mon océan & moi

Coccolithophore  (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

The research vessel "James COOK"

Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Remote-controlled sailboat

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant la structure de flottaison en surface (© Stareso)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

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)