Siphonophore (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium reflexum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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)
Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.