Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (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.
Colony of diatoms genus Bacillaria whose single cells slide against each other (Video : Sophie Marro)
Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Large rosette sampler used in the "World Ocean Circulation Experiment". This rosette has 36 10-liter Niskin bottles, an acoustic pinger (lower left), an "LADCP" current profiler (yellow long tube at the center), a CTD (horizontal instrument at the bottom), and transmissometer (yellow short tube at the center). (Photo : L. Talley)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as obtained by the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS in the Atlantic Ocean.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
The research vessel "James COOK"
This video describes how to perform the Ludion experiment and explains the physical processes involved.
