Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. During the austral summer, the amount of chlorophyll a is so low that the water becomes deep blue, almost purple. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Colony of dinoflagellates Ceratium hexacanthum. In the video, one can observe the movement of the flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Antarctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Ctenaria Lampetia pancerina (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Prélèvements d'eau des mésocosmes pour analyses, lors de l'expérience menée en Corse en juin/juillet 2012 (© A. Ree, PML)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni