mon océan & moi

Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni

Copepode Sapphirina iris  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant la structure de flottaison en surface (© Stareso)

Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)

Remote-controlled sailboat

Jellyfish Aequorea aequorea  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. During the austral summer, the amount of chlorophyll a is so low that the water becomes deep blue, almost purple. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)

Trimaran of INSU

Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)