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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2803-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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11 May 2016
Research article |
| 11 May 2016
Introduction to the project VAHINE: VAriability of vertical and tropHIc transfer of diazotroph derived N in the south wEst Pacific
Sophie Bonnet
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/INSU, Université
de Toulon, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO) UM110 13288,
Marseille, France
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, AMU/
CNRS/INSU, Université de Toulon, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography
(MIO) UM110, 98848 Noumea, New Caledonia
Thierry Moutin
Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/INSU, Université
de Toulon, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO) UM110 13288,
Marseille, France
Martine Rodier
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement,
Université de la Polynésie française, Institut Malardé,
Ifremer, UMR 241 Ecosystèmes Insulaires Océaniens (EIO), IRD Tahiti,
PB 529, 98713 Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Jean-Michel Grisoni
Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer,
UMS 829, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Francis Louis
Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer,
UMS 829, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 7093,
Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Laboratoire
d'Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Villefranche-sur-Mer,
France
Eric Folcher
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, 98848 Noumea, New Caledonia
Bertrand Bourgeois
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, 98848 Noumea, New Caledonia
Jean-Michel Boré
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, 98848 Noumea, New Caledonia
Armelle Renaud
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, 98848 Noumea, New Caledonia
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- Contribution and pathways of diazotroph-derived nitrogen to zooplankton during the VAHINE mesocosm experiment in the oligotrophic New Caledonia lagoon B. Hunt et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-3131-2016
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- Serial nitrogen-phosphate co-limitation controls the primary productivity in the transitional waters of northern South China Sea and the Pearl River Estuary Y. Liu et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/frmbi.2025.1655960
- Nitrogen isotopic evidence for a shift from nitrate- to diazotroph-fueled export production in the VAHINE mesocosm experiments A. Knapp et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4645-2016
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- Heterotrophic bacterial production and metabolic balance during the VAHINE mesocosm experiment in the New Caledonia lagoon F. Van Wambeke et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-3187-2016
- Trichodesmium and other planktonic cyanobacteria in New Caledonian waters (SW tropical Pacific) during an El Niño episode M. Barboza Tenório et al. https://doi.org/10.3354/ame01873
- Evolution of dissolved and particulate chromophoric materials during the VAHINE mesocosm experiment in the New Caledonian coral lagoon (south-west Pacific) M. Tedetti et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-3283-2016
- Dynamics of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) during the VAHINE mesocosm experiment in the New Caledonian lagoon I. Berman-Frank et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-3793-2016
- Global analysis of gene expression dynamics within the marine microbial community during the VAHINE mesocosm experiment in the southwest Pacific U. Pfreundt et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4135-2016
- Biogeochemical and biological impacts of diazotroph blooms in a low-nutrient, low-chlorophyll ecosystem: synthesis from the VAHINE mesocosm experiment (New Caledonia) S. Bonnet et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4461-2016
- Microbial community structure in the western tropical South Pacific N. Bock et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3909-2018
- Contribution and pathways of diazotroph-derived nitrogen to zooplankton during the VAHINE mesocosm experiment in the oligotrophic New Caledonia lagoon B. Hunt et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-3131-2016
- Impact of increasing carbon dioxide on dinitrogen and carbon fixation rates under oligotrophic conditions and simulated upwelling A. Singh et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11795
- Serial nitrogen-phosphate co-limitation controls the primary productivity in the transitional waters of northern South China Sea and the Pearl River Estuary Y. Liu et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/frmbi.2025.1655960
- Nitrogen isotopic evidence for a shift from nitrate- to diazotroph-fueled export production in the VAHINE mesocosm experiments A. Knapp et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4645-2016
- Biogeochemical fluxes and fate of diazotroph-derived nitrogen in the food web after a phosphate enrichment: modeling of the VAHINE mesocosms experiment A. Gimenez et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-5103-2016
- Transfer of diazotroph-derived nitrogen towards non-diazotrophic planktonic communities: a comparative study between Trichodesmium erythraeum, Crocosphaera watsonii and Cyanothece sp. H. Berthelot et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4005-2016
- Nutrient starvation and phosphonate utilization coordinate buoyancy and high-light tolerance in Trichodesmium C. Zou et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-76233-9
- Mechanisms of Trichodesmium demise within the New Caledonian lagoon during the VAHINE mesocosm experiment D. Spungin et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4187-2016
- Diversity and toxic potential of algal bloom-forming species from Takaroa lagoon (Tuamotu, French Polynesia): a field and mesocosm study M. Rodier et al. https://doi.org/10.3354/ame01900
- Genome of a giant bacteriophage from a decaying Trichodesmium bloom U. Pfreundt et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margen.2017.02.001
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e main goal of the VAHINE project was to study the fate of N2 fixation in the ocean. Three large-volume (~ 50 m3) mesocosms were deployed in a tropical oligotrophic ecosystem (the New Caledonia lagoon, south-eastern Pacific). This introductory paper describes the scientific objectives of the project in detail as well as the implementation plan: the mesocosm description and deployment, the selection of the study site, and the logistical and sampling strategy.
e main goal of the VAHINE project was to study the fate of N2 fixation in the ocean. Three...
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