mon océan & moi

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

Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)

Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard) 

Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Foraminifera   (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Phytoplankton bloom observed in the Barents Sea (North of Norway) in August 2010 by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Aqua. Changes in ocean color result from modifications in the phytoplankton composition and concentration. The green colors are likely associated with the presence of diatoms. The shades of light blue result from the occurrence of coccolithophores, phytoplankton organisms that strongly reflect light due to their chalky shells - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Mollusk  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant un plongeur récoltant les pièges à sediment (© Stareso)

Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)