Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant la structure de flottaison en surface (© Stareso)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Average chlorophyll concentration in the surface ocean (from mi-September 1997 to August 2007) from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS (NASA). Subtropical gyres, in the center of the oceanic basins, are characterized by very low concentrations of chlorophyll a (dark blue) - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
Pleurobrachia
Propulsées par huit rangées de peignes, les groseilles de mer déploient deux longs tentacules pour pêcher des crustacés.
Foraminifera Orbulina universa and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
