ISOBAIE
| Type | Oceanographic cruise |
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| Ship | Gwen Drez |
| Ship owner | Ifremer |
| Dates | 18/04/2009 - 27/04/2009 |
| Chief scientist(s) | LE BRIS Hervé  |
DYNAMIQUE ET DURABILITÉ DES ÉCOSYSTÈMES : DE LA SOURCE À L'OCÉAN 65 rue de Saint Brieuc 35042 RENNES CEDEX |
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| DOI | 10.17600/9050020 |
| Objective | The Isobaie cruise focused on the Isobent project's scientific objectives, i.e., to study the terrigenous signal in coastal food webs by using stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in filter-feeding mollusks and the relative contributions of benthic and primary production in these animals along a bathymetric gradient. The project's two study zones are the Bay of Vilaine / Mor Bras and the Bay of Brest / Iroise Sea. The Isobaie cruise's more specific objective is to collect samples of the seston, sediment and macrobenthos, especially filtering mollusks along a gradient from the estuary to offshore at a dozen stations. This falls under the EC2NO and PNEC Isobent projects: Continental signal and benthic contribution tracked using isotope signatures in benthic invertebrates. |
