Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
The research vessel "James COOK"
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
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)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium teresgyr (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Ostracodes (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Carte bathymétrique de la Mer Méditerranée
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
This video describes how to perform the Ludion experiment and explains the physical processes involved.
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Diatoms - Life in glass houses
Champions of photosynthesis, these unicellular organisms appeared at the time of dinosaurs.They produce a quarter of the oxygen we breathe.
Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
