Puzzle Phytoplankton : Cranipes big hands

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.

Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.

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Phronimes - Monstres des tonneaux
Recyclant salpes et méduses, la femelle phronime construit des tonneaux gélatineux et y élève sa progéniture.

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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)

Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Remote-controlled sailboat

Teaching sheets

Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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Salpes - La vie enchaînée
Bien que d’apparence primitive, les salpes sont de proches ancêtres des poissons. Lorsque les algues abondent, les salpes prolifèrent en de longues chaînes d’individus clonés.

Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)

The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"

Elephant seal equipped with a sensor