mon océan & moi

Ctenaria Beroe ovata  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Tunicata Pyrosoma  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Amphipode crustacean  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Foraminifera Orbulina universa  and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Radiolarians  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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

Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Rosette for collecting seawater samples

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)

Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes (© Stareso)