EUROSITES

Name: EUROSITES
Start: 2010-04-03
End: 2010-10-25
Location: Mediterranean Sea, Western Basin

Type	Oceanographic cruise
Ship	Téthys II
Ship owner	CNRS until 2019 - IFREMER since 2020
Dates	03/04/2010 - 25/10/2010
Chief scientist(s)	COPPOLA Laurent , LEFEVRE Dominique
	LABORATOIRE D'OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE-SUR-MER - UMR 7093 181 chemin du Lazaret 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer +33 (0)4 93 76 38 13 lov@obs-vlfr.fr https://lov.imev-mer.fr/web/
DOI	10.17600/10450040
Objective	EUROSITES is an FP7 project incorporating 9 deep sea observation sites in Europe (2008-2011). The 3 missions carried out on the 2 French sites in the Ligurian Sea in 2010 had the following objectives: Study of variability in physical (T, S) and biogeochemical (nutrients, oxygen) processes between the Antares site (zonex 11) and the Dyfamed site (zonex 28). Influence of the Northern current on variability in biogeochemical processes. Bacterial consumption in bottom water (deployment of a line with an IODA in WMDW bottom waters) and variability in zooplankton species in surface waters (deploying a moored line with a ZPS). The dates of the mission were: 3-6 April 2010 (Eurosites1); 4-7 July 2010 (Eurosites2); 22-25 October 2010 (Eurosites3).

Sea/Ocean

Mediterranean Sea, Western Basin

(Dyfamed et Antares)

Ports

Port of departure : Nice (France)

Port of return : La Seyne-sur-Mer (France)

Scientific Authority

OBSERVATOIRE OCEANOLOGIQUE DE VILLEFRANCHE SUR MER (OSU-OOV)

181 Chemin du Lazaret

06230 VILLEFRANCHE SUR MER

+33 (0)4 93 76 38 90

http://www.obs-vlfr.fr/web/index.php

Participating bodie(s)

CNRS, UPMC, Univ. Marseille, NOCS (UK)

Discipline(s)

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

Code	Label	Quantity	PI
B02	Phytoplankton pigments (eg chloroph	39 stations	COPPOLA Laurent
B06	Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC)	1 stations	COPPOLA Laurent
B09	Zooplankton	-	COPPOLA Laurent
D01	Current meters 2 RCM8 AANDERAA - - perte de matériel	2 deployments	COPPOLA Laurent
H09	Water bottle stations	1 stations	COPPOLA Laurent
H10	CTD stations	40 stations	COPPOLA Laurent
H21	Oxygen	40 stations	COPPOLA Laurent
H22	Phosphate	1 stations	COPPOLA Laurent
H24	Nitrate	1 stations	COPPOLA Laurent
H25	Nitrite	1 stations	COPPOLA Laurent
H26	Silicate	1 stations	COPPOLA Laurent
H74	Carbon dioxide	-	COPPOLA Laurent
H76	Ammonia	1 stations	COPPOLA Laurent

Summary of measurements

-CTD surface-bottom profiles.
-Deployment of mooring line in the Dyfamed zone (43°N26'30'' 7°E50'30'' during Eurosites missions 2 and 3).
-Deployment of a mooring line at the Antares point (42°N48.777, 6°E06.640 during the 3 missions) fitted with an SBE37 CTD, an Aquadopp current meter and an IODA (measuring O2 consumption) at 2,000m. Maintenance done every 3 months.
-Deploying a line fitted with a ZPS (zooplankton sampler) at 100m and an IODA at 2,000m (Eurosites 3) on the Dyfamed site (43°N26'30'' 7°E50'30''). Deployment for 3 months.

Location map

Data managed by SISMER

Bibliography

References of Technical Reports

Gourtay - Le Hingrat Francoise (2012). Chargement des données CTD et Bouteilles des campagnes DYFAMED et MOOSE dans la base SISMER. IDM/SISMER/12-045.