![]() | Aegean tectonics, a record of slab-overriding plate interactions (Invited) Auteur(s) : Jolivet, Laurent Faccenna, Claudio Huet, B. Lecomte, E. Labrousse, Loic Denèle, Y. Le Pourhiet, L. Lacombe, Olivier Auteurs secondaires : Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans (ISTO) ; Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS) - Université d'Orléans (UO) - Université François Rabelais - Tours - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Dip. Scienze Geologiche, Università degli Studi Roma TRE ; Université du Québec Dpt for Geodynamics and Sedimentology [Vienne] ; University of Vienna [Vienna] Institut des Sciences de la Terre de Paris (iSTeP) ; Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Géosciences Montpellier ; Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG) - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS) - Université de Montpellier (UM) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Géosciences Rennes (GR) ; Université de Rennes 1 (UR1) - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS) - Centre Armoricain de Recherches en Environnement - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Department of Geosciences ; Department of Geosciences Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP) ; Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC) - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS) - IPG PARIS - Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7) - Université de la Réunion (UR) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Résumé : International audience Two opposing visions of the Aegean backarc tectonics implicitly contain contrasting images of the rheological behaviour of the lihosphere, supported by different sets of observations. The propagation of the NAF and extension in the Corinth Rift suggest a strongly localising rheology whereas the formation of MCC in the Cyclades and the Rhodope suggests instead a more viscous behaviour. This paradox was the seminal question addressed by the ANR-EGEO programme (2007-2010) that leads to the following conclusions: (1) The exhumation of the Cycladic MCC's is accommodated by the N-dipping North Cycladic Detachment System (NCDS) that partly reworks the Vardar suture and at the base by a series of thrusts, including the basal contact of the Cycladic Blueschists (CBS) over the Cycladic Basement (CB). The activity of LANF is due to the reactivation of pre-existing discontinuities such as thrusts or earlier detachments and much less to the interaction with granitic plutons. (2) Exhumation in the Cyclades has proceeded in two stages: (a) Eocene syn-orogenic exhumation within the subduction lower/upperplate interface while the post-orogenic Rhodope MCC formed further north, (b) Oligo-Miocene post-orogenic extension in an MCC mode coeval with syn-orogenic exhumation in Crete and the Peloponnese. (3) Both stages were associated with slab retreat, as early as the Eocene with an acceleration at 30-35 Ma. (4) The localisation of the presently active steeply-dipping normal faults on the southern margin of the Corinth Rift may have been preceded by a partial reworking of thrusts and syn-orogenic detachments by shallow-dipping decollements. (5) The localisation of the NAF in the Marmara Sea region and the Northern Aegean Sea is now accurately dated between 5.3 and 5 Ma Ma using the erosion and deposition surfaces that mark the Messinian salinity Crisis and nannofossils ages. (6) The formation of MCCs in the Cyclades resulted in the draining of the low viscosity lower crust from the northern Aegean Sea and led to an easier coupling between upper mantle and upper crust, easing the localisation and propagation of the NAF. (7) A comparison between crustal and mantle finite strain suggests that mantle flow due to slab retreat controls the stretching of the crust. Our model involves progressive slab retreat and mantle flow below the overriding plate inducing the observed succession of tectonic episodes with a progressive localisation of extension due to several slab tearing events. There is no paradox in the tectonic history and rheological behaviour of the Aegean lithosphere but an evolution of the kinematic boundary conditions due to slab deformation at depth. American Geophysical Union San Francisco, United States insu-00860518 https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-00860518 BIBCODE : 2010AGUFM.T13G..04J | Partager Voir aussi Rheology: crust and lithosphere Continental tectonics: strike-slip and transform Continental margins: convergent Continental tectonics: extensional [8104] TECTONOPHYSICS [8109] TECTONOPHYSICS [8111] TECTONOPHYSICS [8159] TECTONOPHYSICS [SDU.STU.TE] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Tectonics [SDE.MCG] Environmental Sciences/Global Changes |
![]() | Mise au point technique de l'élevage de l'ombrine Sciaenops ocellata. Document 5 : Le grossissement Auteur(s) : Soletchnik, Patrick Goyard, Emmanuel Thouard, Emmanuel Résumé : Aux USA, et plus particulièrement en Caroline du sud, l'étude de la croissance de l'ombrine, a commencé dès 1947, à partir des populations naturelles retenues dans les marais salants (Lunts 1951, d'après Smith et al, 1985) puis se sont poursuivies (Theling and Loyacano 1976), également en Louisiane (Beckman et al, 1988 ; Boothby et Avault, 1971 ; Bass et Avault, 1975). En élevage, très peu de données existent sur les performances de croissance de cette espèce jusqu'à une taille commercialisable. Hopkins et al, (1987) fait part de quelques résultats en bassin de terre. Peu de travaux existent sur les besoins alimentaires de l'espèce (Daniels et Robinson, 1986 Williams et Robinson, 1988, Robinson, 1988). Dans le cadre du programme de mise au point technique de l'élevage de l'ombrine, l'acquisition des premières données zootechniques en grossissement est réalisée grâce aux élevages présentés dans le tableau 1: Les élevages 1 à 6 ont été menés chez des aquaculteurs . 2P et 2G sont issus d'un même élevage après tri. L'élevage 6 s'interrompt brutalement en juillet suite à une crise distrophique survenant en bassin de terre. Les élevages 7 et 8 sont des élevages de géniteurs (origine 1987 et 1985). Les géniteurs de l'élevage 8 sont utilisés au cours des expérimentations de maturation et de ponte (cf document 2). Les élevages 9 et 10 comparent l'effet de 2 aliments, à 37% et 54% de protéines respectivement... Droits : 1990 Ifremer http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00132/24372/22385.pdf http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00132/24372/ | Partager |
