Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium paradoxides (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Carte bathymétrique de la Mer Méditerranée
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
