Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic OriginsBarely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Remote-controlled sailboat
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Foraminifera Orbulina universa and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ctenaria Eucharis multicornis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes (© Stareso)
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
PlanktonPlankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Trimaran of INSU
Carte bathymétrique de la Mer Méditerranée
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.