![]() | General Introduction: PREVIMER, a French pre-operational coastal ocean forecasting capability. Auteur(s) : Dumas, Franck Pineau-guillou, Lucia Lecornu, Fabrice Le Roux, Jean-francois Le Squere, Bruno Éditeur(s) : Mercator Ocean Résumé : Pre-operational system PREVIMER provides with coastal observations and forecasts along French coasts: currents, waves, sea levels, temperature, salinity, primary production and turbidity. These marine environmental data come from in situ observations, satellite images, and numerical models. They are centralized and archived in PREVIMER databases, then published on website (real time and historical data), and freely available to users, private companies as well as public administrations. This paper describes in details PREVIMER components and users. Mercator Ocean - Quarterly Newsletter (Mercator Ocean), 2014 , N. 49 , P. 3-8 Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00189/30037/28523.pdf http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00189/30037/ | Partager |
![]() | L'evolution des conditions physiologiques de Crassostrea rhizophorae en fonction des niveaux de bioaccumulation et du gradient de pollution Auteur(s) : Pellerin, M Éditeur(s) : Actes de colloques. Ifremer. Brest [ACTES COLLOQ. IFREMER.]. 1995 Résumé : Informations gathered in the mangrove of the Fort-De-France bay of Martinique (F.W.I.) showed a decreased physiological condition of Crassostrea rhizophorae in the south part of the bay explained by the presence of zinc and by physico-chemical parameters modified in the wet season, such as decreased salinity and decreased levels of nutrients. Bioaccumulation of zinc, lead and cadmium was highly correlated to sediment contamination. Contamination by pesticides and organochlorides was found mainly in oysters from the North part of the bay, characterized by industrial activities and agricultural inputs. Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1992/acte-1601.pdf http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/1601/ | Partager |
![]() | Les espèces d'huîtres vivant actuellement dans le monde, définies par leurs coquilles larvaires ou prodissoconques - Etude des collections de quelques-uns des grands musées d'histoire naturelle Auteur(s) : Ranson, Gilbert Éditeur(s) : ISTPM Résumé : Shell is the basis of the distinction between the different species of molluscs. But the elements defining the shape and colour of the shell can vary according to the environmental conditions. So much so that, in numerous cases, a whole range of intermediates can be found between two species. Among molluscs, oysters are considered as a particularly confused group. Their shells are indeed extremely variable. All sorts of intermediates can be found. They usually attach themselves using their bottom valve, and, depending on the shape of the substrate, salinity conditions, temperature, outside environment, they present a wide range of individual variations. I had the opportunity to examine the larval shells of some of our coastal species. I noticed that each species had a specific prodissoconch, with a constant shape and no fundamental individual variations, an understandable fact given their planktonic life. The hinge and the position of the ligament in the hinge enable the definition of their genus. During the study of the collections of oysters from some of the world's most renowned museum (1), I tried to isolate the prodissoconches of the different species. I found them attached to the adult shells, making sure that all the prodissoconches attached to the top of the adult shells showed the same morphological characteristics. (unverified OCR) LAMARCK, en 1806, dans l'ouverture de son Cours sur les «Animaux sans Vertèbres», s'exprimait ainsi : «En attendant, souvenons-nous que rien de tout cela n'est dans la nature, qu'elle ne connaît ni Classes, ni Ordres, ni Genres, ni Espèces, malgré le fondement que paraissent leur donner les portions de la série naturelle que nous offrent nos collections et que parmi les corps organisés, il n'y a réellement que des individus et des races diverses qui se nuancent dans tous les degrés de l'organisation. » Ainsi, pour LAMARCK, les cadres de la Classification zoologique seraient artificiels, ce seraient des créations de l'esprit, ayant seulement pour but de faciliter l'étude du monde vivant. Effectivement lorsqu'on consulte, comme je l'ai fait, les «Collections Lamarck» des Musées de Paris et de Genève. on s'aperçoit que, pour LAMARCK, le moindre caractère morphologique qui différencie une coquille de Mollusque d'une autre est une entité. Il multipliait le nombre des espèces et créait des variétés. Pour CUVIER (2) : «Le travail des nomenclatures, besogne facile, qui ne demande aucune intelligence a fait négliger la science véritable.» Et dit-il, ailleurs (:1) : «Après tout je n'ai pas jeté cette esquisse de division pour servir aux commençans à trouver les noms des espèces; qu'ils emploient pour cela tel système artificiel qu'ils trouveront le plus facile; cela est juste... » Les systèmes en question ne seraient donc que jeux de l'esprit, pour CUVIER également. Notre pensée a beaucoup évolué depuis cette époque. Nous pouvons dire maintenant que la Vie est la manière d'être des protéines et qu'il existe autant de protéines que d'espèces. Dès 1912, Jacques LOEB disait (4) : «Qu'en toute certitude, chaque animal a des substances germinatives spécifiques et que les substances germinatives diffèrent chimiquement d'un animal à l'autre, Les qualités chimiques d'un oeuf de poulet font qu'il ne peut donner naissance qu'à un poulet.» La notion d'espèce chimique vivante nous entraîne, par ailleurs, vers une nouvelle conception des autres groupes de la classification. L'individu porteur de caractères particuliers par lesquels il peut seulement être défini, est aussi porteur d'un noyau protoplasmique spécifique et enfin d'autres, propres successivement à la famille, à l'ordre, à la classe et à l'embranchement dont il fait partie. Cela est très important, car toutes ces catégories de la classification zoologique ne nous apparaissent plus alors comme de simples entités, subjectives, formelles, mais comme ayant effectivement une réalité précise dans le monde extérieur. La recherche et la définition correcte des espèces apparaissent alors comme un travail de première importance. Lorsqu'on poursuit des recherches embryologiques, physiologiques, biologiques ou autres sur un organisme, il est indispensable de savoir d'une manière précise en présence de quelle espèce on se trouve. Par ailleurs, comment parler de l'évolution des espèces si leur existence objective n'est pas admise et si elles ne sont pas correctement définies? Toute l'histoire de la Zoologie est marquée par l'effort constant de préciser les caractères de l'espèce et d'en faire une réalité objective. Chez les Mollusques, la coquille a servi de base essentielle pour la distinction des espèces. Mais les éléments de la forme et de la couleur de la coquille varient avec les conditions du milieu de telle sorte qu'on trouve dans de nombreux cas, tous les intermédiaires entre deux espèces. Parmi les Mollusques, les Huîtres constituaient un groupe particulièrement confus. En effet, leurs coquilles sont extrêmement variables. On rencontre tous les intermédiaires. Elles se fixent le plus souvent sur un support par la valve inférieure et là selon la forme du support, selon les conditions de la salinité, de la température, du milieu extérieur, elles présentent une immense gamme de variations individuelles. J'ai été amené à examiner les coquilles