NURSE 2012
| Type | Oceanographic cruise |
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| Set | This cruise is part of the set NURSE |
| Ship | Gwen Drez |
| Ship owner | Ifremer |
| Dates | 06/09/2012 - 19/09/2012 |
| Chief scientist(s) | LE BRIS Hervé  , BRIND'AMOUR Anik |
DYNAMIQUE ET DURABILITÉ DES ÉCOSYSTÈMES : DE LA SOURCE À L'OCÉAN 65 rue de Saint Brieuc 35042 RENNES CEDEX |
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| DOI | 10.17600/12050060 |
| Objective | NURSE 2012 aims to collect data to help monitor and understand the functioning of nurseries, these essential habitats which play a determining role in the recruitment of juveniles in several fish species. There are three parts to this objective: 1) Sampling of benthic and demersal populations (commercial and non-commercial species) in order to develop quality indicators for nursery habitats and indicators of good ecological status of coastal populations; 2) Monitoring a fish nursery in the Bay of Vilaine to study hydrological forcing and the trophic structure which determine how dependent fish species are with respect to various habitats in this nursery; 3) Sampling over two 24-hour cycles to study the feeding rate and frequency of benthic species. The related project is Popex, run by the Biological resources and environment department. |
