The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
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.
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Diatoms - Life in glass houses
Champions of photosynthesis, these unicellular organisms appeared at the time of dinosaurs.They produce a quarter of the oxygen we breathe.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)