Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche en face de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Dinoflagellate Ceratium paradoxides (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis (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.
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
