Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom species Odontella mobiliensis (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Large rosette sampler used in the "World Ocean Circulation Experiment". This rosette has 36 10-liter Niskin bottles, an acoustic pinger (lower left), an "LADCP" current profiler (yellow long tube at the center), a CTD (horizontal instrument at the bottom), and transmissometer (yellow short tube at the center). (Photo : L. Talley)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Radiolarians (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Copepode Coryceide (Photo : Fabien Lombard)