Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. During the austral summer, the amount of chlorophyll a is so low that the water becomes deep blue, almost purple. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Ostracodes (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Copepode Coryceide (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Coccolithophore (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Les Dinoflagellés - Ceratium hexacanthum
chaîne de Ceratium hexacanthum qui restent les uns à la suites des autres au fur et à mesure des divisions.
Le mouvement des flagelles est bien visible.
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)