Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Les Dinoflagellés - Ceratium hexacanthum
chaîne de Ceratium hexacanthum qui restent les uns à la suites des autres au fur et à mesure des divisions.
Le mouvement des flagelles est bien visible.
The research vessel "James COOK"
Dinoflagellate Ceratium paradoxides (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
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)
Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Foraminifera (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ctenaria Lampetia pancerina (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
