UNIVERSITE DES SCIENCES ET DES TECHNOLOGIES DE HANOI

UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY OF HANOI

TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC KHOA HỌC & CÔNG NGHỆ HÀ NỘI

INTERNSHIP TOPIC PROPOSAL FOR MASTER 2 STUDENTS

(5-6 months March-August)
Department: WATER - ENVIRONMENT - OCEANOGRAPHY
(please complete it and send back to nguyen-thi-hong.lien@usth.edu.vn, philippe.behra@ensiacet.fr & sylvain.ouillon@ird.fr

Speciality: Natural Waters & Environmental Quality (NEWS) Hydrology & Oceanography (HO)

Year: 2020

TITLE:

Turbulence influence on plankton behaviour: laboratory experimentations and in situ measurements

SUPERVISOR INFORMATION

Full name: Francois G Schmitt

Email: francois.schmitt@log.cnrs.fr
Laboratory: Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences (http://log.cnrs.fr)
Address: UMR 8187, 28 avenue Foch, Wimereux
Country: France
Location of the internship (if different):

Co-supervisor and e-mail (if any): Alexei Sentchev (alexei.sentchev@univ-littoral.fr)

TOPIC

General description(Context, objective, main methods and techniques used..)

Copepods, and zooplankton in general, live in a turbulent environment, and are adapted to this environment during
hundred of thousand generations. It is thus important to improve the knowledge on the influences of turbulence on
zooplankton swimming behaviour, a topic which is still too poorly understood. Experimentations and observations
are needed to progress in this direction. The proposed internship is inserted into this problematic. The objective is
first to use and improve a system producing turbulence in a small volume, and to film the copepods (crustacean
zooplankters) using 2 available high speed cameras (Phantom Miro), in order to record the trajectories. Analysis of
the trajectory statistics (including velocity, acceleration) will be done in relation with the turbulence properties.
On the other hand, another objective of the internship will be to perform in situ observations of turbulence
plankton interactions. These observations will be recorded using a high resolution echo sounder (Signature 1000
from Nortek) which records current profile together with zooplankton particles. The deployment will be done in the
English Channel close to the laboratory location, in the shore zone and in deeper waters. Analysis of the data in
different conditions will help to understand the complex interactions between turbulence and zooplankton dynamics
This Master internship will be done in collaboration (and co-supervised by) a post-doctoral researcher.

The trainee's missions will consist of: reading of literature, help in lab experiments, perform in situ deployments of
the ADCP Signature 1000, in intertidal sites and in coastal zones.
STUDENT SUPPORT

Is it possible for your home institution to help student with transport and/or living costs?

We have funding only to cover the Internship gratification: around 560 €/month during 5 months