The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Phytoplankton bloom observed by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Terra in May 2010. The bloom spreads broadly in the North Atlantic from Iceland to the Bay of Biscay - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Ceratium - Capter la lumière avec ses doigts
Ceratium appartient à l'immense groupe des dinoflagellés.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Coccolithophore (Photo : Sophie Marro)
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)
Jellyfish Aequorea aequorea (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
