mon océan & moi

Mollusk  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Rosette for collecting seawater samples

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)

Elephant seal equipped with a sensor

Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Mollusk  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. During the austral summer, the amount of chlorophyll a is so low that the water becomes deep blue, almost purple. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)

Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.

Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Préparation et mise à l'eau des mésocosmes sur le ponton de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche lors de l'expérience menée en rade de Villefranche en février 2013 (© L. Maugendre, LOV)