Note: Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Overall presentation -- Introduction -- Eight worksites -- Eastern Channel and Southern Bight of the North Sea worksite -- Bay of Seine worksite -- Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel worksite -- Bay of Biscay worksite -- Gulf of Lion worksite -- Mediterranean lagoons worksite -- New Caledonia lagoons worksite -- French Guiana worksite -- Seven topic research actions (TRA) -- TRA 1. Biogeochemical cycles in temperate and tropical coastal environments since the last climatic cycle -- TRA 2. Population dynamics: hydrodynamic structures and biological cycles -- TRA 3. Toxic or harmful algal blooms -- TRA 4. Effect of hydroclimatic factors on the variability of ecosystems in the coastal environment -- TRA 5. Microorganisms and the coastal environment -- TRA 6. Dynamic equilibrium in the coastal zone -- TRA 7. Sediment dynamics -- The PNEC organization in 2002 -- Presentation generate -- Introduction -- Huit chantiers -- Chantier Manche orientale - sud de la mer du Nord -- Chantier baie de Seine -- Chantier baie du Mont-Saint-Michel -- Chantier golfe de Gascogne -- Chantier golfe du Lion -- Chantier lagunes mediterranéennes -- Chantier Nouvelle-Caledonie -- Chantier Guyane -- Sept actions de recherche thematiques (ART) -- ART 1. Cycles biogeochimiques dans les environnements cotiers temperes et depuis le dernier cycle climatique -- ART 2. Dynamique de populations: structures hydrodynamiques et cycles biologiques -- ART 3. Efflorescences algales toxiques ou nuisibles -- ART 4. Effets des facteurs hydroclimatiques sur la variabilite des ecosystemes en environnement cotier -- ART 5. Microorganismes et environnement cotier -- ART 6. Gouvernance environnementale et patrimoine cotier -- ART 7. Dynamique sedimentaire -- Chapter I - Bay of Seine worksite -- General presentation -- Scientific programme -- Participants -- Data banking. , Main results -- Water column -- Conclusion and perspectives -- Chapter II - Bay of Biscay worksite -- General presentation -- Participants and projects -- Main results -- A better knowledge of hydrodynamism and water masses evolutions -- Expertise and services for other disciplines -- The river plumes and their consequences -- Coastal upwellings, accores and a paradoxical central area -- The limits of simultaneous observation of hydrological structures and distribution of pelagic fishes -- Structure of the benthic communities and foodweb analysis -- Towards a better understanding of time evolution of harvested species -- Chapter III - Gulf of Lion worksite -- General presentation -- Scientific programme -- Main results -- The Rhone river and the plume -- Circulation and distribution of elements at mesoscale -- Pelagic production and vertical fluxes -- Benthic response and exchanges at the water-sediment interface -- Global budgets of matter -- Annexes -- Chapter IV - Mediterranean lagoons worksite -- General presentation -- Context and objectives of the "Mediterranean lagoons" worksite -- Main results -- A dynamic ecosystem -- A productive ecosystem -- A man-affected ecosystem -- Annex -- Perspective: a Mediterranean lagoons worksite phase II -- Main objective -- Workgroups and associated projects -- Collaborations -- Chapter V - New Caledonia worksite -- General presentation -- Study site and implementation -- Participants -- Main results -- Action 1 - Circulation and transport of terrigeneous and anthropogenic inputs -- Action 2 - Biogeochemical functioning of the lagoon system -- Action 3 - Transfer of metals through the benthic trophic food chain -- Action 4 - Growth variations of lagoon organisms -- Action 5 - Indicators of reef-lagoon environment and resource status -- Chapter VI - French Guiana worksite -- General presentation. , Scientific programme -- Participants -- Main results -- Theme 1. Sedimentology and transport of Amazonian sediment -- Theme 2. Continental shelf -- Theme 3. Mudflat and mangroves -- Theme 4. Relationships between resources and their environment -- Chapter VII - Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel worksite -- General presentation -- Scientific programme -- Theme 1: Trophic capacity -- Scientific programme -- Main activities and progress in 2002 -- Pelagic production -- Benthic production -- Secondary consumers -- Trophic transfers -- Theme 2: Dispersal, benthic populations structure and anthropogenic disturbances -- Scientific programme -- Main activities -- Preliminary results -- Hydrosedimentary: a common tool to the themes 1 and 2 -- Scientific programme -- Main operations -- Progress report and preliminary results -- Economic valuation