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)
Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Carte de la camapagne du navire oceanographique James COOK
Le trajet du bateau sur fond couleur de la mer.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Ctenaria Lampetia pancerina (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The research vessel "James COOK"
Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Ctenaria Beroe ovata (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
