mon océan & moi

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

Carte bathymétrique de la Mer Méditerranée

Siphonophore  Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Ctenaria Lampetia pancerina  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche en face de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)

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)

Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Stickers & Goodies

Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni

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

Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)