mon océan & moi

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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)

Remote-controlled sailboat

Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Stickers & Goodies

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

Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard) 

Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)

Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant la structure de flottaison en surface (© Stareso)

Carte bathymétrique mondiale

Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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)