Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Les Dinoflagellés - Ceratium gravidum
Ceratium gravidum dont en voit parfaitement les mouvements d’un des deux flagelles.
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ctenaria Beroe ovata (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Phytoplankton bloom observed by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Terra in May 2010. The bloom spreads broadly in the North Atlantic from Iceland to the Bay of Biscay - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
This video describes how to perform the Ludion experiment and explains the physical processes involved.
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
