mon océan & moi

Radiolarians  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Copepode Coryceide  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Stickers & Goodies

Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (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)

Squid larva (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)

Ctenaria Lampetia pancerina  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)

Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Acantharia (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)

Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)