BIOZAIRE 3

Type Oceanographic cruise
Set This cruise is part of the set BIOZAIRE
Ship L'Atalante
Ship owner Ifremer
Dates 12/12/2003 - 10/01/2004
Chief scientist(s) KHRIPOUNOFF Alexis ORCID

LABORATOIRE ENVIRONNEMENT PROFOND

Centre Ifremer Bretagne

ZI Pointe du Diable

CS 10070

29280 Plouzané

+33 (0)2 98.22.43.04

https://www.umr-beep.fr/
DOI 10.17600/3010120
Objective The proposed BIOZAIRE 3 cruise is part of the ZAIANGO-Guinea gulf deep environment program which is the ecological and environmental strand of the general ZAIANGO project developed by IFREMER in the framework of studying the West African margins in collaboration with TotalFinaElf Exploration. The program's objective is to study the benthic communities (diversity and functioning) related to the main features of the deep environment on the Gabon-Angola margin sites. The BIOZAIRE 3 survey follows those of 2000 and 2001 ZAIANGO OBS-BIOL, ZAIANGO-BIOL 2, BIOZAIRE 1 and BIOZAIRE 2 which were undertaken to describe the surrounding habitat and the various biological systems which exist on this margin. BIOZAIRE 3 is a multidisciplinary survey (with biology and chemistry predominating), which is based on the most recent topological, sedimentary and biological data acquired on this area during the previous cruises. It should provide better understanding of the dynamics of energy inputs, their origins and their consequences on the development of benthic organisms on 4 separate sites. Two sites were located on the margin at depths of 1,350 m and 4,000 m, acting as baseline stations subjected to pelagic inputs and inputs from the continental shelf. The third site, at a depth of 4,000 m, is influenced by the Zaire channel. And the fourth (at 3,000 m) is directly influenced by the emission of methane-rich fluid. The study mainly aims to: (1) characterize the physical and chemical conditions of the environment (2) determine the source and intensity of inputs of matter, as well as their variations over time (3) complete the description of the various benthic communities encountered and (4) understand the interactions detritus-based and chemosynthesis-based ecosystems.

Published data

(2023) Isotopic composition of dissolved inorganic carbon in sea water analyzed since 1990 at LOCEAN (DICisotopes). https://doi.org/10.17882/82165


Data managed by SISMER

Sampling operations

Moorings

Bibliography

Publications

Metzl Nicolas, Fin Jonathan, Lo Monaco Claire, Mignon Claude, Alliouane Samir, Antoine David, Bourdin Guillaume, Boutin Jacqueline, Bozec Yann, Conan Pascal, Coppola Laurent, Diaz Frédéric, Douville Eric, Durrieu De Madron Xavier, Gattuso Jean-Pierre, Gazeau Frédéric, Golbol Melek, Lansard Bruno, Lefèvre Dominique, Lefèvre Nathalie, Lombard Fabien, Louanchi Férial, Merlivat Liliane, Olivier Léa, Petrenko Anne, Petton SébastienORCID, Pujo-Pay Mireille, Rabouille Christophe, Reverdin Gilles, Ridame Céline, Tribollet Aline, Vellucci Vincenzo, Wagener Thibaut, Wimart-Rousseau Cathy (2024). A synthesis of ocean total alkalinity and dissolved inorganic carbon measurements from 1993 to 2022: the SNAPO-CO2-v1 dataset. Earth System Science Data, 16(1), 89-120. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-89-2024 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00859/97094/


Bergamo Gilberto, Carrerette Orlemir, Souza Bruno H. M., Banha Thomás N. S., Nagata Paula D., Corrêa Paulo V. F., Güth Arthur Z., Sumida Paulo Y. G. (2022). ABYSSAL Database: an integrated WebGIS platform for deep-sea information from the South Atlantic. Ocean And Coastal Research, 70(Suppl 2), e22051 (7p.). Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1590/2675-2824070.22076gb , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00818/93031/


Baudin François, Rabouille Christophe, Dennielou BernardORCID (2020). Routing of terrestrial organic matter from the Congo River to the ultimate sink in the abyss: a mass balance approach (André Dumont medallist lecture 2017). Geologica Belgica, 23(1-2), 41-52. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.20341/gb.2020.004 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00622/73394/


