Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Prélèvements d'eau des mésocosmes pour analyses, lors de l'expérience menée en Corse en juin/juillet 2012 (© A. Ree, PML)
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Foraminifera Orbulina universa and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Arctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
The research vessel "James COOK"
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
