mon océan & moi

Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.

Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard) 

Dinoflagellate Ceratium paradoxides (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

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)

Radiolarians  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Foraminifera   (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Remote-controlled sailboat

Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Acantharia (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)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA