PARTICULE LEG2

Type Oceanographic cruise
Ship Téthys II
Ship owner CNRS until 2019 - IFREMER since 2020
Dates 24/06/2015 - 24/06/2015
Chief scientist(s) PULIDO-VILLENA Elvira

INSTITUT MÉDITERRANÉEN D'OCÉANOLOGIE - UMR 7294 UMR IRD 235 - MARSEILLE

163 avenue de Luminy

Bâtiment Méditerranée

13288 Marseille Cedex 9

+33(0)4 86 09 05 00

https://www.mio.osupytheas.fr/fr/mio/presentation
DOI 10.17600/15008300
Objective The main objective of the PARTICULE project, funded by the PACA regional council, Labex OT-Med and MERMEX, is to quantify the atmospheric flux of anthropogenic particles and their fate in the water column of the Mediterranean Sea. PARTICULE focuses its research on the organic fraction of aerosols (phtalates, sugars, organic nutrients). Measuring these components in the atmosphere is currently underway. This cruise's principal objective is to conduct an initial estimation of the fate of these aerosols in the water column by measuring their concentration in sea water. In addition, water from the sea surface will be sampled during the cruise and brought back to the laboratory in order to launch process studies to help understand the dynamics of these aerosols' degradation in sea water. The related project is MERMEX.

Bibliography

Publications

Schmidt Natascha, Thibault Delphine, Galgani FrancoisORCID, Paluselli Andrea, Sempere Richard (2018). Occurrence of microplastics in surface waters of the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean Sea). Progress In Oceanography, 163, 214-220. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2017.11.010 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00411/52202/


Djaoudi K., Van Wambeke F., Barani A., Helias-Nunige S., Sempere R., Pulido-Villena E. (2018). Atmospheric fluxes of soluble organic C, N, and P to the Mediterranean Sea: Potential biogeochemical implications in the surface layer. Progress In Oceanography, 163, 59-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2017.07.008

References of International Seminar Communications

Djaoudi, K., Barani, A., Hélias?Nunige, S., Van Wambeke F., Pulido?Villena, E. Atmospheric fluxes of organic matter to the Mediterranean Sea: contribution to the elemental C: N: P ratios of surface dissolved organic matter. EGU General Assembly, Vienne, Avril 2016

References of National Seminar Communications

Djaoudi, Kahina, France Van Wambeke, Elvira Pulido?Villena. Role of atmospheric input on the stoichiometry of dissolved organic matter in the surface Mediterranean Sea. SOLAS France meeting, Paris, Juillet 2015.

Thesis using campaign data

Paluselli Andrea (2018). Analyse, distribution, production et dégradation d’esters de phtalates (PAEs) en zone côtière méditerranéenne / Analysis, occurence, release and degradation of phthalate esters (PAEs) in Mediterranean coastal sea. PhD Thesis, Universite d.Aix-Marseille. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00497/60904/


Kahina Djaoudi (2018). Rôle de l'apport atmosphérique sur les processus de biodégradation et la stoechiométrie de la matière organique dissoute en mer Méditerranée. Aix-Marseille Université

Andrea Paluselli (2018). Analysis, occurence, release and degradation of phthalate esters (PAEs) in Mediterranean coastal sea. Université Aix-Marseille