Assessing marine biogenic matter Production, Export and Remineralization: from the surface to the dark Ocean – APERO
APERO proposes a mechanistic approach of the biological carbon pump (export of surface production of biogenic carbon and fate in the water column -200/2000m). APERO aims at reducing the gap between the quantity of organic carbon produced by photosynthesis transferred to the deep ocean and the carbon demand in the water column. The three major contributions of APERO are the study of the role of small-scale dynamics (~1-10km) using autonomous platforms, imaging and innovative instrumentation, the simultaneous observation of all the processes regulating the attenuation of carbon flux in the water column and the quantification of the fluxes associated with these processes. Based on a substantial international collaboration and an ambitious observation strategy, complemented by molecular biology and modeling approaches, the field study, planned for 2022, will contribute to a significant reduction in the uncertainties of carbon storage by the ocean.
Project coordination
Laurent MEMERY (LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT MARIN)
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Partnership
LEMAR LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT MARIN
MIO Christian Tamburini
LOV Laboratoire d'océanographie de Villefranche
LOMIC Laboratoire d'océanographie microbienne
AD2M Adaptation et diversité en milieu marin
LOCEAN Laboratoire d'océanographie et du climat : expérimentations et approches numériques
ULCO-LOG Université du Littoral d'Opale (ILCO). Laboratoire d'océanologie et de géosciences (LOG)
AWI Alfred Wegener Institut / Deep Sea Ecology and Technology
IGB Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) / Limnology of Stratified Lakes
Duke Univ. Duke University / Earth & Ocean Sciences Division
WHOI Woods Hole Ocean Institute / National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Facility
Univ. Sevilla Universidad de Sevilla / ESCUELA TÉCNICA SUPERIOR DE INGENIERÍA DE EDIFICACIÓN
University of Vienna / Dept. Limnology and Bio-Oceanography
Scripps University San Diego / Scripps Institution of Oceanography
IMAS Univiersity of Tasmania / Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)
Univ. Arizona University of Arizona / Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
CalTech California Institute of Technology / Environmental Science and Engineering
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research / GEOMAR
NOCS National Oceanographic Center / Ocean Biogeochemistry & Ecosystems Group
Help of the ANR 1,128,591 euros
Beginning and duration of the scientific project:
February 2022
- 48 Months
