mon océan & moi

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)

Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA

Prélèvements d'eau des mésocosmes pour analyses, lors de l'expérience menée en Corse en juin/juillet 2012 (© A. Ree, PML)

The research vessel "James COOK"

Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Teaching sheets

Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard) 

Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Copepode Coryceide  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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

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)