Baldrighi Elisa, Vanreusel A., Zeppilli DanielaORCID, Sandulli R., Segonza Michel (2018). Occurrence of Chromadorita regabi sp nov (Nematoda: Adenophorea), a nematode egg predator of Alvinocaris muricola (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Alvinocarididae) from a deep cold seep area of the Gulf of Guinea. European Zoological Journal, 85(1), 300-312. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2018.1498926 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00454/56599/


Pante Eric, Puillandre Nicolas, Viricel Amélia, Arnaud-Haond SophieORCID, Aurelle Didier, Castelin Magalie, Chenuil Anne, Destombe Christophe, Forcioli Didier, Valero Myriam, Viard Frederique, Samadi Sarah (2015). Species are hypotheses: avoid connectivity assessments based on pillars of sand. Molecular Ecology, 24(3), 525-544. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13048 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00248/35952/


Muehlenhardt-Siegel Ute (2014). Deep-sea Bodotriidae, Diastylidae and Pseudocumatidae (Cumacea, Crustacea) from the southeastern Atlantic. Zootaxa, 3815(3), 301-341. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3815.3.1


Vic Clement, Berger Henrick, Treguier Anne-Marie, Couvelard Xavier (2014). Dynamics of an Equatorial River Plume: Theory and Numerical Experiments Applied to the Congo Plume Case. Journal Of Physical Oceanography, 44(3), 980-994. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-13-0132.1 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00187/29850/


Decker Carole, Olu KarineORCID, Cunha Regina L., Arnaud SophieORCID (2012). Phylogeny and Diversification Patterns among Vesicomyid Bivalves. Plos One, 7(4). Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033359 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00076/18729/


Menot LenaickORCID, Galeron Joelle, Olu KarineORCID, Caprais Jean-Claude, Crassous Philippe, Khripounoff AlexisORCID, Sibuet Myriam (2010). Spatial heterogeneity of macrofaunal communities in and near a giant pockmark area in the deep Gulf of Guinea. Marine Ecology-an Evolutionary Perspective, 31(1), 78-93. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00340.x , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00002/11282/


Savoye Bruno, Babonneau Nathalie, Dennielou BernardORCID, Bez Martine (2009). Geological overview of the Angola-Congo margin, the Congo deep-sea fan and its submarine valleys. Deep Sea Research Part Ii Topical Studies In Oceanography, 56(23), 2169-2182. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.001 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/11128/


Waren Anders, Bouchet Philippe (2009). New gastropods from deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps off West Africa. Deep-sea Research Part Ii-topical Studies In Oceanography, 56(23), 2326-2349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.013


Olu KarineORCID, Caprais Jean-Claude, Galeron Joelle, Causse R., von Cosel R., Budzinski H., Le Menach K., Le Roux C., Levache D., Khripounoff AlexisORCID, Sibuet Myriam (2009). Influence of seep emission on the non-symbiont-bearing fauna and vagrant species at an active giant pockmark in the Gulf of Guinea (Congo-Angola margin). Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 56(23), 2380-2393. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.017 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/7478/


von Cosel Rudo, Olu KarineORCID (2009). Large Vesicomyidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from cold seeps in the Gulf of Guinea off the coasts of Gabon, Congo and northern Angola. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 56(23), 2350-2379. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.016 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/7443/


Ragueneau O., Regaudie-De-Gioux A., Moriceau B., Gallinari M., Vangriesheim Annick, Baurand F., Khripounoff AlexisORCID (2009). A benthic Si mass balance on the Congo margin: Origin of the 4000 m DSi anomaly and implications for the transfer of Si from land to ocean. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 56(23), 2197-2207. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.003 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/7410/


Sibuet Myriam, Vangriesheim Annick (2009). Deep-sea environment and biodiversity of the West African Equatorial margin. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 56(23), 2156-2168. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.015 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/7349/


