AIRWIN

Name: AIRWIN
Start: 2003-07-17
End: 2003-07-26
Location: Mediterranean Sea

Type	Oceanographic cruise
Ship	Téthys II
Ship owner	CNRS until 2019 - IFREMER since 2020
Dates	17/07/2003 - 26/07/2003
Chief scientist(s)	OBERNOSTERER Ingrid
	LABORATOIRE D'OCÉANOGRAPHIE MICROBIENNE - UMR 7621 1 avenue Pierre Favre 66650 Banyuls-sur-mer 33 (0)4 68 88 73 01 https://lomic.obs-banyuls.fr/#fr/index.html
DOI	10.17600/3450070
Objective	Studying the microbiological structure of the sea surface microlayer and its functional role in the carbon cycle with respect to the effect of UV radiations at the AIR-WATER interface. This falls under the AIRWIN project.

Sea/Ocean

Mediterranean Sea

(Panache du Rhône et zone des 20 milles nautiques au large de Banyuls (verticale de l'entrée du canyon Lacaze-Duthiers).)

Ports

Port of departure : Port-Vendres (France)

Port of return : Port-Vendres (France)

Scientific Authority

OBSERVATOIRE OCEANOLOGIQUE DE BANYULS (OSU-OOB)

Laboratoire Arago

BP 44

66650 BANYULS-SUR-MER

+33 4 68 88 73 15

accueil@obs-banyuls.fr

https://www.obs-banyuls.fr/index.php/fr/

Participating bodie(s)

CNRS et Université PARIS VI

Discipline(s)

CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

Code	Label	Quantity	PI
B02	Phytoplankton pigments (eg chloroph	85 stations	NAUDIN Jean-Jacques
B07	Pelagic bacteria/micro-organisms Avec F. Joux,P. LeBaron-Biodiversité bactér. et isolement de souche	-	OBERNOSTERER Ingrid
B10	Neuston Analyse du neuston(virus,bactérie,nanazooplancton)	-	LEBARON Philippe
H09	Water bottle stations (Pas de données)	-	NAUDIN Jean-Jacques
H10	CTD stations Profils CTD	85 stations	NAUDIN Jean-Jacques
H17	Optics (eg underwater light levels)	85 stations	NAUDIN Jean-Jacques
H22	Phosphate	-	NAUDIN Jean-Jacques
H24	Nitrate	-	NAUDIN Jean-Jacques

Summary of measurements

-Water sampling at different depths.
-CTD profiles.
-Experiment exposing water taken at different depths to UVs on board.
-Sampling of the surface microlayer from a rubber dinghy deployed from the vessel.
-Conditioning and packing of samples for biology and chemistry analyses.
-Measuring the light at different depths.

Data managed by SISMER

Bibliography

Publications

Joux Fabien, Agogue Helene, Obernosterer Ingrid, Dupuy Christine, Reinthaler Thomas, Herndl Gerhard J., Lebaron Philippe (2006). Microbial community structure in the sea surface microlayer at two contrasting coastal sites in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 42(1), 91-104. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.3354/ame042091 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00243/35434/

Obernosterer Ingrid, Catala Philippe, Reinthaler Thomas, Herndl Gerhard J., Lebaron Philippe (2005). Enhanced heterotrophic activity in the surface microlayer of the Mediterranean Sea. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 39(3), 293-302. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.3354/ame039293 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00243/35435/