Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Copepode Coryceide (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
Foraminifera Orbulina universa and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
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)
Ctenaria Beroe ovata (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)