Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ceratium - Capter la lumière avec ses doigts
Ceratium appartient à l'immense groupe des dinoflagellés.
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Colony of dinoflagellates Ceratium hexacanthum. In the video, one can observe the movement of the flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)
Rosette for collecting seawater samples
Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Ostracodes (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
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.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium teresgyr (Photo : Sophie Marro)
