Extreme ecosystem studies in the deep ocean
Technological developments

 
      

 
 
WP7- Demonstration action


WP7 will focus on testing individual technological components developed in EXOCET/D. Demonstration actions will help validate the technology at different developmental phases of the project (lab and at-sea trial).

The final instrument testing and validation should be performed in 2006 during the MoMARETO cruise. The main objective of this cruise aboard the N.O. Pourquoi pas ? and working with the ROV Victor 6000  will be to study the spatial and temporal dynamics of hydrothermal communities colonizing the MoMAR zone, located on the Azores Triple Junction.

The first leg of the cruise will be dedicated to the implementation and test of the instrumentation developed during EXOCET/D while the second leg will be entirely focused on realizing the scientific objectives and on deploying a first ecological long-term observatory in the Lucky Strike hydrothermal field (MoMAR area), using mobile and fixed complementary platforms.

Mussels clump instrumented with 2 autonomous temperature probes on the Lucky Strike hydrothermal field, ŠIfremer