The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Ctenaria Beroe ovata (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Teaching sheets
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes (© Stareso)
Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ostracodes (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatoms - Life in glass housesChampions of photosynthesis, these unicellular organisms appeared at the time of dinosaurs.They produce a quarter of the oxygen we breathe.
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Embryos and larvaeDrifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum. In the video one can observe the movement of one of the two flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)