Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche en face de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Embryos and larvaeDrifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
World ocean currents map
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Antarctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Coccolithophore (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Remote-controlled sailboat
Copepode Coryceide (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)