NITDENIT 94

Name: NITDENIT 94
Start: 1994-01-01
End: 1994-03-31
Location: Mediterranean Sea, Western Basin

Type	Oceanographic cruise
Ship	Antedon
Ship owner	CNRS
Dates	01/01/1994 - 31/03/1994
Chief scientist(s)	OMNES P.
	INSTITUT MÉDITERRANÉEN D'OCÉANOLOGIE - UMR 7294 UMR IRD 235 - MARSEILLE 163 avenue de Luminy Bâtiment Méditerranée 13288 Marseille Cedex 9 +33(0)4 86 09 05 00 https://www.mio.osupytheas.fr/fr/
DOI	10.17600/94400030
Objective	Highlighting dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium in the coastal environment. The programme began in November 1992 and ended in March 1994.

Sea/Ocean

Mediterranean Sea, Western Basin

(anse de Carteau, zone panache du Rhone)

Ports

Port of departure : Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône (France)

Port of return : Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône (France)

Scientific Authority

COM / LAB. D'OCEANOG. PHYS. & BIOGEOCHIMIQ. (LOPB) - LUMINY

UMR 6535

Campus de Luminy

13288 MARSEILLE CEDEX 9

+33(0)4 91 82 91 15

Discipline(s)

Code	Label	Quantity	PI
B07	Pelagic bacteria/micro-organisms	-	OMNES P.
B16	Benthic bacteria/micro-organisms	-	OMNES P.
B71	Particulate organic matter (inc POC	-	OMNES P.
B72	Biochemical meas. (eg,lipids,amino	-	OMNES P.
H24	Nitrate	-	OMNES P.
H25	Nitrite	-	OMNES P.
H32	Isotopes 15N	-	OMNES P.
H33	Other dissolved gases N2O	-	OMNES P.
H76	Ammonia	-	OMNES P.

Summary of measurements

-Measurement of bacterial activities (denitrification/ammonification of nitrates) in sediments sampled.
-Approximately 700 samples were processed between November 1992 and March 1994.