Les Diatomées - Bacillaria - mon océan et moi

Cnidaires : Pelagia noctilica (crédit photo : Fabien Lombard)

Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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The profiling float

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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Siphonophores - The longest animals on the planet
Cousins of corals, siphonophores are colonies of specialized individuals called zoids. Some catch and digest their prey, others swim, or lay eggs or sperm.

Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"

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

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Ceratium - Capter la lumière avec ses doigts
Ceratium appartient à l'immense groupe des dinoflagellés.

Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Large rosette sampler used in the "World Ocean Circulation Experiment". This rosette has 36 10-liter Niskin bottles, an acoustic pinger (lower left), an "LADCP" current profiler (yellow long tube at the center), a CTD (horizontal instrument at the bottom), and transmissometer (yellow short tube at the center). (Photo : L. Talley)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

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Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.

Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)

Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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Cténophores - Orgie de couleurs
Vagues de lumière iridescentes, à l'affût de proies, voici les cténophores.