mon océan & moi

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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)

Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

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

Copepode Coryceide  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Copepode Sapphirina iris  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant la structure de flottaison en surface (© Stareso)

Phytoplankton bloom observed by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Terra in May 2010. The bloom spreads broadly in the North Atlantic from Iceland to the Bay of Biscay - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)

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

Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)