Coccolithophore (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
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)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Salpes - La vie enchaînée
Bien que d’apparence primitive, les salpes sont de proches ancêtres des poissons. Lorsque les algues abondent, les salpes prolifèrent en de longues chaînes d’individus clonés.
Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
