ESTHA2 / VICTOR PREMIERE

Name: ESTHA2 / VICTOR PREMIERE
Start: 1998-07-24
End: 1998-09-03
Location: Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W)

Type	Oceanographic cruise
Ship	Thalassa
Ship owner	Ifremer
Dates	24/07/1998 - 03/09/1998
Chief scientist(s)	DROGOU Jean-François, ALAYSE Anne-Marie
	IFREMER CENTRE DE MÉDITERRANÉE Zone portuaire de Brégaillon CS20330 83507 LA SEYNE SUR MER CEDEX +33 (0)4 94.30.48.00 https://mediterranee.ifremer.fr/
DOI	10.17600/98040080
Objective	Cruise for scientific and technical validation of ROV VICTOR 6000. This is related to the ROV VICTOR 6000 project. Jean-François DROGOU was head scientist of ESTHA 2 and Anne-Marie Alayse head scientist of VICTOR PREMIERE. The zones studied were: -47 deg 55.5N / 08 deg 18.22W (04/08/98) -Meriadzek terrace: 47 deg 31.39N / 08 deg 39.91W (05/08/98 and 06/08/98); 47 deg 31.32N / 08 deg 27.62W (07/08/98 and 08/08/98) -Josephine bank: 37 deg 28.09N / 14 deg 00.9W (12/08/98) -Lucky Strike site (Mid Atlantic Ridge): 37 deg 14.0N-37 deg 17.7N / 32 deg 14.51W-32 deg 16.57W (18/08/98 to 30/08/98).

Sea/Ocean

Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W)

(Terrasse de Meriadzek, banc de Josehin)

Ports

Port of departure : Brest (France)

Port of return : Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spain)

Scientific Authority

IFREMER CENTRE DE MÉDITERRANÉE

Zone portuaire de Brégaillon

CS20330

83507 LA SEYNE SUR MER CEDEX

+33 (0)4 94.30.48.00

https://mediterranee.ifremer.fr/

Participating bodie(s)

IFREMER, INSU, CEA, Université de Lisbonne, Aquarium de Madere et Alfred Wegener Institut (Bremerhaven)

Discipline(s)

MARINE GEOSCIENCES
TECHNOLOGY
BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

Code	Label	Quantity	PI
G04	Core soft bottom	-	ALAYSE Anne-Marie
G08	Bottom photography	-	ALAYSE Anne-Marie
G71	In-situ seafloor meas. or sampling	-	ALAYSE Anne-Marie
H09	Water bottle stations Vérification fonctionnement ROV Victor	-	ALAYSE Anne-Marie
H24	Nitrate	-	ALAYSE Anne-Marie
H28	pH	-	ALAYSE Anne-Marie
H90	Other chemical oceanographic meas.	-	ALAYSE Anne-Marie

Summary of measurements

-ROV VICTOR 6000 was deployed and recovered 18 times.
-15 dives made on seabed.
-5 moorings and retrieval of buoys.

Bibliography

Publications

Lopez-Gonzalez Pj, Briand Patrick (2002). A new scleraxonian genus from Josephine Bank, north-eastern Atlantic (Cnidaria, Octocorallia). Hydrobiologia, 482(1-3), 97-105. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021256230344

Desbruyeres Daniel, Biscoito M, Caprais Jean-Claude, Colaco Ana, Comtet Thierry, Crassous Philippe, Fouquet Yves, Khripounoff Alexis , Le Bris Nadine, Olu Karine , Riso R, Sarradin Pierre-Marie , 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

Le Bris Nadine, Sarradin Pierre-Marie , 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

Stöhr Sabine, Segonzac Michel (1999). Deep-sea ophiuroids (Echinodermata) from reducing and non-reducing environments in the North Atlantic Ocean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 85(2), 383-402. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315405011318h

References of Technical Reports

Ifremer (1998). Campagne ESTHA 2 - 24 juillet au 3 août 1998 et Campagne VICTOR PREMIERE - 3 août au 3 septembre 1998. DRO-EP/98-06/AMA.

Rapport DITI/SI 1998. Le Bris N., Sarradin P.-M. Compte rendu des Essais opérationnels de l'AnaLyseur CHIMique In SiTu (ALCHIMIST). Campagne VICTOR PREMIERE - 3 ème Leg, du 23/08/08 au 3/09/98.

Rapport de mission des campagnes ESTHA 2 et VICTOR PREMIERE - Marc Nokin - DITI/SM/97 - 5 oct 1998

References of Articles published in periodicals and magazines for the general public

Le robot sous-marin de l?Ifremer. Article de Michel de Pracontal dans le Nouvel Observateur du 3 septembre 1998.

Robô VICTOR termina testes científicos nas fontes hidrotermais dos Açores- Missao cumprida. Article de Teresa Firmino dans le journal Público edição Lisboa- 5 de Setembro de 1998 - page 26.

Victor - Le petit robot des abysses. Article Jean-Baptiste Isaac dans VSD n° 1097 3 au 9 septembre 1998 - pages 50-53.

Yellow submarine 2- Sciences et Avenir - septembre 1998 - page 12.

References of International Seminar Communications

Cadiou J.F., Trenkel V.M. and M.J. Rochet , 2004. Comparaison of several methods for in situ measurments of moving animals - Toulon ISOPE 2004.

Le Bris, N., Sarradin, P.-M., Vuillemin, R., 2001. In situ chemical analysis to characterise the environment of deep-sea hydrothermal vent fauna. VI ème rencontres transfrontalières capteurs-biocapteurs. Toulouse. France. Comm. orale.

Le Bris, N., Sarradin, P.M., 2000. In situ analysis to characterize the chemical environment of hydrothermal vent fauna. Ridge in situ sensors workshop. Aptos, USA. Poster

Le Bris, N., Sarradin, P.-M., Colaço, A., 1999. In situ chemical analysis to characterize the environment of hydrothermal vent fauna at the microhabitat scale. 34th European Marine Biology Symposium. Punta Delgada, Açores, Portugal. Comm. Orale.

References of National Seminar Communications

Almeida Armando, Biscoito Manuel, Briand Patrick : First attempt to assess the distribution and abundance of fish at the hydrothermal vent fields and surrounding areas of the Azores triple junction, mid-atlantic ridge, 36°n - 37°N). RIF 2003, Paris du 24 au 28 mars 2003. Communication orale

Marc Nokin : Sea Trials of the deep scientific system VICTOR 6000. Oceans 2000

Birot, D., Woerther P., Lanteri N., Leilde B., Menut E., Merceur R., Le Bris N., Sarradin P.M., Blain S, 1999. Un analyseur en flux pour des mesures chimiques in situ et à haute fréquence. 4ème Congrès International Limnologie-Océanographie. Variabilités temporelles au sein des hydrosystèmes. Bordeaux. Poster.