mon océan & moi

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)

Average chlorophyll concentration in the surface ocean (from mi-September 1997 to August 2007) from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS (NASA). Subtropical gyres, in the center of the oceanic basins, are characterized by very low concentrations of chlorophyll a (dark blue) - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)

Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

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 carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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

Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Foraminifera   (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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