Rabouille C., Caprais Jean-Claude, Lansard B., Crassous Philippe, Dedieu K., Reyss J. L., Khripounoff AlexisORCID (2009). Organic matter budget in the Southeast Atlantic continental margin close to the Congo Canyon: In situ measurements of sediment oxygen consumption. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 56(23), 2223-2238. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.005 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/7316/


Galeron Joelle, Menot LenaickORCID, Renaud Nolwenn, Crassous Philippe, Khripounoff AlexisORCID, Treignier C., Sibuet M. (2009). Spatial and temporal patterns of benthic macrofaunal communities on the deep continental margin in the Gulf of Guinea. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 56(23), 2299-2312. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.011 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/7315/


Vangriesheim Annick, Khripounoff AlexisORCID, Crassous Philippe (2009). Turbidity events observed in situ along the Congo submarine channel. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 56(23), 2208-2222. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.004 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/6738/


Vangriesheim Annick, Pierre C, Aminot Alain, Metzl N, Baurand F, Caprais Jean-Claude (2009). The influence of Congo River discharges in the surface and deep layers of the Gulf of Guinea. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 56(23), 2183-2196. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.002 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/6737/


Brind'Amour AnikORCID, Menot LenaickORCID, Galeron Joelle, Crassous Philippe (2009). Spatial organization of a sedimentary macrobenthic community located on the West African Equatorial margin. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 56(23), 2292-2298. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.010 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/6508/


Van Gaever Saskia, Galeron Joelle, Sibuet Myriam, Vanreusel Ann (2009). Deep-sea habitat heterogeneity influence on meiofaunal communities in the Gulf of Guinea. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 56(23), 2259-2269. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.008 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/7483/


Lietard Cécile, Pierre Catherine (2009). Isotopic signatures (delta O-18 and delta C-13) of bivalve shells from cold seeps and hydrothermal vents. Geobios, 42(2), 209-219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2008.12.001


Boeggemann Markus (2009). Polychaetes (Annelida) of the abyssal SE Atlantic. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 9(4-5), 252-428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ode.2009.10.001


Pierre Catherine, Fouquet Yves (2007). Authigenic carbonates from methane seeps of the Congo deep-sea fan. Geo-Marine Letters, 27(2-4), 249-257. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-007-0081-3 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/2608/


Ramirez Llodra Eva, Segonzac Michel (2006). Reproductive biology of Alvinocarls muricola (Decapoda : Caridea : Alvinocarididae) from cold seeps in the Congo Basin. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 86(6), 1347-1356. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315406014378 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/2317/


Ondreas Helene, Olu KarineORCID, Fouquet Yves, Charlou Jean-Luc, Gay Aurelien, Dennielou BernardORCID, Donval Jean-Pierre, Fifis Alexis, Nadalig Thierry, Cochonat Pierre, Cauquil E, Bourillet Jean-FrancoisORCID, Le Moigne Morgan, Sibuet Myriam (2005). ROV study of a giant pockmark on the Gabon continental margin. Geo-Marine Letters, 25(5), 281-292. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-005-0213-6 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/1239/


Vangriesheim Annick, Treguier Anne-Marie, Andre Gael (2005). Biweekly current oscillations on the continental slope of the Gulf of Guinea. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 52(11), 2168-2183. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2005.05.010 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/1032/


References of Articles published in other Periodicals or Scientific Works acclaimed in the Field

von Cosel Rudo, Olu KarineORCID (2008). A new genus and new species of Vesicomyidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from cold seeps on the Barbados accretionary prism, with comments on other species. Zoosystema, 30(4), 929-944.


Macpherson E, Segonzac Michel (2005). Species of the genus Munidopsis (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) from the deep Atlantic Ocean, including cold-seep and hydrothermal vent areas. Zootaxa, 1095(0), 3-60.


References of Technical Reports

Habasque Jérémie, Herbert Gaelle (2018). Inter-comparaison des mesures de courant dans l'Atlantique Tropical. Rapport Coriolis. https://doi.org/10.13155/55134


Thesis using campaign data

Vic Clement (2015). Dynamique de bord ouest en mer d'Arabie / Western Boundary Dynamics in the Arabian Sea. PhD Thesis, Université de Bretagne occidentale. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00498/60934/