INTERSITE III

Name: INTERSITE III
Start: 1985-08-30
End: 1985-09-13
Location: Bay of Biscay

Type	Oceanographic cruise
Ship	Cryos
Ship owner	Ifremer
Dates	30/08/1985 - 13/09/1985
Chief scientist(s)	JOANNY Michel
	DYNECO-LEBCO LABORATOIRE D'ÉCOLOGIE BENTHIQUE CÔTIÈRE IFREMER Centre de Bretagne ZI Pointe du diable CS 10070 29280 PLOUZANE +33 (0)2 98 22 49 19 Philippe.Cugier@ifremer.fr https://dyneco.ifremer.fr/Qui-sommes-nous/Ecologie-benthique-cotiere-LEBCO
DOI	10.17600/85004811
Objective	Harmonization, in full scale, of the results of the NWR National Coastal Waters Monitoring Program. Collection of results on RNO program parameters in a coastal strip of the French coastline by a single team.

Sea/Ocean

Bay of Biscay

(GOLFE DE GASCOGNE)

Ports

Port of departure : Brest (France)

Port of return : Brest (France)

Scientific Authority

DYNECO-DPT DYNAMIQUES DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT COTIER

IFREMER Centre de Bretagne

ZI Pointe du diable

29280 PLOUZANE

+33 (0)2 98.22.43.51

https://dyneco.ifremer.fr/

Participating bodie(s)

IFREMER

Discipline(s)

ENVIRONMENT
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
MARINE GEOSCIENCES

Code	Label	Quantity	PI
B02	Phytoplankton pigments (eg chloroph	70	JOANNY Michel
B10	Neuston	38 measurements	JOANNY Michel
B71	Particulate organic matter (inc POC Carbone et Azote	-	JOANNY Michel
D90	Other physical oceanographic meas. Mesures isolees de T et S au fond	80 measurements	JOANNY Michel
G02	Grab	16 samples	JOANNY Michel
G04	Core soft bottom	4 cores	JOANNY Michel
G90	Other geosciences meas. Analyse chimique des sédiments et Etudes littorales	-	JOANNY Michel
H22	Phosphate	91 stations	JOANNY Michel
H24	Nitrate	91 stations	JOANNY Michel
H25	Nitrite	91 stations	JOANNY Michel
H26	Silicate	91 stations	JOANNY Michel
H71	Surface measurements underway (T,S) Mesures isolees de T et S	80 measurements	JOANNY Michel
P02	Trace metals	30 stations	JOANNY Michel
P03	Petroleum residues	25 stations	JOANNY Michel
P04	Chlorinated hydrocarbons	25 stations	JOANNY Michel
P05	Other dissolved substances	-	JOANNY Michel

Summary of measurements

-Measurements of multiple parameters at fixed points (surface and some profiles).
-Chemistry of natural cycles (T, S, different forms of C, N, P ...).
-Chemistry of organic pollutants (heavy and light organochlorines, hydrocarbons ...).
-Chemistry of trace metals (Hg, Cd, Pb, Zn, Cu).
-Sampling of hydrocarbon pellets with a neuston net.
-Sediment sampling with the Reineck box corer for pollutant studies.

Location map

Bibliography

Publications

Aminot Alain, Kerouel Roger (2004). Dissolved organic carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in the N-E Atlantic and the N-W Mediterranean with particular reference to non-refractory fractions and degradation. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 51(12), 1975-1999. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2004.07.016 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/472/

Jouanneau Jean-Marie, Boutier Bernard, Chiffoleau Jean-Francois, Latouche Claude, Philipps Isabelle (1990). Cadmium in the gironde fluvioestuarine system: Behaviour and flow. Science Of The Total Environment, 97-98, 465-479. https://doi.org/10.1016/0048-9697(90)90257-U

Marchand Michel, Caprais Jean-Claude, Pignet Patricia (1988). Hydrocarbons and halogenated hydrocarbons in coastal waters of the western Mediterranean (France). Marine Environmental Research, 25(2), 131-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/0141-1136(88)90008-6

References of Technical Reports

Duval Mathilde, Grouhel-Pellouin Anne , Vandoolaeghe Sylvain (2024). Contamination métallique dans l’estuaire de la Gironde. Une synthèse des connaissances depuis 1979. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00881/99276/

Marchand Michel, Abarnou Alain, Marcaillou-Le Baut Claire (1990). Les polychlorobiphényles (PCB) en milieu marin : biogéochimie et écotoxicologie. Rapports scientifiques et techniques de l’Ifremer n° 18 1990 ISSN 0761-3970. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00148/25954/