and sociological analysis -- Economic valuation: human activities and natural assets management -- Sociological analysis: appropriation of the littoral areas by the mussels farmers -- Annexes -- Chapter VIII - Eastern English Channel and South Bay of the North Sea worksite -- General presentation -- Scientific programme 2002-2005 -- Activities in 2002 (year 0) -- Recommendations from the scientific council -- Chapter IX - Topic Research Action 1 -- General presentation -- Requests for proposals 1999 -- Requests for proposals 2000 -- Requests for proposals 2001 -- Requests for proposals 2002 -- Main results -- Subjects treated -- Dynamics of the BBL -- Benthic primary productivity and variations with high frequency -- Reef environments -- Shortcomings -- Main axis: MICROBENT core project -- Perspectives -- Chapter X - Topic Research Action 2 -- General presentation -- Objectives -- Rationale -- Participants -- Main results. , Project 1. Studies on population dynamics of benthic organisms with planktonic larvae in coastal environments, with focuses on physics-biology coupling and species interactions -- Project 2. Pelagic fish recruitment dynamics and ecosystem interactions in the southern Benguela: a modelling approach -- Project 3. Demography and diversity of coastal pelagic zooplankton and responses to physical forcing -- Chapter XI - Topic Research Action 3 -- General presentation -- The 2002 call for proposal -- Results of the proposal -- Participants -- Main results -- Taxonomy and distribution of toxic or harmful species along the French coasts -- Detection of toxic species of Pseudo-nitzschia -- A review on ciguatera -- Differential expression of surface proteins in toxic and non-toxic strains of Alexandium species. Preparation of cell surface antibodies for the detection of Alexandrium species -- Determinism of phytoplankton blooms in Mediterranean lagoons. The case of toxic species -- The effects of different nitrogen sources (mineral or organic) on Alexandrium tamarense/catenella, species responsible for toxic blooms in a Mediterranean lagoon -- Contamination kinetics of mussels by Dinophysis -- Modelling for bivalve contamination by Alexandrium spp. toxins -- Study of the competition between species during the development of a toxic efflorescence of Alexandrium minutum -- Perspective -- Chapter XII - Topic Research Action 4 -- General presentation -- Objectives -- Coordination/events -- 2002 Projects -- typology of data, questions, methods -- Main results -- Case studies -- Case study 1. Reorganisation of North Atlantic marine copepod biodiversity and climate -- Case study 2. Automatic recognition of mesoscale hydrodynamical structures -- Case study 3. PASTECS: Package for of space-time ecological series -- Perspectives. , Chapter XIII - Topic Research Action 5 -- General presentation -- General background - state of art -- Researches covered by TRA 5 in years 2000 to 2002 -- Main results -- Projects in the field of functional ecology -- Projects in the field of sanitary microbiology -- Animation of TRA 5 -- Relations Worksites - TRA 5 -- Conclusion -- Perspectives -- Chapter XIV - Topic Research Action 6 -- General presentation -- Project 1. Economic analysis of oil spills at sea: damage valuation and the role of economic incentives in spill prevention -- Project 2. Fishing and recreational activities in an area to be protected: the case of the Iroise Sea national marine park project (France) -- Project 3. Vulnerability of coastal evaluation, stake-holders and public policies -- Project 4. Territory for one, territory for another -- Project 5. Study of coastal area occupation strategies: the case of shellfish concession -- Project 6. Efficiency of policy instruments for managing water pumping in coastal aquifer: an experimental approach -- Interdisciplinary workshop -- Organization -- Outputs -- Contribution of social sciences to others PNEC operations -- Perspective -- Chapter XV - Topic Research Action 7 -- General presentation -- Introduction -- Field observations -- Laboratory experiments -- Numerical modelling -- Main results -- Sete site -- Truc Vert site -- Omaha beach site -- Laboratory -- Innovative measurement techniques -- Conclusion & -- perspectives -- Chapter XVI - Assessment and prospective -- Introduction -- General objectives -- Research themes -- Topic 1 - Climatic and anthropic influences -- Topic 2 - Biodiversity and forcings at the interfaces -- Topic 3 - Exceptional events involving an imbalance of the coastal systems and\or social risks, in particular sanitary ones -- Topic 4 - Littoral public policies and coastal heritage. , Operational structures.