Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Copepode Coryceide (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Underwater glider
Préparation des mésocosmes sur le ponton du laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche lors de l'expérience menée en rade de Villefranche en février 2013 (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Pelagia - Fearsome JellyfishMauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Siphonophores - The longest animals on the planetCousins of corals, siphonophores are colonies of specialized individuals called zoids. Some catch and digest their prey, others swim, or lay eggs or sperm.
Colony of diatoms genus Bacillaria whose single cells slide against each other (Video : Sophie Marro)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
