Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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.
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Colony of diatoms genus Bacillaria whose single cells slide against each other (Video : Sophie Marro)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Carte bathymétrique mondiale
Les Diatomées - Bacillaria
Colonie de diatomées du genre Bacillaria dont les individus peuvent glisser les uns par rapport aux autres.
Foraminifera (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
