The appointee will participate to the project BIOLUMOPS 2024-2026 (
https://anr.fr/Projet-ANR-23-ASTR-0028
). This project is about studying marine bioluminescence. The four main tasks of the project are multidisciplinary: 1. integrating two bioluminescence sensors on a glider; 2. deploying ship and glider in the Gulf of Lion; 3. classifying bioluminescent organisms; 4. Detecting dinoflagellates through ocean colour satellite remote sensing. The present post deals with Task 2 and 3.
The work proposed here is part of the current challenges of understanding the composition and dynamics of the mesopelagic community (Chatzievangelou et al., 2021; Martin et al., 2020) through an easily detectable and widely distributed activity in marine organisms: bioluminescence. The data will be provided from 3 surveys planed in March and August 2025 and beginning of 2026. The candidate will analyze conjointly biological datasets (from bioluminescence sensors, a UVP, and acoustics) with environmental datasets acquired at the same time (from gliders and onboard). The candidate will mainly be in charge of bioluminescence data analysis and luminous events recorded (shapes of the peaks and spatial and temporal location), in the water column by using and developing signal processing methods. Other datasets will be available through ongoing collaborations within the BIOLUMOPS project (MIO, SHOM, LEMAR), and regular discussions within the BIOLUMOPS team will be favored.
