mon océan & moi

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

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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

Carte bathymétrique mondiale

Copepode Coryceide  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant un plongeur récoltant les pièges à sediment (© Stareso)

Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. During the austral summer, the amount of chlorophyll a is so low that the water becomes deep blue, almost purple. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)

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

Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Tunicata Pyrosoma  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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)