mon océan & moi

Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Foraminifera Orbulina universa  and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Amphipode crustacean  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.

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

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Mollusk  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

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)