larvaires de quelques espèces de nos côtes. J'ai constaté que chaque espèce avait une prodissoconque particulière, d'une forme constante et sans variations individuelles fondamentales ce qui se conçoit aisément, étant donné leur vie planctonique. Leur charnière et la position du ligament par rapport à cette dernière, permettent de définir les genres, En étudiant les collections d'Huîtres des grands musées du monde (1), j'ai cherché à isoler les prodissoconques des diverses espèces. Je les ai trouvées sur les coquilles adultes où elles s'étaient fixées. m'assurant chaque fois que les prodissoconques conservées au sommet des coquilles adultes présentaient les mêmes caractéristiques morphologiques. J'ai microphotographié la plupart des coquilles larvaires étudiées. Ce sont les épreuves qui sont reproduites ici. J'en ai fait faire des dessins au trait et pour quelques-unes dont les microphotographies manquent, on trouvera les dessins au trait réalisé à la chambre claire. Chaque espèce est bien définie par sa coquille larvaire. La meilleure démonstration en est fournie par les deux espèces. si voisines par leurs coquilles adultes, Ostrea edulis et Ostrea chilensis; leurs prodissoconques sont spectaculairement différentes. Je remercie Monsieur le Directeur de l'Institut scientifique et technique des Pêches maritimes qui a bien voulu accepter de publier le résultat de ces recherches dans la belle Revue des Travaux de son Institut. (OCR non contrôlé) Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches Maritimes (0035-2276) (ISTPM), 1967-06 , Vol. 31 , N. 2 , P. 127-199 Droits : Ifremer http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1967/publication-3761.pdf http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/3761/ | Partager |
![]() | Salt tectonics and crustal tectonics along the Eastern Sardinian margin,Western Tyrrhenian : New insights from the « METYSS » cruise (June 2009) Auteur(s) : Gaullier, Virginie Lofi, Johanna Thinon, Isabelle Auteurs secondaires : Laboratoire d'études des GéoEnvironnements Marins (LEGEM) ; Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD) Géosciences Montpellier ; Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG) - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS) - Université de Montpellier (UM) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) (BRGM) EGU Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Résumé : International audience The « METYSS » cruise was carried out in June 2009 onboard the R/V « Téthys II » along the eastern Sardinian and south-eastern Corsican margins, western Tyrrhenian Sea, in order to better constrain the potential links between deformation related to either crustal tectonics or salt tectonics and sediment accumulation, especially during the Messinian and Plio-Quaternary times. We acquired 15 high-resolution seismic reflection profiles (about 1200 km in cumulative length) along the south-eastern Corsican margin, immediately north of the Bonifacio Strait and along the upper and middle parts of the eastern Sardinian margin, from the continental slope to the Cornaglia Terrace. The Tyrrhenian Sea is considered as a Neogene back-arc basin that opened during continental rifting and oceanic spreading related to the eastward migration of the Apennine subduction system from Tortonian to Pliocene times (Jolivet et al., 2006). Rifting of the Tyrrhenian Sea started first along the Eastern Sardinian margin during the Tortonian-Messinian times and therefore the series of that age should be considered as syn-rift sediments (Sartori et al., 2004). The « METYSS » seismic profiles clearly illustrate that this part of the Tyrrhenian was highly segmented during the rifting stage by N-S trending normal faults delineating ridges (e.g., Baronie Ridge) and basins (e.g., Sardinian Basin and Cornaglia Terrace), as previously described for example by Thommeret (1999) and Sartori et al. (2004). The Messinian sedimentary units and especially the « Upper Unit » (UU, Lofi et al., this congress, corresponding to the « Upper Evaporites » in the previous literature) are, without any doubt, of syn-rift age, as they display a fan-shaped stratal geometry. The Mobile Unit (MU, Lofi et al., this congress), i.e. the Messinian halite, is clearly imaged in the study area and its spatial repartition can be outlined. The highly-variable thickness of the confined salt basins could be due to the initial basin geometry (i.e. before the Messinian salinity Crisis) or to the syn-rift character of the deposition. Southeastward of the study area, in the vicinity of the Cornaglia Seamount, salt tectonics appears surprisingly vigorous. More surprisingly, several normal faults seem to have remained active in recent times, if not even at present time. Fault slip has been recorded by bathymetric scarps and associated footwall debris flows interfingered within the Plio-Quaternary sequence, even though the eastern Sardinian margin is usually considered to be passive now. Moreover, some amount of tectonic inversion is visible on some normal faults that show contractional or transpressional components of late slip. In addition, this “post-rift” deformation can be illustrated within the Plio-Quaternary sequence by a regional unconformity. Consequently, numerous mass-transport deposits and channel-levees systems observed in the Plio-Quaternary cover could be partly controlled by tectonic activity. These very preliminary results require further investigations in order to better decipher the role of crustal tectonics and salt tectonics, salt-related structures being very efficient markers to discriminate between the respective contribution of gravity-driven, salt tectonics and deep-seated, crustal tectonics (Gaullier et al., 2010). Finally, we aim to precisely determine the relative vertical movements (tilting, subsidence, magmatism. . . ) and geodynamical history of the different segments of the area since 6 Ma. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vienne, Austria hal-00537828 https://hal-brgm.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00537828 https://hal-brgm.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00537828/document https://hal-brgm.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00537828/file/EGU2010-15469_ref6821.pdf | Partager |
