{"id":7291,"date":"2021-04-29T09:23:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T07:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mio.osupytheas.fr\/fr\/archive_page\/oceanfrontchange\/"},"modified":"2021-04-29T09:23:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T07:23:37","slug":"oceanfrontchange","status":"publish","type":"archive_page","link":"https:\/\/www.mio.osupytheas.fr\/en\/oceanfrontchange\/","title":{"rendered":"OceanFrontCHANGE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"basic-page-content\" class=\"page-content\">    <div class=\"content\">    <div class=\"container-fluid\">      <div class=\"row\">                  <div class=\"container clearfix\">            <div class=\"row\">              <div class=\"col-xs-12\">                              <\/div>            <\/div>          <\/div>                                  <div class=\"paragraphs\">            <div class=\"paragraphs-items paragraphs-items-field-paragraphs paragraphs-items-field-paragraphs-full paragraphs-items-full\">  <div class=\"field field-name-field-paragraphs field-type-paragraphs field-label-hidden\"><div class=\"field-items\"><div class=\"field-item even\"><section class=\"paragraph-section paragraph-texte-simple paragraph-blanc\">  <div class=\"container\">             <div class=\"paragraph-content\">        <table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" height=\"218\" width=\"805\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"rtecenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.belmontforum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/ancien-site\/resize\/images\/belmont-logo-457x120.png\" style=\"width: 457px; height: 120px;\" width=\"457\" height=\"120\"><\/a><\/td><td class=\"rtecenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anr.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/ancien-site\/resize\/images\/anr_0-293x120.png\" style=\"width: 293px; height: 120px;\" width=\"293\" height=\"120\"><\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"rtecenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/ancien-site\/resize\/images\/logoconservationinternational-148x180.png\" style=\"width: 148px; height: 180px;\" width=\"148\" height=\"180\"><\/a><\/td><td class=\"rtecenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.ird.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/ancien-site\/resize\/images\/logoird-246x180.png\" style=\"height: 180px; width: 246px;\" width=\"246\" height=\"180\"><\/a><\/td><td class=\"rtecenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-heidelberg.de\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/ancien-site\/resize\/images\/logoheidelberg-344x180.png\" style=\"width: 344px; height: 180px;\" width=\"344\" height=\"180\"><\/a><\/td><td class=\"rtecenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cordioea.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/ancien-site\/resize\/images\/cordio_logo-362x180.jpg\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 180px;\" width=\"362\" height=\"180\"><\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h3 class=\"rtejustify\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.belmontforum.org\/news\/innovating-solutions-to-accelerate-sustainable-use-of-oceans-and-minimize-effects-from-global-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Managing Ocean Front Ecosystems for Climate Change<\/a><\/strong><\/h3><p class=\"rtejustify\">\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"rtejustify\">\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"rtejustify\"><strong>MIO PI<\/strong> : <a href=\"mailto:vincent.rossi@mio.osupytheas.fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vincent Rossi<\/a><\/p><p class=\"rtejustify\"><strong>Phd student<\/strong> : <a href=\"mailto:floriane.sudre@mio.osupytheas.fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Floriane Sudre<\/a><\/p><p class=\"rtejustify\"><strong>Funded by<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.belmontforum.org\/projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Belmont Forum<\/a> through the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/anr.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ANR<\/a> over 2021-2024<\/p><p class=\"rtejustify\">\u00a0<\/p><table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" height=\"331\" style=\"width:600px;\" width=\"434\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"rtecenter\"><div class=\"video-background\"> <iframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lqXxjaBCknQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\"> <\/iframe><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p class=\"rtejustify\">\u00a0<\/p><h4 class=\"rtejustify\"><strong>Who is in the OFC Team?<\/strong><\/h4><p class=\"rtejustify\">The OFC project gathers social, physical and natural scientists from Germany, France, the USA and Kenya, bringing expertise in fishery economics, ocean front identification and modelling, climate change, and sustainability science.<\/p><p class=\"rtejustify\">\u00a0<\/p><h4 class=\"rtejustify\"><strong>What do we do ?<\/strong><\/h4><p>Scientists are teamed up with tropical fishery and conservation groups to better design local sustainable solutions for ocean front ecosystems in a context of climate change.<\/p>      <\/div>      <\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"field-item odd\"><section class=\"paragraph-section paragraph-texte-simple paragraph-bleu\">  <div class=\"container\">             <div class=\"paragraph-content\">        <h4 class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"color:#E6E6FA;\"><strong>Why is this important?<\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p class=\"rtejustify\">Tools already exist to study ocean fronts, and they suggest marine life and fisheries make use of them. However:<\/p><ul><li class=\"rtejustify\">long-term statistical descriptions of fronts in tropical regions are still lacking,<\/li><li class=\"rtejustify\">coupled bio-physical processes at fronts remain poorly known,<\/li><li class=\"rtejustify\">we still don't know much about front management,<\/li><li class=\"rtejustify\">and how fronts will vary with climate change.<\/li><\/ul><h4 class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"color:#E6E6FA;\">\u00a0<br><strong>What are our objectives?<\/strong><\/span><\/h4><ul><li class=\"rtejustify\">to study ocean fronts in the Mozambique Channel,<\/li><li class=\"rtejustify\">how they impact marine life,<\/li><li class=\"rtejustify\">how these ephemeral ecosystems will vary in response to climate change.<\/li><\/ul><h4 class=\"rtejustify\">\u00a0<br><span style=\"color:#E6E6FA;\"><strong>How do we get there ?<\/strong><\/span><\/h4><ul><li class=\"rtejustify\">engaging fisheries and marine conservation stakeholders to better understand what is needed from scientists,<\/li><li class=\"rtejustify\">assessing ocean fronts use by marine life and fisheries from ocean model outputs (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.croco-ocean.