MARVEL

Type Oceanographic cruise
Ship L'Atalante
Ship owner Ifremer
Dates 13/08/1997 - 13/09/1997
Chief scientist(s) DESBRUYERES Daniel

LABORATOIRE ENVIRONNEMENT PROFOND

Centre Ifremer Bretagne

ZI Pointe du Diable

CS 10070

29280 Plouzané

+33 (0)2 98.22.43.04

https://www.umr-beep.fr/
DOI 10.17600/97010110
Objective The main objectif of the MARVEL cruise was to perform dives with Nautile on 4 hydrothermal sites located to the south of the Azores on the Atlantic ridge. The four targets are located at variable depths along the ridge: Rainbow site (2,400 m), Famous zone (2,600m), Lucky Strike zone (1,700m), Menez Gwen zone (800m). Two research subjects were addressed: 1) the influence of depth and related factors on the biology of populations and organisms, and 2) the population dynamics over time and space on a slow ridge (population dynamics and mechanisms of dispersal and colonization).

Published data

Leroux Riwan, Sarrazin Jozee, Sarradin Pierre-Marie, Matabos Marjolaine (2025). Anthropogenic pressures at the Lucky Strike hydrothermal vent field: 30 years of research activities: Data repository. https://doi.org/10.17882/105929


Cuvelier Daphné, Van Audenhaege Loic, Perrois Garance, Matabos Marjolaine, Sarrazin Jozee (2023). Vent assemblage and substratum of the Eiffel Tower hydrothermal edifice from 1994 to 2008. https://doi.org/10.17882/95808


Data managed by SISMER

Sampling operations

Dives

Moorings

Bibliography

Publications

Lallier François H. (2023). Roscoff dives down to the deep-sea hydrothermal vents: a 35-year story. Cahiers De Biologie Marine, 64(1), 65-75. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.D1E7AC7A , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00875/98708/


Delbarre-Ladrat ChristineORCID, Salas Marcia Leyva, Sinquin CorinneORCID, Zykwinska AgataORCID, Colliec-Jouault SylviaORCID (2017). Bioprospecting for Exopolysaccharides from Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Bacteria: Relationship between Bacterial Diversity and Chemical Diversity. Microorganisms, 5(3), 63 (13p.). Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms5030063 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00399/51090/


Teixeira Sara, Cambon-Bonavita Marie-AnneORCID, Serrao Ester A., Desbruyeres Daniel, Arnaud-Haond SophieORCID (2011). Recent population expansion and connectivity in the hydrothermal shrimp Rimicaris exoculata along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Journal Of Biogeography, 38(3), 564-574. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02408.x , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00033/14394/


Burgaud Gaetan, Arzur Danielle, Durand Lucile, Cambon-Bonavita Marie-AnneORCID, Barbier Georges (2010). Marine culturable yeasts in deep-sea hydrothermal vents: species richness and association with fauna. Fems Microbiology Ecology, 73(1), 121-133. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00881.x , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00006/11704/


Burgaud Gaetan, Le Calvez Thomas, Arzur Danielle, Vandenkoornhuyse Philippe, Barbier Georges (2009). Diversity of culturable marine filamentous fungi from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Environmental Microbiology, 11(6), 1588-1600. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01886.x


Lietard Cécile, Pierre Catherine (2009). Isotopic signatures (delta O-18 and delta C-13) of bivalve shells from cold seeps and hydrothermal vents. Geobios, 42(2), 209-219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2008.12.001


Corbari Laure, Zbinden Magali, Cambon-Bonavita Marie-AnneORCID, Gaill Françoise, Compere Philippe (2008). Bacterial symbionts and mineral deposits in the branchial chamber of the hydrothermal vent shrimp Rimicaris exoculata: relationship to moult cycle. Aquatic Biology, 1, 225-238. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00024 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/4626/


Olu KarineORCID, von Cosel R, Hourdez S, Carney S, Jollivet D (2007). Amphi-Atlantic cold-seep Bathymodiolus species complexes across the equatorial belt. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 54(11), 1890-1911. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2007.07.004 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/4064/


Shillito B, Le Bris Nadine, Hourdez S, Ravaux J, Cottin D, Caprais Jean-Claude, Jollivet D, Gaill F (2006). Temperature resistance studies on the deep-sea vent shrimp Mirocaris fortunata. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 209(5), 945-955. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.02102 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/1240/


Chausson F, Sanglier S, Leize E, Hagege A, Bridges Cr, Sarradin Pierre-MarieORCID, Shillito B, Lallier Fh, Zal F (2004). Respiratory adaptations to the deep-sea hydrothermal vent environment: the case of Segonzacia mesatlantica, a crab from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Micron, 35(1-2), 31-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micron.2003.10.010


