mon océan & moi

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

Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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)

Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

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

Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard) 

Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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)

Siphonophore  Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Amphipode crustacean  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.

Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)