mon océan & moi

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)

Trimaran of INSU

Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Mollusk  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Carte bathymétrique de la Mer Méditerranée

Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)

Stickers & Goodies

Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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)

Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)

Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.

Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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

Ctenaria Beroe ovata  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)