Mesopelagic Southern Ocean Prey and Predators

Project Information

MESOPP

Grant agreement ID: 692173

DOI

10.3030/692173

Project closed

EC signature date 23 May 2016

Start date 1 June 2016

End date 31 May 2019

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Europe In A Changing World - Inclusive, Innovative And Reflective Societies

Total cost

€ 1 061 690,00

EU contribution

€ 1 061 690,00

Coordinated by

COLLECTE LOCALISATION SATELLITES
France

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Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

First release of web site
Dissemination through web site and social networks

Documents, reports (9)

Potential update on the definition of taxonomic/functional/energetic group in MESOPP models in relation to new acoustic technology information

Report: Starting from technology and knowledge available at the beginning of the project, new potential approaches will be explored based on recent progress in technology.

Modelisation of potential habitats of the main mesopelagic fish according to environmental parameters
Use of micronekton data and models to improve ecology of top predators
Report and manuscript of outcomes of Tasks 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 ( documentation of the models, approaches for standardisation and protocols to be used for model inter-comparisons)

Report or scientific manuscript of outcomes of Tasks 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 ( documentation of the models, approaches for standardisation and protocols to be used for model inter-comparisons)

Definition of taxonomic/functional/energetic group in MESOPP models in relation to existing acoustic information

report describing the results of work defining the micronekton mesopelagic groups according to different criteria to facilitate the development of model and the validation using acoustic data.

Methods to process acoustic data from vessels of opportunity for use in ecosystem model validation

Report describing the methods to automatically aggregate acoustic data from vessels of opportunity for use in model validation.

Atlas of the main mesopelagic fish in the Southern Ocean

Document Under the form of an Atlas of the main mesopelagic fishes observed in the Southern Ocean, including new observations from recent research cruise.

Dissemination & exploitation plan
Report of acoustic processing routine and quality checking methods

Other (7)

Report on Workshop 2
Reference dataset of 38 kHz acoustic backscatter for South Indian ocean sector
Report on Workshop 1
Report on Workshop 3
Collocated NASC and oceanographic variables
Reference dataset of 38 kHz acoustic backscatter for South Atlantic sector Southern Ocean
Reference dataset of 38 kHz acoustic backscatter for South Pacific Ocean sector

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Release of web site with e-infrastructure (catalogue and data access services

Publications

Conference proceedings (4)

A biogeography of the mesopelagic zone based on estimated myctophid biomass within Deep Scattering Layers

Author(s): Roland Proud, Martin J Cox, Andrew Brierley
Published in: ASFB-OCS Joint Conference 4th-7th September, Hobart, Tasmania, 2017
Publisher: -

A biogeography of the of the mesopelagic zone (200 – 1000m) based on deep scattering layers

Author(s): Proud, Roland, Martin J. Cox, Andrew S. Brierley
Published in: ASLO 2017 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Honolulu Feb 26 – Mar 3, 2017, 2017
Publisher: -

Modeling of oceanic mid and high trophic levels with SEAPODYM

Author(s): Patrick Lehodey, Inna Senina, Beatriz Calmettes, Olivier Titaud, Anna Conchon
Published in: ASFB-OCS Joint Conference 4th -7th Sep 2016, Hobart, Tasmania, 2016
Publisher: Australian society of Fish Biology

Ocean physics and its impact on trophic interactions within the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Author(s): Cotté C., O’Toole M., d’Ovidio F., Lévy M., Guinet C., Bost CA., Behagle N., Roudaut G., Brehmer P. & Cherel Y.
Published in: international Symposium on the Kerguelen Plateau, Hobart, Australia, 2017
Publisher: -

Peer reviewed articles (1)

Biogeography of the Global Ocean’s Mesopelagic Zone

Author(s): Roland Proud, Martin J. Cox, Andrew S. Brierley
Published in: Current Biology, Issue 27/1, 2017, Page(s) 113-119, ISSN 0960-9822
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.11.003

Other (1)

Acoustic Data assimilation in micronekton model: a method to study species assemblage?

Author(s): Anna Conchon, Olivier Titaud, Patrick Lehodey and Cédric Cotté
Published in: 2017
Publisher: CLS