mon océan & moi

Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Copepode Sapphirina iris  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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

Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

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)

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

The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"

Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.

Siphonophore  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)