ANTARES
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Project Leaders : Ph. PONDAVEN
(P. TREGUER, J. LE FEVRE)
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| Gathering of data required for
modelling of the primary production and the matter fluxes on a
whole basin scale, considering the instance of the Southern
Ocean wherein the ecological conditions are quite specific,
with the primary production mainly resulting from the growth
of siliceous algae, so that the carbon cycle is closely
related to the silica cycle. Establishement of Antarfix, a
permanent station.
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(Informations from France-Jgofs Programme Flux
Oceaniques : INSU-CNRS)
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The "Institut
Français pour la Recherche et la Technologie Polaires
" helps and contributes in ANTARES cruises.
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ANTARFIX a permanent station
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The best way of studying the variations over one and several
years consists in implementing a permanent station and observing changes in the
physical characteristics of the water bodies, the currents, the particle flux at
various depths, the chlorophyll content of waters. etc... Thanks to its
subantarctic islands, at fixed stations provided with whole set of equipment for
measuring the solar energy, located in the Indian Ocean, France is in a good
position to implement such a station and to carry out regular visits of the
moored instruments. This operation takes place by Kerguelen Islands.
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CRUISES
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| ANTARES1
| may 1993
| Flux and processes at the water-sediment interface
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| ANTARES2
| february 1994
| Flux and processes in the euphotic layer and the water
column
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| ANTARES3
| november 1995
| Flux and processes in the euphotic layer and the water
column
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| ANTARES4
| jan.- feb. 1999
| subantarctic area
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