Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche en face de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Rosette for collecting seawater samples
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)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Colony of diatoms genus Bacillaria whose single cells slide against each other (Video : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium reflexum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
The research vessel "James COOK"
Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
