mon océan & moi

Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes (© Stareso)

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)

Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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

Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

Mollusk  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)