Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Amphipode crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Copepode Coryceide (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Coccolithophore (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatoms - Life in glass houses
Champions of photosynthesis, these unicellular organisms appeared at the time of dinosaurs.They produce a quarter of the oxygen we breathe.
Colony of diatoms genus Bacillaria whose single cells slide against each other (Video : Sophie Marro)
Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche en face de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Carte de la camapagne du navire oceanographique James COOK
Le trajet du bateau sur fond couleur de la mer.