mon océan & moi

Dinoflagellate Ceratium teresgyr (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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)

Elephant seal equipped with a sensor

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)

Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)