mon océan & moi

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

Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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)

Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Copepode Coryceide  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"

Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.

Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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

Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Rosette for collecting seawater samples

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)