mon océan & moi

Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)

Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Ctenaria Beroe ovata  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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)

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Siphonophore  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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

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)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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