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)
Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ctenaria Beroe ovata (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ctenaria Lampetia pancerina (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The research vessel "James COOK"
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
