Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Colony of dinoflagellates Ceratium hexacanthum. In the video, one can observe the movement of the flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes (© Stareso)
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR