mon océan & moi

Phytoplankton bloom observed in the Barents Sea (North of Norway) in August 2010 by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Aqua. Changes in ocean color result from modifications in the phytoplankton composition and concentration. The green colors are likely associated with the presence of diatoms. The shades of light blue result from the occurrence of coccolithophores, phytoplankton organisms that strongly reflect light due to their chalky shells - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)

Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)

Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)

Siphonophore  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Remote-controlled sailboat

Trimaran of INSU

Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.

Mollusk  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Ostracodes  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche en face de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)