Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ctenaria Eucharis multicornis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
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)
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Arctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Rosette for collecting seawater samples
Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