Compere Philippe, Martinez Anne-Sophie, Charmantier-Daures Mireille, Toullec Jean-Yves, Goffinet G, Gaill Francoise (2002). Does sulphide detoxication occur in the gills of the hydrothermal vent shrimp, Rimicaris exoculata? Comptes Rendus Biologies, 325(5), 591-596. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1631-0691(02)01466-X


Colaco Ana, Dehairs F, Desbruyeres Daniel (2002). Nutritional relations of deep-sea hydrothermal fields at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: a stable isotope approach. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, 49(2), 395-412. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0637(01)00060-7


Desbruyeres Daniel, Biscoito M, Caprais Jean-Claude, Colaco Ana, Comtet Thierry, Crassous Philippe, Fouquet Yves, Khripounoff AlexisORCID, Le Bris Nadine, Olu KarineORCID, Riso R, Sarradin Pierre-MarieORCID, Segonzac Michel, Vangriesheim Annick (2001). Variations in deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near the Azores plateau. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, 48(5), 1325-1346. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0637(00)00083-2


Dixon Dr, Dixon Lrj, Pascoe Pl, Wilson Jt (2001). Chromosomal and nuclear characteristics of deep-sea hydrothermal-vent organisms: correlates of increased growth rate. Marine Biology, 139(2), 251-255. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270100564


Le Bris Nadine, Sarradin Pierre-MarieORCID, Birot Dominique, Alayse Danet Anne-Marie (2000). A new chemical analyzer for in situ measurement of nitrate and total sulfide over hydrothermal vent biological communities. Marine Chemistry, 72(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-4203(00)00057-8


Desbruyeres Daniel, Almeida A, Biscoito M, Comtet Thierry, Khripounoff AlexisORCID, Le Bris Nadine, Sarradin Pierre-MarieORCID, Segonzac Michel (2000). A review of the distribution of hydrothermal vent communities along the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge: dispersal vs. environmental controls. Hydrobiologia, 440(1-3), 201-216. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004175211848


References of Articles published in other Periodicals or Scientific Works acclaimed in the Field

Stohr Sabine, Segonzac Michel (2005). Deep-sea ophiuroids (Echinodermata) from reducing and non-reducing environments in the North Atlantic Ocean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 85(2), 383-402. Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/427/


Hourdez Stéphane, Desbruyeres Daniel (2003). A new species of scale-worm (Polychaeta : Polynoidae), Levensteiniella iris sp nov., from the Rainbow and Lucky Strike vent fields (Mid-Atlantic Ridge). CBM - Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 44(1), 13-21. Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/890/


Denis Françoise, Vachoux Christelle, Gauvry Laurent, Salin Christophe, Hardivillier Yann, Cosson Richard, Laulier Marc (2003). Characterization and expression of a Bathymodiolus sp. metallothionein gene. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 44(1), 109-109.


Colaco Ana, Dehairs F, Desbruyeres Daniel, Le Bris Nadine, Sarradin Pierre-MarieORCID (2002). delta C-13 signature of hydrothermal mussels is related with the end-member fluid concentrations of H2S and CH4 at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent fields. Cahiers De Biologie Marine, 43(3-4), 259-262. Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/10027/


Geret Florence, Riso Ricardo, Sarradin Pierre-MarieORCID, Caprais Jean-Claude, Cosson Richard P (2002). Metal bioaccumulation and storage forms in the shrimp, Rimicaris exoculata, from the Rainbow hydrothermal field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge); preliminary approach to the fluid-organism relationship. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 43(1), 43-52. Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00186/29762/


Casse Nathalie, Pradier Elisabeth, Demattei Mv, Bigot Y, Laulier M (2002). Mariner transposons are widespread genetic parasites in the genome of hydrothermal invertebrates. Cahiers de biologie Marine, 43(3-4), 325-328.


References of Technical Reports

Dyment Jérôme, Lallier François, Le Bris Nadine, Rouxel OlivierORCID, Sarradin Pierre-MarieORCID, Lamare Sylvain, Coumert Coralie, Morineaux Marie, Tourolle JulieORCID (2014). Les impacts environnementaux de l’exploitation des ressources minérales marines profondes. Expertise scientifique collective. Rapport, CNRS – Ifremer, 937 p. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00872/98434/


German C.R., Fouquet Yves, Desbruyeres Daniel, Searle R. (1999). AMORES. Azores Mid-Oceanic Ridge Ecosystem Studies. Contrat n°MAS3-CT95-0040. Synopsis.


Desbruyeres Daniel (1999). MAST 3 - AMORES - Azores Mid-Oceanic Ridge Ecosystem Studies : an integrated research programme on deep-sea hydrothermal transfers and fluxes. PI 950040.