mon océan & moi

Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

World ocean currents map

Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant un plongeur récoltant les pièges à sediment (© Stareso)

Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.

Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)

The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"

Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Copepode Sapphirina iris  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Ostracodes  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Mollusk  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA

Average chlorophyll concentration in the surface ocean (from mi-September 1997 to August 2007) from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS (NASA). Subtropical gyres, in the center of the oceanic basins, are characterized by very low concentrations of chlorophyll a (dark blue) - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)