mon océan & moi

Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)

Siphonophore  Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Foraminifera   (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Posters

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

Elephant seal equipped with a sensor

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 arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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

Copepode Sapphirina iris  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)