mon océan & moi

Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

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

Ciliate (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)

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)

Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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

Large rosette sampler used in the "World Ocean Circulation Experiment". This rosette has 36 10-liter Niskin bottles, an acoustic pinger (lower left), an "LADCP" current profiler (yellow long tube at the center), a CTD (horizontal instrument at the bottom), and transmissometer (yellow short tube at the center). (Photo : L. Talley)

Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)

Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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

Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Ostracodes  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.