mon océan & moi

Tunicata Pyrosoma  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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)

Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.

Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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

Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (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)

Jellyfish Aequorea aequorea  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)