The research vessel "James COOK"
Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum. In the video one can observe the movement of one of the two flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)
Prélèvements d'eau des mésocosmes pour analyses, lors de l'expérience menée en Corse en juin/juillet 2012 (© A. Ree, PML)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Phytoplankton bloom observed by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Terra in May 2010. The bloom spreads broadly in the North Atlantic from Iceland to the Bay of Biscay - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
Jellyfish Aequorea aequorea (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)