Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant la structure de flottaison en surface (© Stareso)
Foraminifera Orbulina universa and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Radiolarians (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.
Diatoms - Life in glass houses
Champions of photosynthesis, these unicellular organisms appeared at the time of dinosaurs.They produce a quarter of the oxygen we breathe.
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ctenaria Eucharis multicornis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant un plongeur récoltant les pièges à sediment (© Stareso)