Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Large rosette sampler used in the "World Ocean Circulation Experiment". This rosette has 36 10-liter Niskin bottles, an acoustic pinger (lower left), an "LADCP" current profiler (yellow long tube at the center), a CTD (horizontal instrument at the bottom), and transmissometer (yellow short tube at the center). (Photo : L. Talley)
Appendiculaires - Ils vivent dans leurs filets
L’appendiculaire, proche ancêtre des vertébrés, fabrique des logettes aux filtres délicats à la fois résidence et filet de pêche.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium paradoxides (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Copepode Coryceide (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
