For the first time, as part of an international collaboration, a research team from the Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche sur Mer (LOV, Sorbonne University/CNRS) has assembled a huge dataset on zooplankton acquired by underwater cameras on a global scale. Our colleague Francois Carlotti (MIO-EMBIO) took part in this study.. Its analysis has made it possible to model the composition and oceanic biomass of zooplankton. The estimates show maximum biomass values in productive equatorial, temperate and polar zones, and minimum values in oceanic deserts. The results of this study were published in Frontiers of Marine Science on 9 August 2022.
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Global Distribution of Zooplankton Biomass Estimated by In Situ Imaging and Machine Learning
Laetitia Drago, Thelma Panaïotis, Jean-Olivier Irisson, Marcel Babin, Tristan Biard, François Carlotti, Laurent Coppola, Lionel Guidi, Helena Hauss, Lee Karp-Boss, Fabien Lombard, Andrew M. P McDonnell, Marc Picheral, Andreas Rogge, Anya M. Waite, Lars Stemmann and Rainer Kiko
Frontiers of Marine Science, 09 August 2022 Sec. Ocean Observation
DOI : 10.3389/fmars.2022.894372