PNEC [[electronic resource] ] : the French Coastal Environment Research Programme : overview of 1999-2002 activities / / editors, Jacques Clavier, Michel Joanny, François Carlotti

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459431403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Plouzané, : Ifremer; Versailles, : Diffusion, INRA Éditions, c2006
• ISBN: 2-7592-0264-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (314 p.)
• Collana: Bilans & prospectives, , 1279-8339
• Altri autori (Persone): ClavierJacques; JoannyMichel; CarlottiFrançois
• Soggetti: Coastal ecology - France; Environmental monitoring - France; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Overall presentation""; ""Introduction""; ""Eight worksites""; ""Eastern Channel and Southern Bight of the North Sea worksite""; ""Bay of Seine worksite""; ""Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel worksite""; ""Bay of Biscay worksite""; ""Gulf of Lion worksite""; ""Mediterranean lagoons worksite""; ""New Caledonia lagoons worksite""; ""French Guiana worksite""; ""Seven topic research actions (TRA)""; ""TRA 1. Biogeochemical cycles in temperate and tropical coastal environments since the last climatic cycle""; ""TRA 2. Population dynamics: hydrodynamic structures and biological cycles""""TRA 3. Toxic or harmful algal blooms""; ""TRA 4. Effect of hydroclimatic factors on the variability of ecosystems in the coastal environment""; ""TRA 5. Microorganisms and the coastal environment""; ""TRA 6. Dynamic equilibrium in the coastal zone""; ""TRA 7. Sediment dynamics""; ""The PNEC organization in 2002""; ""Presentation generate""; ""Introduction""; ""Huit chantiers""; ""Chantier Manche orientale - sud de la mer du Nord""; ""Chantier baie de Seine""; ""Chantier baie du Mont-Saint-Michel""; ""ART 5. Microorganismes et environnement cotier""""ART 6. Gouvernance environnementale et patrimoine cotier""; ""ART 7. Dynamique sedimentaire""; ""Chapter I - Bay of Seine worksite""; ""General presentation""; ""Scientific programme""; ""Participants""; ""Data banking""; ""Main results""; ""Water column""; ""Conclusion and perspectives""; ""Chapter II - Bay of Biscay worksite""; ""General presentation""; ""Participants and projects""; ""Main results""; ""A better knowledge of hydrodynamism and water masses evolutions""; ""Expertise and services for other disciplines""; ""The river plumes and their consequences""""Coastal upwellings, accores and a paradoxical central area""; ""The limits of simultaneous observation of hydrological structures and distribution of pelagic fishes""; ""Structure of the benthic communities and foodweb analysis""; ""Towards a better understanding of time evolution of harvested species""; ""Chapter III - Gulf of Lion worksite""; ""General presentation""; ""Scientific programme""; ""Main results""; ""The Rhone river and the plume""; ""Circulation and distribution of elements at mesoscale""; ""Pelagic production and vertical fluxes""; ""Benthic response and exchanges at the water-sediment interface""