Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Coccolithophore (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant la structure de flottaison en surface (© Stareso)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Large rosette sampler used in the "World Ocean Circulation Experiment". This rosette has 36 10-liter Niskin bottles, an acoustic pinger (lower left), an "LADCP" current profiler (yellow long tube at the center), a CTD (horizontal instrument at the bottom), and transmissometer (yellow short tube at the center). (Photo : L. Talley)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
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.
Pleurobrachia
Propulsées par huit rangées de peignes, les groseilles de mer déploient deux longs tentacules pour pêcher des crustacés.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
