mon océan & moi

Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Mollusk  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Remote-controlled sailboat

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)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA

The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

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

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)