Velella - Planktonic VesselsColonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
World ocean currents map
Embryos and larvaeDrifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Trimaran of INSU
PlanktonPlankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
The profiling float
Les Diatomées - BacillariaColonie de diatomées du genre Bacillaria dont les individus peuvent glisser les uns par rapport aux autres.
Ptéropodes - Mollusques qui nagentLes papillons des mers construisent de fragiles coquilles. Résisteront-elles à l’acidification des océans?
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Arctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
