INTERVIEW – In the BioSWOT-Med cruise Loic Guillox is in charge of zooplankton sampling. Here he explains the different analyses that will be carried out later on back in the lab to assess zooplankton diversity.
INTERVIEW - The ADCP and CTD are two classical instruments for measuring oceanic physical characteristics. Stéphanie Barrillon, researcher at MIO, explains how they work
INTERVIEW. Elvira Pulido is the leader of WP3 dedicated to nutrients in the ocean. She describes the importance of measuring nutrients concentration in the ocean - as they ultimately control biological activity and diversity - and how they are going to measure them in the BioSWOT-Med campaign.
The R/V SOCIB left on April 25th from Mallorca for the first expedition of the FaSt-SWOT campaign. It will be cruising on the Northern waters of the island, collecting data with a wide variety of instruments including drift buoys, rosette samplers and buoys.
The R/V Elisabeth Mann Borgese left the port of Rostock in the morning of the 17th April heading toward the Eastern Gotland Basin. CTD casts and ScanFish operations were carried out. Together with three moorings, they provided the first data on physical and biological parameters under SWOT swath. Unusual at time of the year, an aurora borealis was visible on 23th April.
INTERVIEW. Anthony Bosse is the leader of WP2 Physical Processes in the BioSWOT-Med campaign. He describes the different physical processes that will be studied during the campaign and the different sampling platforms used with the goal to understand how ocean dynamics from mesoscale (eddies and fronts of 10-50km) to dissipation scale (millimeter scale turbulence) impact the distribution of heat, its evolution with climate change, and how these processes influence the development of phytoplankton.
INTERVIEW. Gérald Gregori, BioSWOT-Med's Co-Chief Scientist, describes the sampling strategy of the campaign and how it will allow gathering data to investigate the drivers of plankton diversity and distribution in the Mediterranean Sea by studying finescale features such as filaments or small eddies. Even if these structures are weak and short-lived (fed days) they can indeed strongly influence the microbial community.
Postdoctoral researcher focusing on in situ and satellite ocean observations to understand mesoscale and submesoscale dynamics as well as the inference of vertical motions and their impact on marine ecosystems.
A new Jupyter Notebook to design sampling strategy using a towed vehicle such as MVP, uCTD and Seasoar has been released by Bàrbara Barceló-Llull (IMEDEA, Spain) and Elisabet Verger-Miralles (UIB-IMEDEA, Spain).
INTERVIEW. Andrea Doglioli, BioSWOT-Med's Chief Scientist, explains the objectives of the campaign and how he and his collaborators will try to disentangle the plankton paradox in the Mediterranean Sea by studying fine scales in the ocean. Results from the campaign will provide insights on the physical-biological coupling relevant for most of the global ocean.