Plankton Chronicles

This is a series of high definition short films revealing a whole range of planktonic organisms collected in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean during the first year of the Tara schooner oceanic expedition. Plankton is the multitude of organisms that drift with the currents. They are the origin of our food, fuels and the air we breathe.

This is a series of high definition short films revealing a whole range of planktonic organisms collected in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean during the first year of the Tara schooner oceanic expedition. The embryos and larvae of most marine animals drift with plankton. They perpetuate species and are also fodder.

Cette série de films courts tournée en haute définition dévoile tout un éventail d'organismes planctoniques collectés en Méditerranée et dans l'Océan Indien durant la première année d'expédition de la mission Tara Océans. Les ptéropodes sont des mollusques planctoniques qui nagent dans la couche supérieure de l'océan. L'acidification en augmentation de l'eau de mer risque de les rendre incapables de constituer leurs coquilles et de les voir disparaître.

This is a series of high definition short films revealing a whole range of planktonic organisms collected in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean during the first year of the Tara schooner oceanic expedition. Propelled by eight rows of combs, pleurobrachia deploy two long tentacles to fish for crustaceans. It is the oldest known species to have developed a neurosensory system. By studying it, biologists hope to discover how the first neurons appeared.