Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Remote-controlled sailboat
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Rosette for collecting seawater samples
Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Carte de la camapagne du navire oceanographique James COOK
Le trajet du bateau sur fond couleur de la mer.
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
