On board Ifremer's Thalassa, biological observations are in full swing as part of the MOOSE Mediterranean Ocean Observing System for the Environment campaign.
Laboratories involved in the biological part of the campaign: AD2M of Station Biologique de Roscoff - CNRS / Sorbonne Université, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, MIO Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography.
Plankton nets bring back an incredible harvest of living organisms studied on board using imaging and genomics technologies to analyse biodiversity from the surface to 2000 m below the surface.