RIKEAU01

Type Oceanographic cruise
Ship Thalia
Ship owner Ifremer
Dates 17/05/2002 - 28/05/2002
Chief scientist(s) TRONCZYNSKI Jacek

BIOGÉOCHIMIE ET ECOTOXICOLOGIE

Centre Ifremer de Nantes

Rue de l'Ile d'Yeu

BP 21105

44311 Nantes Cedex 3

+33 (0)2 40 37 41 93

https://ccem.ifremer.fr/
DOI 10.17600/2070040
Objective Determining levels of chemical contamination by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or PAH in sediments and the water column of the coastal area of the Bay of Biscay, two years after the sinking of the Erika. Determining baseline concentrations of PAH for the study are area (samples taken in pre-industrial period before any high anthropogenic contamination). This falls under the national MEDD programme called Monitoring ecological and ecotoxological consequences of the Erika oil spill.

Published data

Schmidt Sabine (2017). Depth profiles of 210Pb, 226Ra and 137Cs in marine sediments of the Bay of Biscay. https://doi.org/10.17882/48056