@article{fdi:010087874, title = {{C}ontamination of planktonic food webs in the {M}editerranean {S}ea : setting the frame for the {MERITE}-{HIPPOCAMPE} oceanographic cruise (spring 2019)}, author = {{T}edetti, {M}arc and {T}ronczynski, {J}. and {C}arlotti, {F}. and {P}agano, {M}arc and {B}en {I}smail, {S}. and {S}ammari, {C}. and {B}el {H}assen, {M}. and {D}esboeufs, {K}. and {P}oindron, {C}. and {C}hifflet, {S}andrine and {B}ellaaj {Z}ouari, {A}. and {A}bdennadher, {M}. and {A}mri, {S}. and {B}anaru, {D}. and {B}en {A}bdallah, {L}. and {B}hairy, {N}. and {B}oudriga, {I}. and {B}ourin, {A}. and {B}rach-{P}apa, {C}. and {B}riant, {N}. and {C}abrol, {L}{\'e}a and {C}hevalier, {C}rist{\`e}le and {C}houba, {L}. and {C}oudray, {S}. and {N}ejib {D}aly {Y}ahia, {M}. and {D}e {G}aridel-{T}horon, {T}. and {D}ufour, {A}. and {D}utay, {J}.{C}. and {E}spinasse, {B}. and {F}ierro-{G}onzalez, {P}. and {F}ornier, {M}. and {G}arcia, {N}. and {G}iner, {F}. and {G}uigue, {C}atherine and {G}uilloux, {L}. and {H}amza, {A}. and {H}eimbürger-{B}oavida, {L}.{E}. and {J}acquet, {S}. and {K}noery, {J}. and {L}ajnef, {R}. and {M}akhlouf {B}elkahia, {N}. and {M}alengros, {D}. and {M}artinot, {P}.{L}. and {B}osse, {A}. and {M}azur, {J}.{C}. and {M}eddeb, {M}. and {M}isson, {B}. and {P}ringault, {O}livier and {Q}u{\'e}m{\'e}neur, {M}arianne and {R}adakovitch, {O}. and {R}aimbault, {P}. and {R}avel, {C}. and {R}ossi, {V}. and {R}wawi, {C}. and {S}akka {H}laili, {A}. and {T}esan-{O}nrubia, {J}.{A}. and {T}homas, {B}. and {T}hyssen, {M}. and {Z}aaboub, {N}. and {G}arnier, {C}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}his paper looks at experiential feedback and the technical and scientific challenges tied to the {MERITE}-{HIPPOCAMPE} cruise that took place in the {M}editerranean {S}ea in spring 2019. {T}his cruise proposes an innovative approach to investigate the accumulation and transfer of inorganic and organic contaminants within the planktonic food webs. {W}e present detailed information on how the cruise worked, including 1) the cruise track and sampling stations, 2) the overall strategy, based mainly on the collection of plankton, suspended particles and water at the deep chlorophyll maximum, and the separation of these particles and planktonic organisms into various size fractions, as well as the collection of atmospheric deposition, 3) the operations performed and material used at each station, and 4) the sequence of operations and main parameters analysed. {T}he paper also provides the main environmental conditions that were prevailing during the campaign. {L}astly, we present the types of articles produced based on work completed by the cruise that are part of this special issue.}, keywords = {{MEDITERRANEE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{M}arine {P}ollution {B}ulletin}, volume = {189}, numero = {}, pages = {114765 [18 ]}, ISSN = {0025-326{X}}, year = {2023}, DOI = {10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114765}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010087874}, }