![]() | Metazooplankton communities in the Ahe atoll lagoon (Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia): Spatiotemporal variations and trophic relationships Auteur(s) : Pagano, Marc Sagarra, Pascual-boi Champalbert, Gisele Bouvy, Marc Dupuy, Christine Thomas, Yoann Charpy, Loic Éditeur(s) : Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd Résumé : Metazooplankton abundance, biomass (<80 mu m, 200-500 mu m and >500 mu m) and community structure in the Ahe atoll were studied together with their relationships with environmental factors (temperature, salinity, wind) and trophic factors (phytoplankton, bacteria, heterotrophic nanoflagellates (HNF) and ciliates) during three periods in 2008-2009. Meroplankton, mainly bivalve and gastropod larvae, was dominant. Holoplankton was dominated by copepods, the main species being Oithona spp., Paracalanus parvus, Clausocalanus spp., Corycaeus spp., Acartia fossae and Undinula vulgaris. The results suggest a clear wind influence on the structure and horizontal distribution of the zooplankton communities. The metazooplankton appeared to be controlled mainly by food resources, suggesting a bottom-up control. The low nanophytoplankton biomass in contrast to the high abundance of picophytoplankton, HNF and nano-particle grazers (mainly Oithona spp., Paracalanus and bivalve larvae) highlighted the importance of the microbial loop in the food web. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Marine Pollution Bulletin (0025-326X) (Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd), 2012 , Vol. 65 , N. 10-12 , P. 538-548 Droits : 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00101/21207/19419.pdf DOI:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.01.025 http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00101/21207/ | Partager Voir aussi Metazooplankton Spatio-temporal patterns Trophic relationships Pearl oyster Atoll lagoon French Polynesia Télécharger |
![]() | Numerical modelling of CO2 injection at small-scale field experimental site in Maguelone, France Auteur(s) : Basirat, Farzad Fagerlund, Fritjof DENCHIK, Nataliya PEZARD, Philippe Niemi, Auli Auteurs secondaires : Uppsala University Géosciences Montpellier ; Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG) - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS) - Université de Montpellier (UM) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Transferts en milieux poreux ; Géosciences Montpellier ; Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG) - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS) - Université de Montpellier (UM) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) - Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG) - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS) - Université de Montpellier (UM) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Elsevier Résumé : International audience To evaluate the performance of downhole and surface geophysical monitoring methods, a series of shallow gas injection-monitoring experiments has been performed in a coastal saline aquifer at Maguelone, France. The recorded data include pressure measurements with a Westbay multilevel completion and CO2 saturation at an observation well derived from electrical resistivity with a modified Waxman-Smits (MWS) model. In this work, the aim is to develop a simulation model capturing the gas transport behavior and consistent with field data. For this purpose, the simulation of the CO2 injection experiment is carried out with two conceptual models, a homogeneous model and a heterogeneous model treated with multiple realization Monte Carlo simulations. Numerical simulator TOUGH2 with the equation of state module EOS7C is used for the simulations. Comparison of the model results with field data suggests that the pressure responses are captured with relatively good accuracy. Similarly, the model also provides an overall reasonable agreement and correct order of magnitude for predicted gas saturation values. However, as the heterogeneity pattern in the field data remains largely unknown, the model predictions can only be used to capture the mean behavior as well as to provide insights into how heterogeneity can influence the system behavior, by means of sensitivity analyses of the influence of heterogeneities on individual realizations. ISSN: 1750-5836 hal-01467240 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01467240 DOI : 10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.09.006 | Partager |
![]() | Haline hurricane wake in the Amazon/Orinoco plume: AQUARIUS/SACD and SMOS observations Auteur(s) : Grodsky, Semyon A. Reul, Nicolas Lagerloef, Gary Reverdin, Gilles Carton, James A. Chapron, Bertrand Quilfen, Yves Kudryavtsev, Vladimir N. Éditeur(s) : Amer Geophysical Union Résumé : At its seasonal peak the Amazon/Orinoco plume covers a region of 10^6 km2 in the western tropical Atlantic with more than 1m of extra freshwater, creating a near-surface barrier layer (BL) that inhibits mixing and warms the sea surface temperature (SST) to >29oC. Here new sea surface salinity (SSS) observations from the Aquarius/SACD and SMOS satellites help elucidate the ocean response to hurricane Katia, which crossed the plume in early fall, 2011. Its passage left a 1.5psu high haline wake covering >10^5 km2 (in its impact on density, the equivalent of a 3.5oC cooling) due to mixing of the shallow BL. Destruction of this BL apparently decreased SST cooling in the plume, and thus preserved higher SST and evaporation than outside. Combined with SST, the new satellite SSS data provide a new and better tool to monitor the plume extent and quantify tropical cyclone upper ocean responses with important implications for forecasting. Geophysical Research Letters (0094-8276) (Amer Geophysical Union), 2012-10 , Vol. 39 , N. L20603 , P. 1-8 Droits : 2012. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00094/20540/18943.pdf DOI:10.1029/2012GL053335 http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00094/20540/ | Partager |
![]() | Ecosystem dynamics and nichthemeral and seasonal programming of fish community structure in a tropical estuarine inlet, Mexico Auteur(s) : Yanez-arancibia, A Lara-dominguez, Al Sanchez-gil, P Vargas Maldonado, I Chavance, P Amezcua Linares, F Aguirre Leon, A Diaz Ruiz, S Éditeur(s) : Gauthier-Villars Résumé : A fish community was studied in Terminos Lagoon, Mexico over a one year period. Diurnal (24-h) and seasonal variations of several diversity indices - density, biomass, frequency and numerical abundance - were statistically related to changes in salinity, temperature, tide, and light periods. There were seasonal variations in all parameters of the community. The ecological parameters of the fish community remained high, reflecting a daily and seasonal succession of dominant fish species. The similarity in nichthemeral and seasonal changes exhibited by certain assemblages of species indicates that some dominant groups are influenced more by light period than by tidal stage. Community inhabitants and consumers of different trophic categories were seasonally quantified. Cyclical visitors (49%) and second-order consumers (49%) were dominant throughout the entire year. Twenty species were quantitatively important in terms of frequency, biomass and numerical abundance. Oceanologica Acta, Special issue (0399-1784) (Gauthier-Villars), 1982 Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00246/35702/34211.pdf http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00246/35702/ | Partager |
