mon océan & moi

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Siphonophore  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Coccolithophore  (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)