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EMSO Ligure West - EMSO-LO<\/strong><\/h3>

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The EMSO-LO site, located at a depth of 2,500 m off the coast of Toulon, is part of the European infrastructure. EMSO-ERIC<\/a> andEMSO France Research Infrastructure <\/a>(European Multidisciplinary Subsea Observatory-European Research Infrastructure Consortium).<\/p>

L'EMSO ERIC<\/a> aims to collect long-term time series over 12 years across Europe in order to monitor the consequences of global change on heat content, ocean acidification, deoxygenation and deep-sea marine ecosystems. EMSO also aims to provide tool services for ecosystem management and mitigation.<\/p>

L'EMSO France<\/a> is a built or multidisciplinary research observatory, in real or delayed time, based on mooring lines and deep-sea observatories. EMSO-LO is supported by the MOOSE national observation service<\/a> (IR ILICO).<\/p>

EMSO-LO is dedicated to monitoring the water column, including hydrological properties, the dynamics of northern currents and their impact on the water column, and the effect of deep-sea convection in the western Mediterranean Sea on the properties and functioning of deep-sea ecosystems.<\/p>

Linking surface production, particle fluxes and state variables to deduce ecosystem functioning using indicators such as bioluminescence and O2, and quantify the variability and dynamics of biological pumps.<\/p> <\/div> <\/div><\/section><\/div>

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BathyBot - A benthic robot to see the invisible in the depths of the Mediterranean Sea (EMSO-LO)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>

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BathyBot is the benthic counterpart of the EMSO-LO infrastructure. This exploration robot is remotely operable, cabled and dedicated to the long-term monitoring of environmental variables in the deep sea (temperature, salinity, pressure and current), as well as biology, thanks to two different cameras, various coloured LEDs and a proximity imaging system (UVP-6). In particular, BathyBot will make it possible to see the bioluminescence emitted by marine organisms and gain a better understanding of its ecological role.<\/p>

BathyReef will also be deployed alongside BathyBot, a bio-inspired coloniser based on the structure of marine sponges, with modules produced using 3D printing.<\/p>

Currently in the test phase, in the dock, it will be deployed on the EMSO-LO site. This mission will take place at the end of 2021-beginning of 2022 from the M\/O Pourquoi Pas? and will be connected thanks to the Nautile submarine.<\/p> <\/div> <\/div><\/section><\/div>