![]() | Core-scale electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) monitoring of CO2-brine mixture in Fontainebleau sandstone Auteur(s) : Bosch, David Ledo, Juanjo Queralt, Pilar Bellmunt, Fabian Luquot, Linda GOUZE, Philippe Auteurs secondaires : University of Barcelona Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, Barcelona Géosciences Montpellier ; Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG) - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS) - Université de Montpellier (UM) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Transferts en milieux poreux ; Géosciences Montpellier ; Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG) - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS) - Université de Montpellier (UM) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) - Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG) - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS) - Université de Montpellier (UM) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Elsevier Résumé : International audience The main goal of the monitoring stage of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is to obtain an accurate estimation of the subsurface CO2 accumulation and to detect any possible leakage. Laboratory experiments are necessary to investigate the small scale processes governing the CO2–brine–rock interaction. They also provide a means to calibrate the results coming from field scale geophysical methods. In this work we set up an experimental system which is able to perform Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) measurements on centimeter-scale rock samples at various P–T conditions. We present the results of two new experiments related to CO2 monitoring, performed on a cylindrical (4 × 8 cm) Fontainebleau rock sample. In the first one, we have quantified the CO2 saturation at different volume fractions, representing zones from a deep saline aquifer with varying degrees of saturation. In the second one, we have monitored and quantified the effect of CO2 dissolution in the brine at a pressure of 40 bar during eight days, emulating the invasion of CO2 into a shallow aquifer. Results highlight the importance of accounting for the contribution of surface conductivity in highly CO2-saturated regions, even in clay-free rocks, and also for brine conductivity variation due to CO2 dissolution. Ignoring any of these effects will end up in a CO2 saturation underestimation. We present a modified CO2 saturation equation to account for these two influences. ISSN: 0926-9851 hal-01356323 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01356323 DOI : 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2016.03.039 | Partager |
![]() | Colonization of coastal environments by foraminifera: insight from shrimp ponds in New Caledonia (sw Pacific) Auteur(s) : Debenay, J. -p. Della Patrona, Luc Goguenheim, H. Éditeur(s) : Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research Résumé : The objectives of this study were to observe foraminiferal colonization patterns and behavior in shrimp ponds in New Caledonia during a shrimp-growing (farming) cycle. Weekly collecting at 10 stations in 8 shrimp ponds yielded a total of 170 samples accompanied by environmental data. Seawater pumped from the nearby ocean filled the ponds at the beginning of the growth cycle and its daily renewal maintained salinity at 32-39, and supplied the ponds with influxes of smaller, mostly juvenile, foraminifera. A few days after initial filling, the pioneering species Ammonia tepida and Quinqueloculina seminula appeared, with A. tepida dominant. Their high reproduction rates increased both living and dead assemblage densities during the first 10 weeks. Populations of these two species then stabilized with higher oxygen demand (drop of redox) and consumption of living foraminifera by shrimp. Only a few colonizers subsequently appeared, which was attributed to the isolation of the pond, despite the high rate of water renewal. Only one pond had notably higher species richness, but it could not be distinguished from the others by its physicochemical parameters. The species that appeared in ponds initially barren of foraminifera also survived where there was water seepage between growing cycles, suggesting that the assemblages had already reached equilibrium with the environment. Despite the number of environmental parameters measured, only oxygen and reactive organic matter correlated with the microfauna on a weekly timescale. We assume that other parameters do not significantly affect foraminifera until they reach critical threshold. Consistent with previous studies, A. tepida was the species most tolerant of organic influx, but its relative abundance dropped once the organic matter flocculated and settled, leading to disoxic conditions in the sediment. Conversely, Q. seminula was able to climb through the floc and reach the oxygenated layer, where its relative abundance increased. Journal of Foraminiferal Research (0096-1191) (Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research), 2009-10 , Vol. 39 , N. 4 , P. 249-266 Droits : 2009 Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2009/publication-6954.pdf DOI:10.2113/gsjfr.39.4.249 http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/6954/ | Partager |
![]() | Western boundary currents and transports off french-guiana as inferred from pegasus observations Auteur(s) : Colin, C Bourles, Bernard Éditeur(s) : Gauthier-Villars Résumé : Pegasus current measurements carried out along a section located off French Guiana are presented; the section was repeated five times from September 1989 to June 1991 during the NOE (region Nord-Ouest equatoriale)/STACS (Sub Tropical Atlantic Climate Studies) cruises on board the NOAA (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration) research vessels. The data (vertical and horizontal distributions) show, as suggested by earliest observations, the presence of different currents. At the surface, and in winter, the North Brazil Current (NBC) flows northwestward (positive), is strong (120 cm/s), confined in the first 250 m, coastally trapped (within 250 km) and fed by offshore waters; in summer the NBC strengthens (the velocity increases to 150 cm/s), vertically extends (down to 800 m) and veers offshore; the mean NBC mass flux computed from all the sections available is 34 +/- 9 Sv with absolute maximum and minimum respectively in September 1989 (81 +/- 4 Sv) and February 1990 (13 +/- 1 Sv). Subsurface, a southeastward (negative) undercurrent (herein after named Western Boundary UnderCurrent) is present in winter-spring and located in the layer 250-800 m with similar velocities in February 1990 (- 33 cm/s) and June 1991 (- 29 cm/s) but with largest vertical and horizontal extensions in the latter case; in summer (September 1989 and September 1990) this undercurrent is absent; the mean mTBUC mass flux is - 9 +/- 3 Sv; the maximum is observed in June 1991 (- 19 +/- 2 Sv) and the minimum in February 1990 (- 3 +/- 0.4 Sv) and January 1991 (- 5 +/- I Sv). Deeper, the equatorward Deep Western Boundary Current is trapped against the continental shelf (within 100 km of the shelf break), extends downward from 1 200 to 3 000 m depth with the velocity core centred in the 1 700-2 000 m layer, is maximum (- 50 cm/s) in spring-summer and minimum (- 23 cm/s) in winter; the