Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (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)
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Ctenaria Eucharis multicornis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Rosette for collecting seawater samples