Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant la structure de flottaison en surface (© Stareso)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The research vessel "James COOK"
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes (© Stareso)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Foraminifera (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Average chlorophyll concentration in the surface ocean (from mi-September 1997 to August 2007) from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS (NASA). Subtropical gyres, in the center of the oceanic basins, are characterized by very low concentrations of chlorophyll a (dark blue) - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)