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BioSWOT-Med cruise : Interview with Laure Chirurgien

Measuring oxygen and community production Laure Chirurgien is in charge of measuring oxygen dissolved in seawater and community production. Here she describes the different instruments she uses, some of which especially developed at MIO...

BioSWOT-Med cruise : Interview with Laure Chirurgien

BathyBot : awakening of a robot in the depths of the Mediterranean

BathyBot is the first deep-sea robot in Europe to be permanently installed at a depth of more than 2400 meters. It has just begun its mission in the Mediterranean Sea and has revealed the first images of its environment. Accompanied by...

BathyBot : awakening of a robot in the depths of the Mediterranean

BioSWOT-Med cruise : Interview with Sandra Nunige

Measuring nutrients Sandra Nunige is an expert in nutrient salt measurements. Here she describes the different analyses she will carry out during the BioSWOT-Med cruise. Sandra Nunige. THE INSTRUMENTS OF OCEANOGRAPHERS: Sandra...

BioSWOT-Med cruise : Interview with Sandra Nunige

APERO Campaign: Understanding how the ocean stores carbon

From June 2 to July 17, 2023, in the Northeast Atlantic, the oceanographic campaign Apero will take place, co-directed by CNRS researchers (LEMAR, MIO, LOV). This campaign aims to study the "biological carbon pump", a phenomenon through...

APERO Campaign: Understanding how the ocean stores carbon

BioSWOT-Med cruise : Interview with Véronique Cornet

How to study phytoplankton diversity? Véronique Cornet is an expert of microphytoplankton and its role in the biological carbon pump. Here she explains what phytoplankton are, how to collect them at sea, and how to analyze their...

BioSWOT-Med cruise : Interview with Véronique Cornet

BioSWOT-Med cruise : Interview with Morgane Didry

The flow cytometer Morgane Didry is in charge of flow cytometry in the BioSWOT-Med cruise. Here she explains how it works and what information it can provide about different assemblages of phytoplankton.. Flow cytometer aboard R/V L’...

BioSWOT-Med cruise : Interview with Morgane Didry

BioSWOT-Med cruise : Interview with Alice della Penna

The exclusion experiment to measure zooplankton grazing During BioSWOT-Med Alice della Penna is in charge of study zooplankton grazing. She explains what it is, why it is important to measure it and she describe a new “exclusion...

BioSWOT-Med cruise : Interview with Alice della Penna

BioSWOT-Med cruise : Interview with Anne Petrenko

The ADCPs Anne Petrenko is in charge of analysis of hull mounted ADCP and of deployment of L-ADCP and FF-ADCP in the BioSWOT-Med campaign. Here, she describes how these instruments work and what are the differences among them. Anne...

BioSWOT-Med cruise : Interview with Anne Petrenko

BioSWOT-Med cruise : Interview with Maristella Berta

The langrangian experiments Maristella Berta is in charge of lagrangian instrument coordination in the BioSWOT-Med campaign. She describes what drifters and floats are, what information can be gathered from them and how real-time data...

BioSWOT-Med cruise : Interview with Maristella Berta

BioSWOT-Med cruise : Interview with Massimo Pacciaroni

Surface drifters and floats In the BioSWOT-Med cruise Massimo Pacciaroni will be in charge of drifters and floats deployment. He describes what the differences are between the two and what physical processes they can study. Massimo...

BioSWOT-Med cruise : Interview with Massimo Pacciaroni