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In September 2023, the SSL@MM <\/a>(Sea Water Sensing Laboratory @ MIO Marseille, MIO's technical platform), run by Olivier Grosso and Melilotus Thyssen, and recently by Cl\u00e9mentine Gallot (CNRS IR CDD), has celebrated its 4th year of operation and is now part of MIO's shared technical resources. The continuous and gentle pumping of seawater from the Calanque aux Cuivres to taps under laboratory conditions is a success, validated by its almost continuous operation. Similarly, the method of cleaning the seawater inlet pipes is a well-managed routine. The high-frequency, long-term strategy enables the diurnal and seasonal cycles of a coastal marine ecosystem to be studied, and aims to capture the effects of impulse events such as gales, storms and rainfall on phytoplankton communities, certain chemical and hydrological elements, and their transformation products.<\/p> So we measure for science and for the community:<\/p> Le SSL@MM<\/a>It's also about welcoming researchers and training students. To date, we have welcomed four students on work placements, who have been able to study the dynamics of phytoplankton in real time as the seasons and meteorological events change, and two PhD students who have published the data collected in the SSL@MM<\/a> (Robin Fuchs, Zo\u00e9 Lebras). As part of more tropical projects such as MAP-IO (ww.map-io.re, Indian Ocean) and HOPE (S. Bonnet, Noum\u00e9a), training courses in automated cytometry were given (totalling 7 PhD students\/engineers\/researchers).<\/p> With access to workbenches where seawater is continuously pumped in by gentle peristaltic pumping, requests to install sensors or carry out experiments are multiplying.<\/p> We were able to carry out submersion tests on the Cytosub from the ERC HOPE project, which is due to be installed on an intelligent buoy in the Pacific Ocean<\/a>.<\/p> Here are some photos of the first trials. It is now ready to make its first dive into the calanque in December.<\/p> \u00a0<\/p>