absolute velocity (- 92 cm/s) has been recorded at 2 000 m depth in September 1989 suggesting a strong variability at this level; the mean equatorward DWBC mass flux is - 30 +/- 14 Sv with absolute maximum and minimum respectively in September 1989 (- 59 +/- 6 Sv) and September 1990 (- 7 +/- 1 Sv). The Integrated Mass, Temperature and Salt Fluxes (IMF, ITF and ISF) with the cumulated errors, computed across the whole section and down to 3 000 m depth for the September 1990, January 1991 and June 1991 cruises, are all positive in September 1990 (respectively 1.9 +/- 19 Sv, 3.1 +/- 30.1 PW and 74 +/- 1 845 Tt/s) but all negative both in January 1991 (- 13.3 +/- 17.0 Sv, - 15.6 +/- 26.5 PW and - 478 +/- 1594 Tt/s) and June 1991 (- 3.8 +/- 10.1 Sv, - 4.0 +/- 16.3 PW, - 130 +/- 989 Tt/s) showing a strong variability between the summer and winter periods. The mean IMF, ITF and ISF values (respectively - 5.1 +/- 46.4 Sv, - 5.2 +/- 73 PW and - 178 +/- 4428 Tt/s) are high and negative, indicating the large influence of the DWBC and the associated North Atlantic Deep Water (upper part) off French Guiana at 5 degrees N. Oceanologica Acta (0399-1784) (Gauthier-Villars), 1994 , Vol. 17 , N. 2 , P. 143-157 Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00098/20881/18495.pdf http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00098/20881/ | Partager |
![]() | The Var turbidite system (Ligurian Sea, northwestern Mediterranean) - morphology, sediment supply, construction of turbidite levee and sediment waves: implications for hydrocarbon reservoirs Auteur(s) : Migeon, Sébastien Mulder, Thierry Savoye, Bruno Sage, Françoise Éditeur(s) : Springer Résumé : The Var turbidite system is a small sandy system located in the Ligurian Basin. It was deposited during the Pliocene-Quaternary in a flat-floored basin formed during the Messinian salinity crisis. The system was fed through time by the Var and Paillon canyons that connect directly to the Var and Paillon rivers. It is still active during the present sea-level highstand. Two main mechanisms are responsible for gravity-flow triggering in the Var turbidite system: (1) mass-wasting events affect mainly the upper part of the continental slope, in areas where volumes of fresh sediment delivered by rivers are highest, and result from the under-consolidation state of slope sediments and earthquakes, and (2) high-magnitude river floods resulting from melting of snow and convective rainfall during fall and spring seasons, and generating hyperpycnal turbidity currents at river mouths when the density of freshwater transporting suspended particles exceeds that of ambient seawater. Failure- and flood-induced gravity flows are involved through time in the construction of the Var Sedimentary Ridge, the prominent right-hand levee of the Var system, and sediment waves. Processes of construction of both the Var Ridge and sediment waves are closely connected. Sandy deposits are thick and abundant in the eastern (downchannel) part of the ridge. Their distribution is highly constrained by the strong difference of depositional processes across the sediment waves, potentially resulting through time in the individualization of large and interconnected sand bodies. Geo-Marine Letters (0276-0460) (Springer), 2006-12 , Vol. 26 , N. 6 , P. 361-371 Droits : 2006 Springer http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-2258.pdf DOI:10.1007/s00367-006-0047-x http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/2258/ | Partager |
![]() | Paleoenvironmental conditions at Core KC01B (Ionian Sea) through MIS 13-9: Evidence from calcareous nannofossil assemblages Auteur(s) : Maiorano, Patrizia Tarantino, Francesca Marino, Maria De Lange, Gert J. Éditeur(s) : Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd Résumé : Quantitative analyses on calcareous nannofossil assemblages on high temporal resolution (600-800 years) have been carried out from Core KC01B in the Ionian Sea (Eastern Mediterranean) throughout Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 13-9, between 500 and 300 ka. This is an interval of considerable climate changes, known as the Mid-Brunhes event, which includes MIS 11, considered as a possible analogue for future interglacial conditions. In the Mediterranean core, the interval is characterized by the dominance of Gephyrocapsa spp., as also known from ocean records. Calcareous nannofossil abundance fluctuations have been interpreted in terms of modification of sea surface primary productivity/water stratification and temperature. Specifically, the increase in abundance of Gephyrocapsa caribbeanica and small Gephyrocapsa coupled with decreases of Florisphaera profunda, Syracosphaera spp. and Rhabdosphaera spp. suggests enhanced primary productivity/mixed surface waters during interglacial stages and at the Terminations, which can be interpreted in terms of interaction between climate changes and mesoscale oceanographic circulation. On the other hand, distributions of Calciosolenia spp., Oolithotus spp. and Umbilicosphaera sibogae, which are in phase with delta O-18 curve showing higher abundances at the lighter values of the marine isotope record, are considered as warm-water indicators. Biotic proxies point to peculiar climate dynamics through the MIS 12-11 transition (i.e. Termination V). High productive, cool, low salinity and turbid surface waters characterize the early MIS 11(421-408 ka) and likely reflect enhanced continental humidity/monsoon activity over North Africa and increased runoff into the basin. A late surface water warming with respect to Termination V is established at about 403 ka, during a period of low insolation forcing, almost coeval with the deposition of sapropel S11. A climate optimum, lasting about 15 ky (403-389 ka), is then recorded during a period of low insolation forcing centred at 398 ka. The later part of MIS 11 is characterized by climate deterioration at about 389 ka. Comparison with results from subtropical to polar Atlantic records suggests a remarkable relation between Mediterranean and Atlantic climate regimes. Quaternary International (1040-6182) (Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd), 2013-03 , Vol. 288 , P. 97-111 Droits : 2011 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved. http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00181/29194/27593.pdf DOI:10.1016/j.quaint.2011.12.007 http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00181/29194/ | Partager |
![]() | Amélioration des productions phytoplanctoniques en écloserie de mollusques : caractérisation des microalgues fourrage Auteur(s) : Robert, Rene Chretiennot-dinet, Marie-josèphe Kaas, Raymond Martin-jezequel, Véronique Moal, Jeanne Le Coz, Jean-rene Nicolas, Jean-louis Bernard, Eudes Résumé : in mollusc hatcheries. Consequently, we assessed themost commonly used species to establish their growth and size profiles, their cytomorphological, biochemical, biomolecular identification as well as their cytometer signs, and also their ability to grow under extreme conditions of temperature and salinity.
