Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Foraminifera Orbulina universa and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Copepode Coryceide (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Siphonophore (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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)
This video describes how to perform the Ludion experiment and explains the physical processes involved.
Prélèvements d'eau des mésocosmes pour analyses, lors de l'expérience menée en Corse en juin/juillet 2012 (© A. Ree, PML)
Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Carte bathymétrique de la Mer Méditerranée
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Antarctic - Animation Clement Fontana
