Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
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)
Prélèvements d'eau des mésocosmes pour analyses, lors de l'expérience menée en Corse en juin/juillet 2012 (© A. Ree, PML)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (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.
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as obtained by the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS in the Atlantic Ocean.
Diatom species Odontella mobiliensis (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Foraminifera (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