This work aimed at matching the conformity of the strains used in Argenton (dispatched to most of the French commercial hatcheries) to those of a referenced culture collection. A previous screening preceded this study, because of the 45 species and/or clones held originally, Argenton kept no more than 15 species. As most of the latter are also represented in referenced collection, our strains are therefore correctly identified. On the other hand, the combination of several approaches (characteristic of growth and size, cytomorphological description, establishment of biochemical and biomolecular profiles) to discriminate the different species was broadly successful. Nevertheless, flow cytometer measurements were extremely variable from sample to sample, dueto their high sensitivity to the microalga's physiological state.
Accordingly, we have developed a method of identification which could be transferred at a national or international level, to the Institutions in charge of microalgae collections. Furthermore, we achieved relevant data to establish an identity card for each of the microalgae suitable for mollusc hatcheries. La caractérisation des microalgues fourrage constituait l'un des points perfectibles au regard de ce qui est appliquée en microbiologie. Nous avons alors cherché à définir, pour les espèces les plus utilisées en écloserie, leurs profils de croissance et de taille, leur caractéristiques cytomorphologique, cytofluorimétrique, biochimique et biomoléculaire, et enfin, précisé leur aptitude au développement sous des conditions extrêmes de température et de salinité (écotolérance). Ce travail avait pour but de vérifier, d'une part, la conformité des souches utilisées à l'écloserie d'Argenton (auprès de laquelle se fournissent la plupart des écloseries commerciales françaises) en comparant les espèces utilisées à celles issues d'une collection référencée. Un premier balayage avait été réalisé avant la mise en place de cette étude puisque sur les 45 espèces et clones détenus originellement, Argenton ne possédait plus que 15 espèces. La plupart de ces dernières ayant leur équivalent en collection référencée notre souchier est désormais parfaitement identifiée. D'autre part, la confrontation de plusieurs approches, caractéristique de la croissance et de taille, description cytomorphologique, établissement des profils biochimique et biomoléculaire, écotolérance, signature cytofluorimétrique, pour discriminer les différentes espèces de microalgues fourrage a été globalement couronnée de succès. Seule cette dernière technique n'a pas permis de caractériser les espèces entre elles, les paramètres mesurés en cytométrie de flux étant particulièrement sensibles à l'état physiologique des microalgues, très variable d'un échantillon à un autre. Nous disposons dorénavant d'une méthode d'identification qu'il serait souhaitable de transférer, au niveau national voire international, auprès des organismes en charge des collections. De plus, nous disposons dorénavant de données pertinentes pour établir pour chacune des microalgues d'intérêt aquacole une véritable carte d'identité. Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2004/rapport-1546.pdf http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/1546/ | Partager |
![]() | Crustacés profonds capturés aux casiers aux Antilles Françaises Auteur(s) : Paulmier, Gerard Paulmier, Gerard Résumé : For several years the fishermen of the West Indies have directed their activities towards new fishing grounds, notably the bathyales zones adjacent to island plateaux up to approximately 1000 metres in depth. Explorations earned out since 1989 have shown that diverse crustacean populations could be exploited. However, populations and exploitable stocks arc not well known. The use of crustaceans traps as a fishing technique permits the capture of shellfish, shrimps and prawns of which at least six species could have commercial interest. The main objective of this work is do draw up an inventory of the principal commercial species as well as the accompanying species belonging to the subordres Decapoda macrura, anomura, brachyura, and to the orders Isopoda and Amphipoda. It is intended for fishermen and other socio-professionals of the fishing industry. It should enable them to identify and name these previously unexploited varieties of crustacea to facilitate their sale in local markets.
