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PROJECT : PLACARDO

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PLACARDO

PLAnktonic CArbon Roads to Deep Ocean

Principal Investigator(s) :

Lars Stemmann

Local Coordinator(s) :

Lars Stemmann

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COMPLEx

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The oceans play a fundamental role in the global carbon cycle. PLACARDO aims at understanding and quantify the export of planktonic biomass to the deep ocean at different scales.
The oceans play a fundamental role in the global carbon cycle by taking up atmospheric CO2 by planktonic production and sequestering a fraction of it in the deep ocean. The depth at which this organic material is respired affects atmospheric carbon concentrations. Many mesopelagic bio-physical processes impacting this carbon pump are unknown or poorly quantified. PLACARDO aims at understanding and quantifying the export of planktonic biomass to the deep ocean at different scales.

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As part of the Year of the Ocean, the Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche is actively participating in two major events: the One Ocean Science Congress and l’UNOC’3.
Our unit’s staff will take part in scientific discussions and associated events, and will also contribute to the “Sciences-sur-Mer” Festival (June 7–13, Villefranche-sur-Mer), which aims to strengthen the link between science and society by offering opportunities for dialogue between stakeholders and inviting both the general public and school groups to take part.

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