Project:BB|2066

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The nitrogen cycle in an oligotrophic marine coastal zone (Corsica)
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Abstract

La baie de Calvi est caractérisée par des concentrations en nutriments dissous faibles. Ce projet a pour but l'étude de la compétition pour l'azote entre les principales biocénoses de la baie: la biocénose à algues photophiles, l'herbier de posidonies et la communauté planctonique.

Keywords

marine, coastal zone, oligotrophic, nitrogen cycle, oceanography, ecology, phycology, zoology, seaweeds, phytoplankton, zooplankton, oceanology, modelling, marine and coastal habitats, macrobenthos, nutrients, pigments, fecal pellets, oligotrophy, Ecology, Oceanography, Marine and coastal habitats, W-Europe, Mediterranean Sea, Corsica, ESO, Posidonia oceanica

People

Name Role Start End
Goffart, Anne member
Hecq, Jean-Henri member
Bouquegneau, Jean-Marie co-promotor
Demoulin, Vincent co-promotor

Orgunits

Name Role Start End
Laboratoire d'océanologie unknown
Unité de recherche "Algologie, mycologie et systématique expérimentale" unknown

Publications

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Dauby P, Bale AJ, Bloomer N, Canon C, Ling RD, Norro A, Robertson JE, Simon A, Théate JM, Watson AJ, Frankignoulle M (1995). Particle fluxes over a Mediterranean seagrass bed: a one-year sediment trap experiment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 126 : 233-246. author
Havelange S, Lepoint G, Dauby P, Bouquegneau JM (1997). Feeding of the sparid fish Sarpa salpa in a seagrass ecosystem : diet and carbon flux. PSZNI Marine Ecology 18, 289-297. author
Lepoint G, Havelange S, Gobert S, Bouquegneau JM (1999). Fauna vs. flora contribution to the leaf epiphytes biomassin a Posidonia oceanica seagrass bed (Revellata Bay, Corsica). Hydrobiologia 394, 63-67. author
Lepoint G (2001) Compétition pour l'azote inorganique entre le pelagos et le benthos d'un milieu côtier oligotrophe. Effets sur la dynamique de l'écosystème. Thèse de doctorat, Université de Liège, 200pp. Gobert S, Defawe O, Janssens M, Lejeune P, Lepoint G, Bouquegneau JM. Recent wide occurrence of Posidonia oceanica flowering events in the Bay of Calvi: C, N, P shoots content and requirement. Aquatic Botany, revised. author
Dauby P (1995). A d13C study of the feeding habits in four Mediterranean Leptomysis species (Crustacea: Mysidacea). PSZNI Marine Ecology 16 : 93-102. author
Dauby P, Poulicek M (1995). Methods for removing epiphytes from seagrasses: SEM observations on treated leaves. Aquatic Botany 52 : 217-228. author
Lepoint G, Nyssen F, Gobert S, Dauby P, Bouquegneau JM (2000). Relative impact of a Posidonia seagrass bed and its adjacent epilithic algal community in consumers diet. Marine Biology 136: 513-518. author

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