mon océan & moi

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

Foraminifera   (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)

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

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

Posters

Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Elephant seal equipped with a sensor

Copepode Coryceide  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis  (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)

Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes (© Stareso)

Ctenaria Lampetia pancerina  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)