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.
Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes (© Stareso)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Foraminifera (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Ctenaria Beroe ovata (Photo : Fabien Lombard)