mon océan & moi

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

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)

Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Foraminifera   (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Mollusk  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Mollusk  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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

Phytoplankton bloom observed by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Terra in May 2010. The bloom spreads broadly in the North Atlantic from Iceland to the Bay of Biscay - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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