mon océan & moi

Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Prélèvements d'eau des mésocosmes pour analyses, lors de l'expérience menée en Corse en juin/juillet 2012 (© A. Ree, PML)

Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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

Trimaran of INSU

Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Siphonophores (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)

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

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

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

Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (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)