Coupling a physiological model with a lagrangian model to improve the understanding of growth and survival of holopelagic Sargassum blooms

Maria-Jose Lagunes1,2, Christophe Lett1, Leo Berline3, Nicolas Barrier1, Witold Podlejski4 and Laure Pecquerie2, (1)MARBEC, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Sète, France, (2)LEMAR, Univ Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, IUEM, F-29280, Plouzané, France, (3)Aix Marseille University, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, Marseille, France, (4)ISEM, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, CIRAD, INRAP, Montpellier, France