mon océan & moi

Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.

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)

The research vessel "James COOK"

Trimaran of INSU

Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)

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

Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Diatom species Odontella mobiliensis (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)