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OFP-EMA team is embarking on a new adventure: NECTALIS

NECTALIS is a contraction of NECTON which refers to the aquatic organisms able to actively swim in the water column (contrasted with plankton which passively drifts) and ALIS which is the name of the IRD (French Research Institute for Development) research boat based in Noumea, New Caledonia.

NECTALIS is a joint scientific cruise between SPC and IRD which will study the mid-trophic levels of the pelagic ecosystem: zooplankton and micronekton.

Nectalis 2 starting now: See the logbook of the cruise

See the logbook of the first cruise in August 2011....

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NECTALIS 2, une nouvelle campagne à la mer

NECTALIS est une série de campagnes à la mer menées conjointement par la CPS et l’IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement) dont le but est d’étudier les niveaux trophiques intermédiaires de l’écosystème pélagique (de haute mer), c’est à dire le zooplancton et le micronecton (petits poissons, crevettes et calamars qui constituent la nourriture des thons).