Metadata catalogue
PLANAQUA
PLANAQUA is the National experimental platform in Aquatic Ecology .
It consists of 3 levels of research platforms :
Microcosms, from one to several litres of volume,
can be used in the plankton-dedicated laboratory to set up continuous cultures experiments. They can also be used in the climatic chambers of the Ecotron IleDeFrance, a device that allows the precise conditioning of the environment and the detailed monitoring of states and activities of organisms and ecosystems. Microcosms allow studying plankton communities in marine or freshwater ecosystems under highly controlled environmental conditions such as temperature, irradiance, nutrients, and gas concentrations. A series of dedicated sensors enables monitoring of gas exchange (O2 and CO2) between the air and the water in the experimental system and to follow the related plankton metabolic activity.
Mesocosms, with a volume of several cubic metres, have a high degree of replication. They are installed outdoors and equipped with devices for the experimental control of thermal gradients and water mixing. For example, twelve mesocosms are equipped with beaters that generate waves, making it possible to control the physical structure of the water column. These tools have been developed for studying the link between physical constraints and the functioning of aquatic systems. The large volume of these mesocosms (15 m3) makes it possible to house complex communities of organisms.
Sixteen artificial lakes of 650 m3 have been conceived for incorporating the natural complexity of the environment and the spatially heterogeneous nature of ecological processes in natural ecosystems. These very large experimental systems, shaped with littoral, benthic and pelagic zones, will be inter-connected to each other by dispersal channels and equipped with automated sensors and data loggers. The artificial lakes will facilitate the studies on the functioning of complex communities with heterogeneous spatial distributions, and will allow understanding and managing the consequences of anthropogenic pressures on biodiversity, up to the species at the top of the food chains.
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- Date ( Creation )
- 2011-02-22
Point of contact
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- theme.anaeeThes.rdf ( Theme )
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- aquatic ecology , environmental control , aquatic biology , aquatic mesocosm , trophic ecology , aquatic microbial community , microcosm , artificial lakes , control measurements , aquatic ecosystem , aquatic organism , climate control , trophic dynamic , ecotron , natural environment , AnaEE-France , trophic relationships , anthropogenic environment , aquatic microbiology , trophic structure , freshwater
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 INSPIRE themes ( Theme )
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- Environmental monitoring facilities
- AnaEE-France Locations ( Place )
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- Foljuif , Guyane
- theme.variableAnaEE.rdf ( Theme )
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- water température , luminosity in water , soil solution Ph
- Use limitation
- See AnaEE-France charters.
- Access constraints
- Restricted
- Use constraints
- Intellectual property rights
- Other constraints
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In case of participation of technical staff of the station during the experiments they must be co-authors of publications.
The CEREEP-Ecotron IleDeFrance should be cited in the acknowledgments and / or the materials and methods.
- Denominator
- 50000
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Structure
- Description
- Foljuif
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- Reference system identifier
- WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
- Distribution format
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- inapplicable (inapplicable )
- OnLine resource
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CEREEP - Ecotron IDF website
Link to the resource
Conformance result
- Date ( Publication )
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
- Not evaluated
- Statement
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PLANAQUA, implemented within the CEREEP-Ecotron IleDeFrance, is an experimental high-level infrastructure oriented towards the study of aquatic systems and competitive vis-à-vis the highest international standards in terms of experimental equipment. This infrastructure provides the scientific community with a set of highly instrumented experimental equipment.
The chemostats are functional since 2013 and microcosms in confined environment (Ecotron IDF) are being validated in 2014. Mesocosms exist since 2009 and the Experimental Lakes will be filled with water in the summer of 2014..
PLANAQUA is a service of AnaEE-France Infrastructure.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 546ed900-ded6-4770-be14-4e702b136309 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2017-07-21T14:06:35
- Metadata standard name
- ISO 19115:2003/19139
- Metadata standard version
- 1.0
