Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The research vessel "James COOK"
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Colony of diatoms genus Bacillaria whose single cells slide against each other (Video : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Carte bathymétrique de la Mer Méditerranée
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
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.
