The boat has entered the Indian Ocean, what is the particular interest in studying this zone?
The northern zone of the Indian Ocean is especially interesting because it is an ocean region particularly acidic like the eastern Pacific. It is important to study the composition of the ecosystems in these zones and to compare them with the samples to be collected in regions much less acidic (further south in the Indian Ocean). These comparisons are essential to the research. In addition, Tara will be in these regions at the time of the year where “blooms*” of unicellular algae take place and these are particularly interesting to examine. These “blooms” appear, illuminating the sea, and then suddenly disappear. It seems that viruses play an important role in regulating these phenomena. When will you return to the boat? Between Mayotte and Madagascar and continuing on to Cape Town in South Africa. What do you like best onboard? The sampling stations, the work during sampling and manouvering. To be able to unite my two passions, science and navigation, is a dream. What do you like the
