Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Foraminifera Orbulina universa and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Ptéropodes - Mollusques qui nagent
Les papillons des mers construisent de fragiles coquilles. Résisteront-elles à l’acidification des océans?
Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Radiolarians (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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)
