Colony of diatoms genus Bacillaria whose single cells slide against each other (Video : Sophie Marro)
Carte bathymétrique mondiale
Radiolarians (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
PlanktonPlankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatoms - Life in glass housesChampions of photosynthesis, these unicellular organisms appeared at the time of dinosaurs.They produce a quarter of the oxygen we breathe.
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Les Diatomées - BacillariaColonie de diatomées du genre Bacillaria dont les individus peuvent glisser les uns par rapport aux autres.
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)