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ROMS-CROCO<\/a>), satellite data and historical biological data,<\/li><li class=\"rtejustify\">evaluating ocean front variability to climate change thanks to statistical downscaling of global earth-system models to force a regional ROMS configuration.<\/li><\/ul>      <\/div>      <\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"field-item even\"><section class=\"paragraph-section paragraph-texte-simple paragraph-gris\">  <div class=\"container\">             <div class=\"paragraph-content\">        <h4 class=\"rtejustify\"><strong>What is the projected output?<\/strong><\/h4><ul><li class=\"rtejustify\">We hope to derive management solutions that can be applied locally by our Mozambique Channel partners amongst fisheries and conservation organisations,<\/li><li class=\"rtejustify\">These solutions could then be exported and adapted to other front-rich areas to improve ocean sustainability locally.<\/li><\/ul><h4 class=\"rtejustify\">\u00a0<br><strong>Scientific partners involved<\/strong><\/h4><ul><li class=\"rtejustify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.ird.fr\/node\/9350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Development Research Institute<\/a> (IRD, France), through several laboratories (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mio.osupytheas.fr\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MIO<\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umr-lops.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LOPS<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legos.obs-mip.fr\/bienvenue?set_language=en&amp;cl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LEGOS<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.umr-marbec.fr\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MARBEC<\/a>),<\/li><li class=\"rtejustify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conservation International<\/a> (CI, US),<\/li><li class=\"rtejustify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-heidelberg.de\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heidelberg University<\/a> (HU, Germany),<\/li><li class=\"rtejustify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cordioea.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean - East Africa<\/a> (CORDIO-EA, Kenya).<\/li><\/ul>      <\/div>      <\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"field-item odd\"><section class=\"paragraph-section paragraph-texte-simple paragraph-blanc\">  <div class=\"container\">             <div class=\"paragraph-content\">        <table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" height=\"642\" width=\"1158\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"rtecenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/ancien-site\/images\/schemaofc.jpg\" class=\"colorbox-load\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/ancien-site\/resize\/images\/schemaofc-1150x764.jpg\" style=\"width: 1150px; height: 764px;\" width=\"1150\" height=\"764\"><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p class=\"rtejustify\"><strong>Schematic view of ocean fronts and associated ephemeral ecosystems<\/strong>. Driven by turbulent ocean currents, distinct water masses form ocean fronts where they meet. Ecosystem formation begins with physically-driven nutrient availability, enhancing primary production locally, which attracts and supports an entire food web from plankton and smaller fish to large predators and megafauna.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>      <\/div>      <\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"field-item even\"><section class=\"paragraph-section paragraph-texte-simple paragraph-bleu\">  <div class=\"container\">             <div class=\"paragraph-content\">        <table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" height=\"450\" width=\"999\"><tbody><tr><td><p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong>a<\/strong><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/ancien-site\/images\/schema2ofc.png\" class=\"colorbox-load\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/ancien-site\/resize\/images\/schema2ofc-315x290.png\" style=\"width: 315px; height: 290px;\" width=\"315\" height=\"290\"><\/a><strong>b<\/strong><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/ancien-site\/images\/schema3ofc.png\" class=\"colorbox-load\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/ancien-site\/resize\/images\/schema3ofc-319x290.png\" style=\"width: 319px; height: 290px;\" width=\"319\" height=\"290\"><\/a><strong>c<\/strong><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/ancien-site\/images\/schema4ofc.png\" class=\"colorbox-load\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/ancien-site\/resize\/images\/schema4ofc-304x290.png\" style=\"width: 304px; height: 290px;\" width=\"304\" height=\"290\"><\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p class=\"rtejustify\"><strong>The central Mozambique Channel and its coastal communities is our study area<\/strong>. The three figures are based on a daily average (December 1st, 2014) of a high-resolution (1\/36\u00b0) ROMS-CROCO configuration (P. Penven).<\/p><ul><li class=\"rteindent1 rtejustify\">a. Sea Surface Temperature (SST, in \u00b0C) showing a southward flow of warm tropical waters across the Mozambique Channel.<\/li><li class=\"rteindent1 rtejustify\">b. Surface vorticity (vorticity\/f): blues and reds represent high energy areas related to ocean fronts and eddies.<\/li><li class=\"rteindent1 rtejustify\">c. Ocean fronts (SST gradients, \u00b0C\/km, Belkin and O'Reilly): strong fronts, potentially forming ephemeral ecosystems, are highlighted in bright white and red.<\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>      <\/div>      <\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>            <\/div>                                      <\/div>    <\/div>  <\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":4489,"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-7291","archive_page","type-archive_page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"id_old":"3081","category_old":"Mers et oc\u00e9ans Changement global"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mio.osupytheas.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/archive_page\/7291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mio.osupytheas.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/archive_page"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mio.osupytheas.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/archive_page"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mio.osupytheas.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mio.osupytheas.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}