French (ANR) project MyctO‐3D‐MAP
Mycto3Dmap : Myctophid assessment in relation to Oceanographic conditions: a three Dimension Density Distribution approach combining Modelling, Acoustic-and Predators’ data
The French (ANR) project MyctO‐3D‐MAP proposes an innovative combination of methods to assess the distribution and habitats of the main aggregating myctophid species of the Southern Ocean: 1) the use of 2 myctophid predators, the southern elephant seal and king penguin as bio‐samplers, 2) acoustic surveys, 3) biophysical oceanography, and 4) modelling.
Outputs of micronekton biomass distributions from a SEAPODYM regional high resolution (1/12°x day) configuration using physical forcing from Mercator-ocean models are provided to analyse the behaviour of predators. 38kHz acoustic data are collected onboard the R.V. Marion Dufresne to be used for the optimization of the micronekton model.
![scheme-osmosis](http://www.seapodym.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/scheme-osmosis-1.jpg)
Deep mesopelagic biomass (medium resolution ¼°) with individual tracks (black) of elephant seals.