Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Prélèvements d'eau des mésocosmes pour analyses, lors de l'expérience menée en Corse en juin/juillet 2012 (© A. Ree, PML)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
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.
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)
Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Carte bathymétrique mondiale
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)