mon océan & moi

Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Ctenaria Beroe ovata  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)

Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Tunicata Pyrosoma  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard) 

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

Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

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)

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)