mon océan & moi

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

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)

Remote-controlled sailboat

Coccolithophore  (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.

Prélèvements d'eau des mésocosmes pour analyses, lors de l'expérience menée en Corse en juin/juillet 2012 (© A. Ree, PML)

Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Tunicata Pyrosoma  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (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)

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