mon océan & moi

Amphipode crustacean  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 -  Photo : J.-M. Grisoni

Ctenaria Lampetia pancerina  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium reflexum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Jellyfish Aequorea aequorea  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Foraminifera Orbulina universa  and mollusk larva (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)

Stickers & Goodies

Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)