Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium paradoxides (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Phytoplankton bloom observed in the Barents Sea (North of Norway) in August 2010 by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Aqua. Changes in ocean color result from modifications in the phytoplankton composition and concentration. The green colors are likely associated with the presence of diatoms. The shades of light blue result from the occurrence of coccolithophores, phytoplankton organisms that strongly reflect light due to their chalky shells - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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 fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Préparation des mésocosmes sur le ponton du laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche lors de l'expérience menée en rade de Villefranche en février 2013 (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
