Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Jellyfish Aequorea aequorea (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.
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ptéropodes - Mollusques qui nagent
Les papillons des mers construisent de fragiles coquilles. Résisteront-elles à l’acidification des océans?
Ostracodes (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores - The longest animals on the planet
Cousins of corals, siphonophores are colonies of specialized individuals called zoids. Some catch and digest their prey, others swim, or lay eggs or sperm.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Antarctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)