mon océan & moi

Large rosette sampler used in the "World Ocean Circulation Experiment". This rosette has 36 10-liter Niskin bottles, an acoustic pinger (lower left), an "LADCP" current profiler (yellow long tube at the center), a CTD (horizontal instrument at the bottom), and transmissometer (yellow short tube at the center). (Photo : L. Talley)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Mollusk  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Jellyfish Aequorea aequorea  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)

The research vessel "James COOK"

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Mollusk  (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)

Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant un plongeur récoltant les pièges à sediment (© Stareso)

Remote-controlled sailboat