Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium reflexum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatoms - Life in glass houses
Champions of photosynthesis, these unicellular organisms appeared at the time of dinosaurs.They produce a quarter of the oxygen we breathe.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ceratium - Capter la lumière avec ses doigts
Ceratium appartient à l'immense groupe des dinoflagellés.
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Siphonophores - The longest animals on the planet
Cousins of corals, siphonophores are colonies of specialized individuals called zoids. Some catch and digest their prey, others swim, or lay eggs or sperm.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ptéropodes - Mollusques qui nagent
Les papillons des mers construisent de fragiles coquilles. Résisteront-elles à l’acidification des océans?
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Remote-controlled sailboat
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)