Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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.
Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Phronimes - Monstres des tonneaux
Recyclant salpes et méduses, la femelle phronime construit des tonneaux gélatineux et y élève sa progéniture.
Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Remote-controlled sailboat
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Siphonophore (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.