Bilan des campagnes océanographiques françaises 2013

This document reports on the French oceanographic cruises conducted in 2013. It provides a detailed description of SISMER'S role in archiving cruise information and oceanographic data. It also gives an overall view of the French ocean research fleet's vessels and how they are used and provides dynamic access to cruise information through the web portal CALLED Nautilus: http://www.ifremer.fr/sismer/index_UK.htm. This report has been drawn up by IFREMER, and more specifically by the SISMER department in charge of managing cruise data. The electronic version of this document is available at the following address: http://www.ifremer.fr/sismer/UK/doc_UK.htm. Clicking on the hypertext links gives direct access to the cruise descriptions. The various reports for French oceanographic cruises are also available via IFREMER'S institutional archive, Archimer, at: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/default.jsp?la=en.