Physical oceanography during five ECOMARGE cruises@en

The first experiment of the ECOMARGE programme (ECOsystèmes de MARGE continentale) was initiated in 1983-1984, in the Gulf of Lions (northwestern Mediterranean Sea). The objectives of the ECOMARGE-I experiment were: to quantify the transfer of particulate matter, in general, and of organic carbon, in particular, from its introduction to and formation in the waters of the continental shelf-to its consumption or sedimentation on the shelf or its transfer to the slope and deep sea; and to understand the processes involved in that transfer, consumption and sedimentation together with their variability in space and time. The results of that experiment, from 1983 to 1988, are presented in this Special Issue. The highlights of the results are summarised in this paper. […]ECOMARGE计划（全称ECOsystèmes de MARGE continentale，即大陆边缘生态系统）的首个实验于1983至1984年在地中海西北部的利翁湾（Gulf of Lions）启动。ECOMARGE-I实验的目标包括：定量表征一般颗粒物，尤其是有机碳，从在大陆架水体中生成与输入，到在陆架上被消耗、沉积，或是被输送至陆坡与深海的过程通量；同时阐明该输送、消耗与沉积过程及其时空变异性的相关机制。1983至1988年该实验的研究结果刊载于本期特刊，本文对该结果的核心亮点进行了总结。[...]