Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
  
			Mollusk  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Remote-controlled sailboat
Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Larva of decapod crustacean  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Carte bathymétrique de la Mer Méditerranée
Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Cténophores - Orgie de couleurs
Vagues de lumière iridescentes, à l'affût de proies, voici les cténophores.
 
 
 
			
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
  
			Dinoflagellate Ceratium teresgyr (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
 
Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.