Atlantique nord, Golfe du Mexique, Pacifique équatorial, Polynésie, Mer de Tasman

Carbonate chemistry in sediment pore waters; Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies; Nutrient concentrations in sediment pore waters; Light absorption in the water column; Salinity of the water column; Ocean colour and earth-leaving visible waveband spectral radiation; Temperature of the water column

Fluorometers; radiometers; salinity sensor; redox potential sensors; gas chromatographs; autoanalysers; spectrophotometers; thermistor chains

GePeCO, action of the french programme PROOF, aims at describing and understanding the phytoplankton variability and assessing its consequences on the ocean geochemistry.

Dandonneau, Y., Montel, Y., Blanchot, J., Giraudeau, J., Neveux, J. (2006) Temporal variability in phytoplankton pigments, picoplankton and coccolithophores along a transect through the North Atlantic and tropical southwestern Pacific., Deep Sea Research Part I, 2006, 53,689-712; Alvain, S., Moulin, C., Dandonneau, Y., Breon, F.M. (2005) Remote sensing of phytoplankton groups in case I waters from global SeaWiFS imagery., Deep Sea Research Part I, 2005, 52,1989-2004

Laboratory of Oceanography and Climate, Experiments and numerical Approaches
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace Boîte 100 4 place Jussieu
Paris

75005
France