, almost purple. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Siphonophore (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ctenaria Lampetia pancerina (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Les Dinoflagellés - Ceratium gravidum
Ceratium gravidum dont en voit parfaitement les mouvements d’un des deux flagelles.
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Phytoplankton bloom observed by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Terra in May 2010. The bloom spreads broadly in the North Atlantic from Iceland to the Bay of Biscay - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
Colony of dinoflagellates Ceratium hexacanthum. In the video, one can observe the movement of the flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)
Ctenaria Beroe ovata (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
