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)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Carte bathymétrique de la Mer Méditerranée
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as obtained by the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS in the Atlantic Ocean.
Prélèvements d'eau des mésocosmes pour analyses, lors de l'expérience menée en Corse en juin/juillet 2012 (© A. Ree, PML)
