The research vessel "James COOK"
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The profiling float
Embryos and larvaeDrifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Colony of diatoms genus Bacillaria whose single cells slide against each other (Video : Sophie Marro)
PlanktonPlankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Remote-controlled sailboat
Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"