Les sites méditerranéens. Ecologie pélagique et benthique. Rapport concernant les campagnes Ecolion 1 & 2

As part of its nuclear program, E.D.F. put the C.N.E.X.O. in charge of the ecological study of a list of sites that had been considered for the implantation of nuclear power plants on the Mediterranean coast: PORT-la-N0UVELLE South, PORT-la-NOUVELLE North and FLEURY-sur-AUDE. The aim of this study is to compare, from an ecological point of view, the different sites during critical periods of the annual cycle: summer and spring. This report summarises the results of the two campaigns (ECOLION l and II) conducted on the area located between the Cap d'Agde and the Cap Leucate, and including the three studied sites. The study analysed the physicochemical parameters and the primary and secondary pelagic productions, and includes a qualitative and quantitative estimate of the phytoplankton and zooplankton species (holoplankton and meroplankton). Some qualitative and quantitative estimates of the benthic fauna completed the study. This study was conducted in collaboration with the Arago laboratory in Banyuls sur mer and under L.A. ROMANA and P. CHARDY's authority.