Integrated Coastal Ocean Observations in Terre Adélie

The observation programme will allow evaluating yearly the state of: - the pelagic ecosystem during the summer period from Dumont d’Urville to the shelf break and to the Mertz Glacier Tongue, - the seaice zone ecosystem in winter, - the benthic community observed by ROV in relation to icebergs and the dynamics of the Astrolabe glacier.