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, phyto- plankton, zooplankton, biological diversity, fluxes, food webs) Benthic ecosystems and interface processes (shallow intertidal and subtidal zones) Biodiversity and climate (biodiversity, global photograph: Wimereux Marine Station (Université Lille 1) change and natural fluctuations) Maison de la Recherche en Environnement Naturel Coastal morphodynamics (hydrodynamical, (Université du Littoral) in Wimereux (Pas-de-Calais) aerodynamical and sedimentary processes) Physical oceanography, transport and remote sensing (hydrodynamics, turbulence, remote sensing) Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Lille 1 Research activities at the LOG: Research infrastructure: Fundamental and applied research Sepia II oceanographic vessel (INSU) and pneuma- Research qualifications (PhD candidates, Masters tic craft students) Laboratories and temperature-controlled rooms Participation in international symposia Facilities to perform chemical analysis in labo- Participation in international networks ratory (CHN, HPLC, Alliance auto analyser) Organisation of international conferences & Sensors for in-situ physicochemical measure- seminars ments (ADV and ADCP, oxygen probes, pH meters, Reporting temperature, salinity and PAR meters, wave Support actions for the private sector & industry sensors, fluorometers, radiometers and nephe- lometers...) Digital cameras Inverted microscopes, scanning electron micros- cope ROV and Multibeam echosounder Scientific tools: Fieldwork- in situ sampling/measurements; Laboratory experiments; aquaculture; Data analysis using various methods developed by the laboratory’s scientists; Support actions for industry and Modelling: transport models, individual-based models, stochastic models & radiative transfer local authorities: models Marine and coastal environment surveys Theoretical developments. (ecological indicators) Biotechnology alternatives for living preys in aquaculture Long term monitoring and surveys: methodological analyses Funding agencies and programs: Environmental and temporal data sets French Space Agency (CNES), Studies on marine fauna and flora, French National Research Agency (ANR), taxonomy Liteau (French research program for environ- Popular science for a general audience ment), Interreg, Continental and Onshore Biosphere program (EC2CO), French Research program for remote sensing (PNTS), Seine-Aval, Urban Planning, Construction and Architecture (PUCA)... Industry Contacts: CNES, EDF, Lafarge, Tioxide, Gravelines’ fish Observation networks: farm, Ports of Le Havre, Rouen, Boulogne-sur- SOMLIT Observation network mer Calais and Dunkerque, Aluminium Pechiney, French national network of marine GIE Aggregates Eastern Channel... stations MAREL network MARS network.