mon océan & moi

Amphipode crustacean  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Larva of decapod crustacean  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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

Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Siphonophore  Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Coccolithophore  (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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)

Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)