mon océan & moi

Rosette for collecting seawater samples

Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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)

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

Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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

Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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

Coccolithophore  (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Carte de la camapagne du navire oceanographique James COOK

Le trajet du bateau sur fond couleur de la mer.

Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Siphonophore  Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)