AMOCO CADIZ 1

Name: AMOCO CADIZ 1
Start: 1978-04-03
End: 1978-11-22
Location: English Channel

Type	Oceanographic cruise
Set	This cruise is part of the set AMOCO CADIZ
Ship	Plutéus II
Ship owner	CNRS
Dates	03/04/1978 - 22/11/1978
Chief scientist(s)	CABIOCH Louis
	STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF (SBR), SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ ET CNRS Place Georges Teissier 29680 ROSCOFF +33(0)2 98.29.23.23 toulmond@sb-roscoff.fr https://www.sb-roscoff.fr/
Objective	Impact of the pollution caused by the oil tanker Amoco-Cadiz on the oceanographic environment.

Sea/Ocean

English Channel

(MANCHE)

Scientific Authority

STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF (SBR), SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ ET CNRS

Place Georges Teissier

29680 ROSCOFF

+33(0)2 98.29.23.23

toulmond@sb-roscoff.fr

https://www.sb-roscoff.fr/

Participating bodie(s)

STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF

Discipline(s)

METEOROLOGY
BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
MARINE GEOSCIENCES

Code	Label	Quantity	PI
B18	Zoobenthos	425	CABIOCH Louis
D05	Surface drifters/drifting buoys	34 deployments	CABIOCH Louis
D90	Other physical oceanographic meas. Mesures isolees de temperature en surface	12 measurements	CABIOCH Louis
G01	Dredge	35 hauls	CABIOCH Louis
G02	Grab	390 samples	CABIOCH Louis
G08	Bottom photography Vues cinematographiques (3) et photographies (138)	-	CABIOCH Louis
G90	Other geosciences meas. Analyse physique des sédiments	425 measurements	CABIOCH Louis
H71	Surface measurements underway (T,S) Enregistrement continu de temperature et salinite en surface	139	CABIOCH Louis
P03	Petroleum residues	425 measurements	CABIOCH Louis
P12	Bottom deposits	-	CABIOCH Louis
P13	Contaminants in organisms	-	CABIOCH Louis

Summary of measurements

-Pollution: oil residues, benthic deposits, contamination of organisms.
-Biology: Zoobenthos.
-Description of communities, taxonomy, classification.
-Spatial and temporal distribution.
-Geology: dredge and dumpster sampling, diving.
-Geophysics: physical analysis of sediments.
-Photographs and film views of the seabed.
-Dynamics: drifting floats.
-Continuous recording of surface temperature and salinity, isolated temperature measurements.

Positionning system

Geodetic system : VALEUR INDEFINIE

Sampling operations

Name	Dive	Equipement	Date	Location	Depth(m)
147-A	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780802 00:00:0002/08/1978 00:00:00	48° 43.400' N 3° 49.870' W	-
147-B	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780802 00:00:0002/08/1978 00:00:00	48° 43.550' N 3° 49.790' W	-
AC100	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780724 00:00:0024/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 38.430' N 3° 51.540' W	-
AC101	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780724 00:00:0024/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 38.600' N 3° 51.620' W	-
AC102	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780724 00:00:0024/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 38.230' N 3° 51.800' W	-
AC103	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780724 00:00:0024/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 39.230' N 3° 52.100' W	-
AC104	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780724 00:00:0024/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 39.920' N 3° 52.560' W	-
AC105	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780725 00:00:0025/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 41.830' N 3° 40.500' W	-
AC106	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780725 00:00:0025/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 42.930' N 3° 40.480' W	-
AC107	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780725 00:00:0025/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 43.500' N 3° 40.000' W	-
AC108	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780725 00:00:0025/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 45.940' N 3° 41.900' W	-
AC109	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780725 00:00:0025/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 46.580' N 3° 42.350' W	-
AC110	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780725 00:00:0025/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 41.650' N 3° 37.740' W	-
AC111	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780725 00:00:0025/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 41.920' N 3° 37.500' W	-
AC112	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780725 00:00:0025/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 42.380' N 3° 36.960' W	-
AC113	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780725 00:00:0025/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 43.160' N 3° 35.520' W	-
AC114	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780725 00:00:0025/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 44.840' N 3° 34.300' W	-
AC115	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780725 00:00:0025/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 44.450' N 3° 35.420' W	-
AC116	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780725 00:00:0025/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 44.240' N 3° 36.430' W	-
AC117	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780725 00:00:0025/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 43.840' N 3° 37.400' W	-
AC118	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780725 00:00:0025/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 43.950' N 3° 38.800' W	-
AC120	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780727 00:00:0027/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 40.920' N 3° 36.020' W	-
AC121	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780727 00:00:0027/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 41.200' N 3° 36.210' W	-
AC122	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780727 00:00:0027/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 41.270' N 3° 36.140' W	-
AC123	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780727 00:00:0027/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 41.330' N 3° 36.310' W	-
AC124	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780727 00:00:0027/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 42.000' N 3° 36.420' W	-
AC125	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780727 00:00:0027/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 46.550' N 3° 36.020' W	-
AC126	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780727 00:00:0027/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 46.240' N 3° 37.000' W	-
AC127	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780728 00:00:0028/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 41.720' N 3° 52.180' W	-
AC128	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780728 00:00:0028/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 42.870' N 3° 51.800' W	-
AC129	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780728 00:00:0028/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 43.100' N 3° 51.930' W	-
AC130	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780728 00:00:0028/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 43.500' N 3° 52.300' W	-
AC131	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780728 00:00:0028/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 42.300' N 3° 53.480' W	-
AC132	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780728 00:00:0028/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 41.580' N 3° 54.310' W	-
AC133	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780728 00:00:0028/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 43.050' N 3° 53.970' W	-
AC134	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780728 00:00:0028/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 39.730' N 3° 56.670' W	-
AC135	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780728 00:00:0028/07/1978 00:00:00	48° 40.040' N 3° 56.280' W	-
AC138	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780801 00:00:0001/08/1978 00:00:00	48° 42.510' N 3° 51.930' W	-
AC139	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780801 00:00:0001/08/1978 00:00:00	48° 43.780' N 3° 50.580' W	-
AC140	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780802 00:00:0002/08/1978 00:00:00	48° 40.680' N 3° 56.140' W	-
AC141	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780802 00:00:0002/08/1978 00:00:00	48° 41.430' N 3° 56.360' W	-
AC145	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780802 00:00:0002/08/1978 00:00:00	48° 42.570' N 3° 56.520' W	-
AC146	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780802 00:00:0002/08/1978 00:00:00	48° 42.700' N 3° 57.070' W	-
AC148	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780802 00:00:0002/08/1978 00:00:00	48° 44.280' N 3° 50.730' W	-
AC149	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780802 00:00:0002/08/1978 00:00:00	48° 43.260' N 3° 54.650' W	-
AC150	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780802 00:00:0002/08/1978 00:00:00	48° 43.290' N 3° 55.100' W	-
AC151	-	Benne HAMON (godet non précisé)	19780802 00:00:0002/08/1978 00:00:00	48° 43.650' N 3° 57.880' W	-

Bibliography

References of Technical Reports

CNEXO, Ministère de l'Environnement (1982). Veille écologique. Vulnérabilité morpho-sédimentaire du littoral aux pollutions par hydrocarbures de la Pointe Saint-Mathieu au Sillon du Talbert - Cartes.

Marchand Michel (1981). AMOCO CADIZ - Bilan du colloque sur les conséquences d'une pollution accidentelle par hydrocarbures. Brest - Novembre 1979. Publications du Centre National pour l'Exploitation des Océans (CNEXO), Série Rapports scientifiques et techniques, n° 44, 1981 ISSN 0339-2899. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00312/42369/