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)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Radiolarians (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Rosette for collecting seawater samples
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Arctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (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)
Siphonophores - The longest animals on the planet
Cousins of corals, siphonophores are colonies of specialized individuals called zoids. Some catch and digest their prey, others swim, or lay eggs or sperm.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium paradoxides (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
