mon océan & moi

Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Ctenaria Beroe ovata  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"

Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Carte de la camapagne du navire oceanographique James COOK

Le trajet du bateau sur fond couleur de la mer.

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

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)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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

Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Teaching sheets

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)