Deep Environments
| Head of the Module | Jozée SARRAZIN (CR Ifremer) |
|---|---|
| Type | Compulsory |
| Number of hours | 32 |
| Teachers |
Jozée Sarrazin (Ifremer), Pierre-Marie Sarradin (Ifremer), Alexis Khripounoff (Ifremer), Joëlle Galéron (Ifremer), Karine Olu-Le Roy (Ifremer), Laurent Toffin (Ifremer), Anne Godfroy (Ifremer), Stéphane Hourdez (Station Biologique de Roscoff), Marie-Anne Cambon (Ifremer), Brigitte Guillaumont (Ifremer), Sophie Arnaud (Ifremer), Florence Pradillon (Ifremer), Lenaïck Menot (Ifremer), Jacques Clavier (UBO) |
| Learning outcomes | Students will have a synthetic and multidisciplinary introduction to deep environments including their specific features and diversity. |
| Aims | The course will be taught by members and partners of the Deep Ocean research cluster (Département Environnement Profond) at Ifremer Brest. |
| Course content | Study skills; organic matter in the deep ocean; bathypelagic fauna and benthic sediment fauna; deep corals; underwater mountains and sponge aggregates; intro sources, bacterial life and chemosynthesis; symbioses and adaptation; epibiosis; larval reproduction and dispersal; spatial distribution and temporal dynamics; ecology of cold springs; methane cycle; population genetics in fragmented areas; human impacts on the deep ocean. |