BEHEMOTH

Type Oceanographic cruise
Ship Téthys II
Ship owner CNRS until 2019 - IFREMER since 2020
Dates 26/08/2006 - 03/09/2006
Chief scientist(s) FONTANIER Christophe

LABORATOIRE DES BIO-INDICATEURS ACTUELS ET FOSSILES - UMR CNRS 6112 LPG-BIAF

Université d'Angers

2, Bd Lavoisier

49000 ANGERS

02 41 73 53 91

https://lpg-umr6112.fr/?lang=fr
DOI 10.17600/6450030
Objective Studying live benthic foraminifera and their role in the fate of detrital organic matter within the ecosystems of the Rhone prodelta and the open slope. The study mainly used samples taken with the INSU's multitube corer.

Data managed by SISMER

Bibliography

Publications

Goineau A., Fontanier Christophe, Mojtahid M., Fanget Anne-Sophie, Bassetti M-A., Berne Serge, Jorissen F. (2015). Live−dead comparison of benthic foraminiferal faunas from the Rhône prodelta (Gulf of Lions, NW Mediterranean): Development of a proxy for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. Marine Micropaleontology, 119, 17-33. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2015.07.002 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00273/38399/


Goineau A., Fontanier C., Jorissen F. J., Lansard B., Buscail R., Mouret A., Kerherve P., Zaragosi S., Ernoult E., Altero C., Anschutz P., Metzger E., Rabouille C. (2011). Live (stained) benthic foraminifera from the Rhone prodelta (Gulf of Lion, NW Mediterranean): Environmental controls on a river-dominated shelf. Journal of Sea Research, 65(1), 58-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2010.07.007