Facts and figures: Total staff: 100 people, among which 55 are Laboratory of Oceanology permanent (33 researchers, 22 technicians and administrators), 35 Ph.D. students and 10 post- and Geosciences docs and contracts CNRS Research Unit (UMR) LOG 8187 80 publications per year in international journals International collaborations: Wimereux (North of France) - Taiwan, China, Russia, India, Canada, Brazil, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, USA, New Zealand, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Great The themes addressed by the LOG refer to Ocea- Britain, Germany, Greece... nology and Geosciences in coastal and littoral - 7 PhD. thesis under joint supervision areas. The LOG is mainly, but not exclusively - exchange of researchers and professors with focused on the Eastern Channel. Other research 5 countries, areas include French Guyana, the North Atlantic - involvement in 5 European programs Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The LOG is organized into five research teams, http://log.univ-littoral.fr each having their own objectives and expertise, but also working towards common goals and LOG director: François G. Schmitt projects, such as the Observation of the Littoral Université Lille Nord de France Environment (SOMLIT) and the Automatic SMW-USTL, 28 avenue Foch, 62930 Wimereux Monitoring Network for the Littoral Environment Phone: +33-3 21 99 29 00, Fax: +33-3 21 99 29 01 (MAREL), micro-scale studies, estuarine studies
[email protected] and development of ecosystem indicators. Research teams: Plankton ecology (bacterioplankton,