The Northwestern Mediterranean Sea (NWMS) is an ideal case study of both processes responsible for dense water formation: cascading and oceanic deep convection. We developed a coupled modelling tool of the NWMS ocean dynamics and of its influence on marine ecosystems. It enabled us to quantify the contribution of small scale oceanic and atmospheric processes in the formation and spreading of dense water formed during deep convection. Climate change could induce a weakening of the Mediterranean thermohaline circulation. As a result, cascading would practically disappear and the microbial loop would slightly increase.
La Méditerranée nord-occidentale (MNO) constitue un formidable laboratoire d'étude des deux processus responsables de la formation d'eau dense dans l'océan : le cascading et la convection profonde. Un outil de modélisation de la dynamique océanique en MNO et de son influence sur les écosystèmes marins a été mis en
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