Salpes - La vie enchaînée - mon océan et moi

Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)

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)

Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Ostracodes (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.

Siphonophore (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

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

Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Carte bathymétrique mondiale

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)