Depuis quelques années, des pécheurs antillais orientent leurs activités vers de nouveaux secteurs de pèche, notamment les zones bathyales adjacentes aux plateaux insulaires, jusque vers 1000 mètres de profondeur. Des campagnes exploratoires menées depuis 1989. on montré que diverses populations carcinologiques pouvaient l'aire l'objet d'une exploitation. Toutefois, populations et stocks exploitables ne sont pas bien connus. L'emploi du casier comme technique de pêche, permet la capture de crustacés: crevettes et langoustines, dont au moins 6 espèces peuvent avoir un intérêt commercial. Ce travail nomenclatural a pour premier objectif de dresser l'inventaire ces principales espèces commerciales ainsi que des espèces accompagnatrices appartenant aux infra-ordres des Décapodes macroures, anomoures, brachyoures et aux ordres des Isopodes et des Amphipodes. Il est destine aux pécheurs et aux autres personnes des catégories socioprofessionnelles de la filière pêche. II devrait leur permettre d'identifier et de nommer ces produits nouveaux pour faciliter leur vente sur les marchés locaux. Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1993/rapport-992.pdf http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/992/ | Partager Voir aussi Crabes Langoustines Crevettes Profond Crustacés Inventaire Antilles françaises Crabs Prawns Shrimps Télécharger |
![]() | Aquaculture of red tilapia Oreochromis sp. in marine environments: State of the art. Auteur(s) : Watanabe, W Ernst, D Olla, B Wicklund, R Éditeur(s) : Actes de colloques Ifremer, Tahiti, French Polynesia, 20 Feb - 4 Mar 1989, n°9, chap. 46, pp.487-498 Résumé : The Caribbean Marine Research Centre is conducting research on the development of methods for intensive culture of euryhaline red tilapias in marine environments for application to Caribbean islands and similar regions with limited freshwater resources. Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1989/acte-1493.pdf http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/1493/ | Partager Voir aussi Survival Growth Eggs Brood stocks Incubation Brackish water Seed (aquaculture) Food conversion Hatcheries Controlled conditions Télécharger |
![]() | La conchyliculture française - 1° Partie : Le milieu naturel et ses variations Auteur(s) : Marteil, Louis Éditeur(s) : ISTPM Résumé : Table of Contents The Natural Environment Production centres Oyster farming centres Mussel farming centres Chapter I. - The Physicochemical Environment I. Sea Water a) Transparency, turbidity b) Temperature c) Salinity d) Dissolved gases e) Substances dissolved in the water f) Water movements g) Hydrology of the main shellfish farming centres II. Soils a) Soil properties b) Mechanical amendment of soils, its effects c) Fertilisation of soils in shellfish farming d) Changes in soils due to farming Bibliography Chapter II. - The Natural Environment Phytoplankton Zooplankton Basic biology of phytoplankton Assessment of phytoplankton production, notion of primary productivity Phytoplankton from a few shellfish farming regions Microphytobenthos Factors controlling primary productivity Toxicity of planktonic organisms; red tides Bibliography Chapter III Alterations in the Natural Environment Pollution I. Chemical Pollution Definitions Influence of turbidity A. Telluric pollution 1o Domestic pollution 2o Agriculture-related pollution 3o Industrial pollution B. Pelagic pollution 1o Pollution through hydrocarbons Conclusion II. Bacterial Pollution Future of micro-organisms in the sea A. Specimen conditions B. Phenomena of dispersion Survival of germs in the marine environment A. Factors influencing the total microbial content B. Resistance of various groups of germs Consequences of bacterial pollutions on shellfish and shellfish farming Shellfish Shellfish farming Conclusion Bibliography Sommaire : Le milieu naturel Les centres de production Les centres ostréicoles Les centres mytilicoles Chapitre I. - le milieu physico-chimique I. L'eau de mer a) Transparence, turbidité b) Température c) Salinité d ) Les gaz dissous e) Les substances dissoutes dans l'eau f) Les mouvements de l'eau g) Hydrologie des principaux centres conchylicoles IL Les sols a ) Propriétés des sols b) Amendement mécanique des sols, ses effets c) La fertilisation des sols en conchylicutture d) Evolution des sols du fait de la culture Bibliographie Chapitre II. - le milieu biologique Le phytoplancton Le zooplancton Biologie sommaire du phytoplancton Evaluation de la production de phytoplancton, notion de productivité primaire Phytoplancton de quelques régions conchylicoles Le microphytobenthos Facteurs contrôlant la productivité primaire Toxicité d'organismes planctoniques ; les eaux rouges bibliographie Chapitre III - les altérations du milieu naturel. Les pollutions I. Les pollutions chimiques Définitions Influence de la turbidité A. Pollution tellurique 1° Pollution d'origine domestique 2° Pollutions liées aux activités agricoles 3° Pollutions industrielles B. Pollution pélagique 1° Pollution par les hydrocarbures Conclusion II. Les pollutions bactériennes Devenir des microorganismes dans la mer A. Conditions de prélèvements B. Phénomènes de dispersion Survie des germes dans le milieu marin A. Facteurs influant sur la teneur microbienne globale B. Résistance des divers groupes de germes Conséquences des pollutions bactériennes sur les coquillages et sur la conchyliculture Les coquillages La conchyliculture Conclusion Bibliographie Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches Maritimes (0035-2276) (ISTPM), 1974-09 , Vol. 38 , N. 3 , P. 217-337 Droits : Ifremer http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1974/publication-1776.pdf http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/1776/ | Partager Voir aussi Zooplankton Phytoplankton Water pollution Sea water Natural environment Shellfish culture Télécharger |
![]() | A new device to follow temporal variations of oxygen demand in deltaic sediments: the LSCE benthic station Auteur(s) : Toussaint, Flora Rabouille, Christophe Cathalot, Cecile Bombled, Bruno Abchiche, Abdel Aouji, Oualid Buchholtz, Gilles Clemencon, Aurelien Éditeur(s) : Amer Soc Limnology Oceanography Résumé : A new benthic station equipped with oxygen microelectrodes and environmental sensors was developed by Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de L’Environnement (LSCE) and Division Technique of the Institut National des Sciences de L’Univers (DT-INSU) to perform in situ time series monitoring of sediment oxygen demand, linked to the mineralization of organic matter. The time series typically cover periods of 2-3 months, with a base frequency of 1 set of oxygen profiles per day. The profiling head assessed the lateral heterogeneity of the sediment oxygen demand at the beginning of the time series over a 0.8-m long rectangle to discriminate spatial and temporal variability. A continuous recalibration is performed using a moored oxygen optode anchored to the benthic station together with a set of environmental sensors. These sensors (turbidity, temperature, salinity, and oxygen) can trigger a high-frequency profiling mode to investigate the fate of particulate organic matter delivered during floods, resuspension, and deposition events. Deployments of the benthic station were performed in the Rhone River subaqueous delta (Mediterranean Sea). We show that “stable” periods (when neither floods nor storms occur) were characterized by a stable oxygen demand. In the case of resuspension events, an increase of the sediment oxygen demand by a factor of 2-3 with a relaxation time of 1 day was observed, indicating that the new benthic station can adequately capture the impact of resuspension events on the oxygen demand in deltaic sediments. Limnology And Oceanography-methods (1541-5856) (Amer Soc Limnology Oceanography), 2014-11 , Vol. 12 , P. 729-741 Droits : 2014, by the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Inc. http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00230/34126/32597.pdf http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00230/34126/36349.pdf DOI:10.4319/lom.2014.12.729 http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00230/34126/ | Partager |