mon océan & moi

Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Ctenaria Lampetia pancerina  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Mollusk  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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

Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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

Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.

Coccolithophore  (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)

Elephant seal equipped with a sensor

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

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)

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

Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)