mon océan & moi

Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Ctenaria Lampetia pancerina  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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

Mollusk  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (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)

Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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

Dinoflagellate Ceratium reflexum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Jellyfish Aequorea aequorea  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)